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Policy Research to Inform Health Insurance Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments

Helen Halpin, PhD - Professor of Health Policy, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
September 25, 2001

Dr. Schauffler has published seven peer-reviewed manuscripts this year in leading health policy journals on her research addressing health insurance coverage for tobacco dependence treatments. Her research includes state and national surveys of private managed care organizations and employers, State Medicaid programs, Medicaid PCPs, and Medicaid smokers, as well as two randomized controlled trials to assess the impact of different benefit designs on quit attempts, quit rates, and costs for adult smokers enrolled in HMOs and PPOs.

Using Evidence in Coverage Decision Making: A Report from the Field

Linda Bergthold, PhD - Research Associate, Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University
October 9, 2001

Dr. Bergthold presents the results of a national study of managed care organizations and the ways in which their medical directors use different types of evidence to justify coverage and medical necessity decisions.

The TRIAD Study: What's Working in Diabetes Disease Management?

Joe Selby, MD - Director of Research, Divison of Research, Kaiser Permanente
November 6, 2001

TRIAD (Translating Research into Action for Diabetes) is a CDC-funded study which links structural characteristics and systems interventions at the HMO and the provider group levels with quality measures and patient-reported outcomes. The study is based on telephone interview and medical chart review data for 11,000 diabetic members of 10 health plans and 54 provider groups, and on interviews with health plan and provider group leaders.

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Social Networks and Health in Kenya

Ted Miguel, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley
November 20, 2001

Dr. Miguel will discuss the impact of child health status on educational outcomes and how individuals make choices regarding the adoption of a new health technology (in this case, treatment for intestinal worms).

The Unfulfilled Promise of Programs to Reduce Infant Mortality

Kristi Raube, PhD - Adjunct Professor; and Executive Director, Graduate Program in Health Management, UC Berkeley
December 4, 2001

Infant mortality reduction has been a major focus of health policy over the past decade.This seminar will analyze the success of these efforts and discuss whether comprehensive care during pregnancy is enough to ensure healthy birth outcomes among high-risk populations.

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