We take great pride in providing clients with the highest quality of research and reports on time and within budget. Our combined dedication to client objectives and impeccable integrity has earned us a reputation as a trusted, reliable partner.
Explore our Projects Learn about our Services and Capabilities
From multi-year task orders with a team of subcontractors to smaller-scale individual research efforts, L&M has led dozens of research projects from government agencies, as well as private clients. See below for a selection of our projects.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2019 through September 2027
L&M, with partner NORC at the University of Chicago, supports CMS efforts to monitor and improve the performance of Medicare Advantage (Part C) and prescription drug (Part D) programs. L&M ensures continuous oversight of Part D sponsors’ pharmacy networks through comprehensive quarterly geographic analyses. The team focuses on both standard and preferred cost sharing pharmacies (PCSPs) within plan networks. We evaluate total costs for commonly-filled Part D prescription drugs, and assess disparities for such drugs based on convenient access standards, pharmacy desert distributions, beneficiary characteristics, beneficiary cost sharing patterns, and prescription fill patterns. Additionally, our team identifies and characterizes racial/ethnic, geographic and other inequities in enrollment into higher-quality Medicare Advantage plans. L&M’s data collection and analyses inform CMS’ policymaking and monitoring initiatives, focusing on emerging areas within the Part C and Part D programs.
