Excellus Health Policy Reports
Excellus Health Plan, New York's largest upstate insurer operating in 45 counties,
issues public policy research papers on health-care cost, quality and access issues.
The papers present facts from the experience of covering more than 2 million New
Yorkers.
Center for Health
Affairs
Users can obtain information pertaining to a wide variety of health systems including
the Medicare and Medicaid programs, hospitals and physicians. Information concerning
the cost of health care, market trends and institutional business practices are
also available at this site.
Data
Advantage Corporation
Visitors may access a listing of data the company collects for its clients, including
hospital cost reports, hospital financial performance data, physician profiling
information and general health-care market trends. Visitors may also request samples
of products via an interactive database or access publicly released sample data.
IMS Health
This global pharmaceutical and health care consulting firm offers users access to
its "Drug Monitor" report containing general pharmaceutical sales and marketing
data as well as company announcements concerning major pharmaceutical industry developments.
Milliman and Robertson
M&R is an actuarial firm providing consulting services in the field of employee
benefits. Visitors to this site can access the organization's series of free publications
that cover a wide range of employee benefits topics including health and insurance
issues.
William M. Mercer
This global employee benefits consultant offers visitors to its site information
concerning the cost, structure and administration of employee benefits packages.
Users may access research reports and company announcements concerning both national
and global trends in employee benefits and compensation.
National
Center for Policy Analysis
This Washington-based policy research organization provides users with a wide range
of information pertaining to public policy debates and proposals taking place on
both the federal and state level. Users may access reports and public policy recommendations
concerning topics that include the cost of health benefit mandates, the financial
status of federal health-care programs, the fiscal impact of government regulations
on the health-care industry and current health-care proposals pending before Congress.
Scott Levin Online
This pharmaceutical marketing consultant provides users with current information
pertaining to pharmaceutical sales, utilization patterns, marketing statistics and
general market trends.
Lewin
Group
The Lewin Group is a consulting firm specializing in research, policy and management,
medical technology and health economics. Visitors to this site can access a wide
range of information pertaining to health care, including insurance statistics and
trends, health care quality, the impact of regulation on the health-care industry
and general health-care trends.
Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association
The national association of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans. Users may access national
health news from media and other sources. The site also contains briefing papers
on key national health coverage issues and research aids for various topics.
Henry
J. Kaiser Foundation
Provides users with information on several topics, including managed care, the expansion
of benefits for the medically indigent, the impact of proposed public policies on
the health-care industry, Medicare and Medicaid, health-care market trends and indicators,
sexual and reproductive health, and general health-care statistics.
Center for Studying Health
System Change
The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is a research organization whose
mission is to provide impartial and timely analysis concerning health care policy.
Visitors to this site can view informational primers, in-depth research papers and
copies of the organization's "Data Bulletin" reports concerning a wide range of
health care issues and how they relate to cost, access and quality.
Health
Insurance Association of America
This site provides users with information concerning the cost impact of proposed
legislation and regulatory actions, public policy position statements and general
educational materials relating to the health care industry and the products offered
by HIAA members.
American
Association of Health Plans
The American Association of Health Plans is a national trade association. Visitors
to this site may access association publications, press releases concerning association
activities, public policy position statements and consumer-related information pertaining
to health care. Users may also read about educational products and services provided
by the association.
New
York Health Plan Association
This web site offers visitors information including the types of managed care products
available to consumers in New York State, laws affecting managed care companies
and consumers of managed care products, public policy news concerning managed care
and official position statements published by HPA.
