Health Care Markets

Ultimately, all health care is organized and delivered at ground level-in local communities-where HSC collects information about the changing health system. HSC research provides perspectives on the role of employers/consumers, health plans, hospitals and physicians in local health care markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal CoverageLaurie E. Felland, Debra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber	July 2007	Issue Brief No. 113
Exodus of Male Physicians from Primary Care Drives Shift to Specialty PracticeHa T. Tu, Ann S. O'Malley	June 2007	Tracking Report No. 17
HSC's 12th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 14, 2007	Conference Transcript
High-Performance Health Plan Networks: Early ExperiencesDebra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2007	Issue Brief No. 111
Benefit Design Innovations: Implications for Consumer-Directed Health CareHa T. Tu, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2007	Issue Brief No. 109
Losing Ground: Physician Income, 1995-2003Ha T. Tu, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2006	Tracking Report No. 15
11th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 21, 2006	Conference Transcript
No Exodus: Physicians and Managed Care NetworksAnn S. O'Malley, James D. Reschovsky	May 2006	Tracking Report No. 14
A Decade of Tracking Health System ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Cara S. Lesser	March 2006	Commentary No. 2
Do Specialty Hospitals Promote Price Competition?Robert A. Berenson, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Melanie Au	January 2006	Issue Brief No. 103
Uninsured Patients, Malpractice Insurance Woes Stress Miami Health Care MarketGlen P. Mays, Robert A. Berenson, Thomas Bodenheimer, Laurie E. Felland, Kelly L. McKenzie, Lydia E. Regopoulos	December 2005	Community Report No. 12
Blue Cross Influence Grows in Boston as State Revisits Reform DebatesAaron Katz, Melanie Au, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May, Glen P. Mays, Bradley C. Strunk	December 2005	Community Report No. 11
Rising Pressure: Hospital Emergency Departments as Barometers of the Health Care SystemAnn S. O'Malley, Anneliese M. Gerland, Hoangmai H. Pham, Robert A. Berenson	Nov. 18, 2005	Issue Brief No. 101
Growth Fuels Hospital Competition and Challenges Greenville Safety NetGlen P. Mays, Thomas Bodenheimer, Laurie E. Felland, Anneliese M. Gerland, Hoangmai H. Pham, Lydia E. Regopoulos	November 2005	Community Report No. 10
Syracuse Faces Rising Health Costs; Hospital Competition GrowsSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti	October 2005	Community Report No. 9
Balancing Margin and Mission: Hospitals Alter Billing and Collection Practices for Uninsured PatientsAndrea Staiti, Robert E. Hurley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2005	Issue Brief No. 99
Lansing's Calm Health Care Market Belies Increased Competition, Economic DoldrumsAaron Katz, Melanie Au, Gary Claxton, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May	October 2005	Community Report No. 8
Community Quality Efforts Expand as Seattle Health Plan Products EvolveSally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Paul B. Ginsburg, Andrea Staiti	September 2005	Community Report No. 7
Rapid Population Growth Outpaces Phoenix Health System CapacitySally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Kelly L. McKenzie, Ann S. O'Malley, Andrea Staiti, Erin Fries Taylor	September 2005	Community Report No. 6
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97