Alan L Hillman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan L Hillman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hillman |
| SIGNATURE | HILLMAN A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contractual Arrangements Between HMOs and Primary Care Physicians: Three-Tiered HMOs and Risk Pools
Concern about certain contractual arrangements between health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and primary care physicians has led policymakers to consider curbing these arrangements; one law has already been passed. However, these arrangements are complex and their impact is neither obvious nor well understood. This article first presents a conceptual approach to understanding the relationship between HMOs and primary care physicians and discuss…
Impact of a Mandatory Medicaid Case Management Program on Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis
This study examined the impact of Philadelphia's mandatory Medicaid case management program (HealthPASS) on adequacy of prenatal care and birth outcomes among enrollees. A sample of 217 deliveries for HealthPASS patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) during 1988 was compared with a matched sample of 1988 deliveries at HUP for whom the payor was Pennsylvania's traditional fee-for-service Medicaid program. Inpatient charts…
Managing Physician Incentives in Managed Care: The Role of For-Profit Ownership
The recent rapid growth of HMOs has resulted in a proliferation of contractual arrangements that offer financial incentives to induce primary care doctors to change the way they practice medicine. The impact of these incentives varies with the different incentives and with the environments in which the incentives are implemented. Although financial incentives exist in some form in the great majority of HMOs, there has been no detailed and valid i…
The Adoption and Diffusion of CT and MRI in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
This study examines and compares the rates and patterns of diffusion of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over the first 4 years of their availability. Although early diffusion of CT was more rapid than that of MRI, adoption of MRI in nonhospital settings equaled that of CT. Analysis of attributes of the technologies and attributes of the regulatory, reimbursement, and market environments surrounding the early diff…
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The Adoption and Diffusion of CT and MRI in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
This study examines and compares the rates and patterns of diffusion of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over the first 4 years of their availability. Although early diffusion of CT was more rapid than that of MRI, adoption of MRI in nonhospital settings equaled that of CT. Analysis of attributes of the technologies and attributes of the regulatory, reimbursement, and market environments surrounding the early diff…
Managing Physician Incentives in Managed Care: The Role of For-Profit Ownership
The recent rapid growth of HMOs has resulted in a proliferation of contractual arrangements that offer financial incentives to induce primary care doctors to change the way they practice medicine. The impact of these incentives varies with the different incentives and with the environments in which the incentives are implemented. Although financial incentives exist in some form in the great majority of HMOs, there has been no detailed and valid i…
Impact of a Mandatory Medicaid Case Management Program on Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis
This study examined the impact of Philadelphia's mandatory Medicaid case management program (HealthPASS) on adequacy of prenatal care and birth outcomes among enrollees. A sample of 217 deliveries for HealthPASS patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) during 1988 was compared with a matched sample of 1988 deliveries at HUP for whom the payor was Pennsylvania's traditional fee-for-service Medicaid program. Inpatient charts…
Contractual Arrangements Between HMOs and Primary Care Physicians: Three-Tiered HMOs and Risk Pools
Concern about certain contractual arrangements between health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and primary care physicians has led policymakers to consider curbing these arrangements; one law has already been passed. However, these arrangements are complex and their impact is neither obvious nor well understood. This article first presents a conceptual approach to understanding the relationship between HMOs and primary care physicians and discuss…
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