Academic medical centers (AMCs)
, 88
Acute Care Episode (ACE)
, 10
Acute myocardial infraction (AMI)
, 147, 149–150
Adverse selection
, 195–196
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
, 11, 56, 62, 81, 112
consumer decision-support tools
, 125
penalties, subsidies, and health plan choice
, 124–125
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
, 130, 164–166
Alternative Quality Contract
, 80
American Hospital Association (AHA)
, 47, 56, 65, 102
Annual Survey
, 65–67
American Life Panel (ALP)
, 118–119
descriptive statistics of
, 120, 122–123
FL questions in
, 119
Analyses of variance (ANOVA)
, 49–51
Ardent Health Services Corporation
, 10
Area Health Resources Files (AHRF)
, 47
Balance billing restrictions
, 199
Baptist Health System (San Antonio, TX)
, 10
Breusch–Pagan test for heteroskedasticity
, 32
Bundled payment models
choice implications
, 18–20
early CMS adoption
, 5–6
early learning dissemination and slow progress (1997–2005)
, 6–7
early payer models
, 3–4
pioneering innovations (1984–1985)
, 4
private sector adoption and early CMS interest (1986–1989)
, 4–5
reemergence and wide adoption of bundled payments (2005–present)
, 7–13
Bundled payment programs
clinical levers to increase episode efficiency
, 15–16
establishing markets for
, 16–18
factors in determining target price
, 15
implications of bundled payment model choice
, 18–20
importance of measuring impact
, 16
through lens of agency theory
, 2–3
market catalysts for
, 14–15
policy recommendations
, 13–20
prerequisite standard definitions
, 13–14
Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative (BPCI initiative)
, 11–13
California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program (CCORP)
, 179
Capital structure, tradeoff theory of
, 62–63
Captcha functionalities
, 110
CardioVascular Care Providers, Inc. (CVCP)
, 4
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
, 4–5, 100–101, 109, 199
early CMS adoption
, 5–6
Central line bloodstream infection (CLABSI)
, 148
Charge and pricing data compiling issues
, 110
Charge description master (CDM)
, 105–106
Chargemaster transparency
compliance
, 105–106
regulation
, 109–111
Clinical levers to increase episode efficiency
, 15–16
Coding and analysis
, 103–104
Communities
, 45–46
stakeholder attributes
, 46
Community orientation (CO)
, 44–47, 52, 54–55
fixed-effects negative binomial regression
, 52
Compensable events
, 187–188
Compensation
equitable access to
, 194–195
full coverage of
, 185–186
translates improved outcomes to lower premia
, 189–190
uncertain
, 184–185
Competitive markets
, 88–89
Compliance
with and utility of current chargemaster transparency regulation
, 109–111
chargemaster transparency
, 105–106
Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR Model)
, 13
Consumer
engagement
, 108, 110–111
financial literacy
, 118
welfare in health care
, 87–88
Contingency table for webpage vs. sentiment
, 108
Control variables
, 48–49, 168
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). See also Public reports of CABG outcomes
, 4–6, 138–147, 150
Cost
containment
, 76–78
minimization of outcomes improvement
, 189
Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH)
, 48–49
Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
, 27, 28–29, 34–35, 37–38, 47
“Crossing the Quality Chasm”
, 130
Health and Human Services
, 4–5
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
, 10
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
, 5–6
Health Care Incentive Improvement Newsletter
, 81
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3)
, 8
Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network
, 14–15
Health care product markets
, 88–89
competitive markets
, 88–89
inevitable monopoly
, 89
oligopoly, unstable and stable
, 89
Health insurance
, 116
analyses
, 120–122
characteristics of individuals with high FL
, 123
characteristics of respondents
, 121
choices
, 118, 125
descriptive statistics
, 122–123
descriptive statistics of ALP sample
, 120
differences by income group
, 123
discussion
, 124–126
employer-sponsored
, 117
exchanges
, 117
FL by income in percentage of FPL
, 122
FL questions in ALP
, 119
index of FL
, 119
insurance status and income
, 119–120
limitations
, 125–126
literacy
, 118
multivariable regression explaining financial literacy
, 124
multivariable regression of predictors of financial literacy
, 123
study sample
, 118–119
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
, 5
Health plan choice
, 116–117
Health service area (HSA)
, 49
Healthcare Cost Report Information System
, 32
Heart failure (HF)
, 147–148
Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI)
, 34, 49
Hidden price discrimination
, 84
“High leverage” hospitals
, 67
High-deductible health plans (HDHPs)
, 77, 80, 91–94
High-risk
patients
, 198
physicians
, 197–198
Highly salient stakeholders. See Definitive stakeholders
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
, 102–103
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
, 100
Hospital quality
