Due to concerns over decreased access to Medicare home health services for some populations, the Affordable Care Act mandates that CMS complete a study of the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). The study aims to analyze payment reform options to minimize program vulnerabilities, improve system-wide reimbursement and payment accuracy, ...
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Under the firm's Consumer Research and Communications (CRC) umbrella contract, CMS awarded L&M a task order to assist the agency in advancing existing communication efforts and developing new initiatives. The 18-month contract includes seven qualitative and two survey research studies. The research focus, methods, and audiences for the projects...
L&M to assist CMS with the development of the Health Insurance Exchange Web tools mandated under ACA
Under the firm’s Consumer Research and Communications (CRC) umbrella contract, L&M was awarded a task order to conduct qualitative consumer research to inform the development of Web tools for the health insurance exchanges (HIX) mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). During the 18-month period of performance, L&M, with our subcontractor...
On Jan. 30, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released initial evaluation findings from its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative. These findings come from the mixed-methods evaluation L&M Policy Research (L&M) is conducting on behalf o...
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) awarded L&M an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to perform a range of research tasks supporting the agency’s planning and evaluation work. Task order work issued under this contract may include: Evaluation design studies and program evaluationsEconomic, cost-benefit...
