ASPE Health Policy Research Agenda

1. ASPE Health Policy Research Agenda FY 2004-2006 Lynn Nonnemaker Lynn.Nonnemaker@hhs.gov (202) 690-7807

2. ASPE Health Policy • Donald Young, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy • Division of Health Financing Policy • Division of Health Care for Low-Income Populations • Division of Public Health Systems • Division of Health Care Delivery Systems

3. Health Policy Research Priorities FY 2004-2005 • Research in support of implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) • Research on providing health insurance for the uninsured • Research in support of effective methods of disease prevention

4. Health Policy Research • Immediately Relevant to Policy Debate • Quick Turn-Around • Increase range of research collaborations

5. MMA Research • Goal: Facilitate and encourage competition • Areas of Work: • Risk adjustment of Medicare drug benefit plans • Study of market areas • Medicare Advantage • Competitive acquisition

6. Uninsured Research • Goal: Identify effective strategies for expanding health insurance • Areas of Work: • Understanding the dynamics of uninsurance • Options for increasing insurance • Microsimulation

7. Prevention Research • Goal: Facilitate development of effective policy on prevention • Areas of Work: • National Diabetes Action Plan • Avoidable losses: • Productivity • Hospitalization • Cost effectiveness

8. Areas Under Development • Work likely to be done in FY06 • Continuation of work already described • Payment for social goods in both Medicare (e.g., GME, DSH) and Medicaid (uncompensated care) • Physician payment • Miscellaneous • Emerging issues