, 133, 135–136, 138, 149, 152
Hospital Readmission Reduction program
, 66
Hospitals
, 26
selection
, 102–103
system
, 64–67
Malpractice liability
, 192
quality assurance through medical
, 183–186
Management problem in price transparency
, 82
Market
catalysts for bundled payment programs
, 14–15
competition
, 79, 83–84, 89, 93
establishment for bundled payment programs
, 16–18
Massachusetts Data Analysis Center (Mass-DAC)
, 179
“Mechanical Turks”
, 112–113
Medicaid
, 26–27, 85, 111, 116
expansion
, 27–29, 30
programs
, 27–29
Medical care attributes
, 178
Medical Eye Associates and Cataract Eye Center (Cleveland, OH)
, 6
Medicare
, 1–2, 26–27, 30, 85, 111
fee-for service
, 7–8
programs
, 28, 37
Value-Based Purchasing program
, 66
Medicare Advantage penetration
, 49
Medicare Cost Reports. See Healthcare Cost Report Information System
Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH)
, 27–29, 37
estimated coefficients
, 36–37
Medicare Participating Heart Bypass Center Demonstration
, 5–6
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
, 8–11
Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS)
, 27, 37–38
Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs)
, 9–10
Medicare Trust Fund
, 38–39
Methodist Hospital (Indianapolis, IN)
, 6
Minnesota Community Measurement Transparency Collaborative
, 78
Moderately salient stakeholders. See Expectant stakeholders
Monopoly
inevitable
, 89
price discrimination under
, 86
Mortality relationship with transparency
, 139–141
Multiple principal–agent relationships
, 2
Multivariable regression
explaining FL
, 124
of predictors of FL
, 123
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
, 164–166
National Commission on Physician Payment Reform
, 3
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
, 164–166
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
, 160–161
Organization of Work on Occupational Safety and Health framework
, 161
National Nursing Home Survey
, 164–166
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Registry (NJDHSS)
, 179
New York Cardiac Surgery Reporting System (NY-CSRS)
, 179
NIOSH occupational safety and health framework
, 160–164, 170
support service workers
, 163–164
Nonoperating income
, 34–35
Not-for-profit hospitals (NFP hospitals)
, 6, 44, 54, 62, 65, 50–52
analysis
, 66
data and sample
, 65–66
difference-in-difference estimates of changes in leverage
, 70
discussion
, 71–72
independent NFP hospital leverage
, 68
kernel density plot of propensity scores
, 69
measurement
, 67
preacquisition hospital characteristics
, 68
results
, 68–70
Occupational injury
, 158
data analysis
, 168
descriptive statistics, correlations, and scale reliabilities
, 167
discussion
, 170–171
limitations
, 171
measurement
, 164–168
NIOSH occupational safety and health framework
, 160–164
relationship of safety and unit leadership
, 169
results
, 168–169
sample demographics
, 164, 165
Oligopoly, unstable and stable
, 89
Oncology Care Model (OCM)
, 13
Optimal coverage amount
, 192
Optimal investment in outcomes improvement
, 188–189
Optimal risk sharing
, 191–192
Organizational safety leadership
, 166
Out-of-pocket limits
, 116–117
Outcome warranties. See also Public reports of CABG outcomes; Quality assurance through medical malpractice liability
, 178
accountability
, 190
adverse selection
, 195–196
balance billing restrictions
, 199
business imperative
, 195
compensable events
, 187–188
competition translates improved outcomes to lower premia
, 189–190
considerations for regulators
, 199
easy-to-understand quality metric
, 190
equitable access to compensation
, 194–195
equitable treatment quality
, 198–199
high-risk patients
, 198
high-risk physicians
, 197–198
incentives for patients to invest in risk reduction
, 193–194
insurance against adverse outcomes
, 186–187
licensing requirements
, 199
low-volume providers
, 196–197
minimization of cost of outcomes improvement
, 189
moral hazard
, 196
optimal coverage amount
, 192
optimal investment in outcomes improvement
, 188–189
optimal risk sharing
, 191–192
provider specialization and improved provider-patient matching
, 193
quality revelation through PRCs
, 179–180
risk selection
, 194
third-party verification
, 196
trade-off of mortality risk reductions
, 193
Outcomes improvement
competition translates improved outcomes to lower premia
, 189–190
cost minimization of
, 189
optimal investment in
, 188–189
Participating Centers of Excellence Demonstration for Orthopedic and Cardiovascular Services
, 7
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
, 10, 27, 44–45, 112, 116
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
, 179
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
, 147, 149–150
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
, 181
Personal or institutional practices
negative effect on
, 147
no effect on
, 147
positive effect on
, 138–147
Physician–hospital organizations (PHOs)
, 9–10
Poor matching of patients to Providers and Procedures
, 181–182
Post-acute care settings (PAC settings)
