Margaret B. Sulvetta

• Altering the Medicare economic index
• Evaluation of version two of the ambulatory patient group system
• Medicare and Medicaid as prudent buyers
• Alternative Medicare physician payments for surgery services in non-office ambulatory settings
• An analyst's guide to TRIM -- the Transfer Income Model
• Assessing the viability of all-payer systems for inpatient hospital services
• Cost and case-mix differences between hospital-based and freestanding nursing homes
• Public hospital provision of care to the poor and financial status
• The impact of PPS on Medicare
• The impact of welfare reform on benefits for the poor