Over 1.2 million seriously disabled Americans under age 65—including as many as 400,000 without health insurance—are currently in the two-year waiting period for Medicare coverage, according to this new report. Eliminating this waiting period would provide stable health insurance...

This article examines the proportion of small practices and providers in primary care, as well as the characteristics of their patients and communities and their participation in new models of health care delivery.

Over 1.2 million seriously disabled Americans under age 65—including as many as 400,000 without health insurance—are currently in the two-year waiting period for Medicare coverage, according to this new report. Eliminating this waiting period would provide stable health insurance...

Estimates that Medicaid prescription drug coverage for approximately 6 million "dual eligibles"—low-income seniors and people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicaid and Medicare—accounts for nearly half of all Medicaid spending on prescription drugs, including both...

This article describes staffing patterns for nearly 500 primary care practices in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Comprehensive Primary Care initiative before the initiative began.

Home telemedicine holds promise for cost-effective delivery of monitoring, educational, and therapeutic services to people with chronic illnesses. The authors report that findings from Mathematica's congressionally mandated evaluation of the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine...

Home telemedicine holds promise for cost-effective delivery of monitoring, educational, and therapeutic services to people with chronic illnesses. The authors report that findings from Mathematica's congressionally mandated evaluation of the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine...

Examines how a new model of consumer-directed care changes the way that consumers with disabilities meet their personal care needs and, in turn, affects their well-being. The analysis yielded estimated program effects that were large, compelling, consistent across numerous types of measures, and...