, 9
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA)
, 135
Preoperative expectation of discharge home
, 18–19
Prerequisite standard definitions
, 13–14
Price discrimination
, 85–87
hidden
, 84
hospitals in
, 101
under monopoly or stable cartels
, 86
under unstable oligopoly
, 86–87
Price transparency. See also Transparency
, 76, 100
challenges facing pricing transparency solution
, 111–112
chargemaster transparency compliance and accessibility
, 105–106
classifying health care product markets
, 88–89
coding and analysis
, 103–104
compliance with and utility of current chargemaster transparency regulation
, 109–111
consumer welfare in health care
, 87–88
contingency table for webpage vs. sentiment
, 108
cost containment
, 76–78
descriptive statistics
, 104–105
differences in real markets with real patients
, 85
economic problem
, 81–82
economics of price-cutting
, 82–84
harms
, 92–93
helps
, 91–92
hidden price discrimination
, 84
hospital selection
, 102–103
interpretation of results
, 108–109
limitations and future directions
, 113
limits on impact
, 80
management problem
, 82
policy and management
, 93–94
review of literature
, 78–80
selected illustrative quotes
, 107
sentiment analysis
, 106–107, 111
sentiment of homepage vs. price transparency page
, 107–108
US hospital characteristics
, 105
webpage selection
, 103
Price-cutting, economics of
, 82–84
Pricing transparency webpage identification
, 109
Private for-profit hospitals (FP hospitals)
, 44, 46–47, 50–52, 54
fixed-effects negative binomial regression
, 53
Private sector adoption and early CMS interest (1986–1989)
, 4–5
Privatization of public hospitals
, 44
analysis
, 49–50
conceptual framework and hypotheses
, 45–47
cross-tabulations and analysis of variance
, 51
data
, 47
directions for future research
, 56
discussion
, 54–57
fixed-effects negative binomial regression
, 52, 53
limitations of study
, 56
managerial, policy, and research implications
, 56–57
results
, 50–54
variables
, 48–49
Profitability of rural hospitals
conceptual framework
, 27–30
descriptive statistics
, 33
discussion
, 37–40
mean values
, 35
Medicare programs targeted for rural hospitals
, 28
methods
, 32–34
ordinary least squares regression estimates, operating margin, and total margin
, 36
policy implications
, 39–40
profit model
, 30–32
results
, 34–37
Provider report cards (PRCs)
, 179, 182
quality revelation through
, 179–180
Provider(s)
, 83
factors
, 15
facts
, 182
specialization
, 193
Psychological stressors
, 162
Public health agencies
, 150
Public Health Service Act
, 101
Public release
, 130–133, 138–147, 149–150
Public reporting
impact
, 138–147
of quality measures
, 130–131
Public reports of CABG outcomes. See also Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG); Outcome warranties
, 179
costly data collection
, 183
low-use equilibrium
, 182–183
no guarantee of future performance
, 179–180
poor matching of patients to providers and procedures
, 181–182
risk selection
, 180–183
upcoding
, 181
Safety and health services and programs
, 163
Saint Joseph’s Hospital (Atlanta, GA)
, 6
Sentiment
contingency table for
, 108
of homepage vs. price transparency page
, 107–108
Sentiment analysis
, 101, 106–107
and effect on consumer behavior
, 111
Severity-of-illness (SOI)
, 88
“Shoppable” services
, 77, 100
“Silver bullet” solutions
, 80
Society of General Internal Medicine
, 3
Sole Community Hospital (SCH)
, 27–29, 37
estimated coefficients
, 36–37
Southwestern Eye Center (Phoenix, AZ)
, 6
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Ann Arbor, MI)
, 6
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (Houston, TX)
, 6
St. Vincent’s Hospital (Portland, OR)
, 6
Stable cartels, price discrimination under
, 86
Strategic responses by competitors
, 82
“Structure, process, outcome” model
, 78
Supervisor safety leadership
, 166
Support service workers
, 163–164
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Hospital Survey leadership
, 164–166, 171
System membership
, 31, 39–40
benefits
, 64–65
Systematic review on transparency
, 131–136, 149–150, 152
Teaching hospitals
, 31, 34
Tenet Corporation, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO)
, 10
Texas Heart Institute (THI)
, 4–5
The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
, 6
Third-party insurers
, 197
Third-party verification
, 196
Trade-off of mortality risk reductions
, 193
Tradeoff theory of capital structure
, 62–63
Transparency. See also Price transparency
, 103–104, 130–131
conceptual framework
, 131–132
data transparency
, 138
databases searched
, 136
discussion and recommendations
, 149–151
effect on quality and type of quality measure
, 147–148
exclusion/inclusion criteria
, 136, 137
full-text review
, 136–137
future recommendations
, 151–152
new contribution
, 133
previous studies
, 132–134
public reporting impact
, 138–147
of quality-of-care data
, 131
relationship with mortality
, 139–141
relationship with other quality measures
, 142–146
search strategy
, 135–136
Twenty-one care episodes
, 8