Health care system financing and organization
Health care system financing and organization
How can policy shape clinician payment, health care system structure, and provider organization to optimize patient and population health and control healthcare spending?
Example of ongoing research
Medicare Advantage (MA) Research
Over one-half of the elderly in the United States are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan offered by a private health insurer that is paid for primarily by the federal government. Given the scale of the program ($462 billion of spending in 2024), MA has a profound effect on the elderly as well as the health professionals and organizations that treat them.
About a dozen Cornell Health Policy Center faculty are currently conducting research examining the impact of various aspects of the MA program, and policies that might improve its effectiveness and efficiency.