Browsing by Author "Song, Zirui"
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Financial Incentives in Health Care Reform: Evaluating Payment Reform in Accountable Care Organizations and Competitive Bidding in Medicare
Song, Zirui (2013-02-25)Amidst mounting federal debt, slowing the growth of health care spending is one of the nation’s top domestic priorities. This dissertation evaluates three current policy ideas: (1) global payment within an accountable care ... -
Medicare Chronic Care Management Payments and Financial Returns to Primary Care Practices
Basu, Sanjay; Phillips, Russell Scott; Bitton, Asaf; Song, Zirui; Landon, Bruce Evan (American College of Physicians, 2015)Background: Physicians have traditionally been reimbursed for face-to-face visits. A new non–visit-based payment for chronic care management (CCM) of Medicare patients took effect in January 2015. Objective: To estimate ... -
Payment Reform in Massachusetts: Health Care Spending and Quality in Accountable Care Organizations Four Years into Global Payment
Song, Zirui (2014-07-07)Background: The United States health care system faces two fundamental challenges: a high growth rate of health care spending and deficiencies in quality of care. The growth rate of health care spending is the dominant ... -
Potential Consequences of Reforming Medicare Into a Competitive Bidding System
Song, Zirui; Cutler, David M.; Chernew, Michael Esman (American Medical Association (AMA), 2012) -
Potentially disruptive life events: what are the immediate impacts on chronic disease management? A case-crossover analysis
Lauffenburger, Julie C; Gagne, Joshua J; Song, Zirui; Brill, Gregory; Choudhry, Niteesh K (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objective: To explore the association between unexpected potentially disruptive life events in a patient or family member that may challenge an individual's ability to take medications as prescribed and the discontinuation ...