Merrile Sing
Biographic Data
| ID | 7143476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merrile Sing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merrile |
| FAMILY NAME | Sing |
| SIGNATURE | SING M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Value of Experience
The Medicare Advantage program gives Medicare beneficiaries the opportunity to choose from an array of insurance options instead of receiving prescribed benefits. In 2006, beneficiaries who want prescription drug benefits will need to enroll in a Medicare managed care plan or a private prescription drug plan. To examine awareness and use of Medicare information programs, and the extent to which these programs are associated with beneficiary knowl…
Using Encounter Data from Medicaid HMOs for Research and Monitoring
Complete encounter data from Medicaid HMOs are necessary to monitor patient access to care, compute risk-adjusted payments, and estimate savings from managed care. Encounter data from TennCare for 1996 and 1997 appear to be incomplete. This is the case despite state review of data quality, financial sanctions for Medicaid HMOs that appeared to be submitting incomplete data, and a preliminary assessment of encounter data for samples of two Medicai…
Using Encounter Data from Medicaid HMOs for Research and Monitoring
Are Combination Gas and Electric Utilities Multiproduct Natural Monopolies
Gas and electric services are provided in some locations by a single firm, in others by two firms. The loss of competition inherent in single-firm provision can be justified by the presence of both economies of scope and product-specific economies of scale for each output in multiproduct production. The estimation of a multiproduct, hybrid, translog cost function shows no evidence of such economies at the mean combination utility output vector. C…
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Are Combination Gas and Electric Utilities Multiproduct Natural Monopolies
Gas and electric services are provided in some locations by a single firm, in others by two firms. The loss of competition inherent in single-firm provision can be justified by the presence of both economies of scope and product-specific economies of scale for each output in multiproduct production. The estimation of a multiproduct, hybrid, translog cost function shows no evidence of such economies at the mean combination utility output vector. C…
Using Encounter Data from Medicaid HMOs for Research and Monitoring
Complete encounter data from Medicaid HMOs are necessary to monitor patient access to care, compute risk-adjusted payments, and estimate savings from managed care. Encounter data from TennCare for 1996 and 1997 appear to be incomplete. This is the case despite state review of data quality, financial sanctions for Medicaid HMOs that appeared to be submitting incomplete data, and a preliminary assessment of encounter data for samples of two Medicai…
Using Encounter Data from Medicaid HMOs for Research and Monitoring
The Value of Experience
The Medicare Advantage program gives Medicare beneficiaries the opportunity to choose from an array of insurance options instead of receiving prescribed benefits. In 2006, beneficiaries who want prescription drug benefits will need to enroll in a Medicare managed care plan or a private prescription drug plan. To examine awareness and use of Medicare information programs, and the extent to which these programs are associated with beneficiary knowl…
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