Christine Buttorff — Publications

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Evaluation of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: 2020 to 2023

2025
Assessing the Feasibility and Likelihood of Policy Options to Lower Specialty Drug Costs

2024
The Curious Case Of Hospital Indemnity Insurance For Medicare Beneficiaries

2024
Ground Ambulance Industry Trends, 2017–2022: An Analysis of Ground Ambulance Organization Entrance and Exit

2024
Trends in Medicare Part D Formulary Coverage for Non-insulin Diabetes Medications, 2020-2024

2024
Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: First Three Years of Implementation (2020–2022)

2023
Evaluation of the Part D Senior Savings Model: First Year of the Model Test (2021)

2023
Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Colorado: An Observational Study

2023
Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis-Involved Pregnancy Hospitalizations in Colorado

2022
Comparison of Hospital Claims and Poison Center Data to Evaluate Health Impact of Opioids, Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabinoids

2022
Do Financial Incentives Affect Utilization for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries?

2022
Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: First Two Years of Implementation (2020–2021), and Appendixes

2022
Part D Senior Savings Model: Model Reach and Scope

2022
Projected US Savings From Biosimilars, 2021–2025

2022
Access to High-Cost Medications After a Cap on Monthly Out-of-Pocket Spending in California

2021
Alignment Between Objective and Subjective Assessments of Health System Performance: Findings From a Mixed-Methods Study

2021
APCDs Can Provide Important Insights for Surveilling the Opioid Epidemic, With Caveats

2021
Changes in Emergency Department Encounters for Vomiting After Cannabis Legalization in Colorado

2021
Claims-based Measures of Prescription Opioid Utilization: A Practical Guide for Researchers

2021
Comparison of Definitions for Identifying Urgent Care Centers in Health Insurance Claims

2021
Increasing Price Transparency in Health Care: Key Themes and Policy Options from a Technical Expert Panel

2021
Consolidation by Any Other Name: The Emergence of Clinically Integrated Networks

2020
Evaluation Report of the First Three Years (2017-2019) of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test

2020
The Importance of Understanding and Measuring Health System Structural, Functional, and Clinical Integration

2020
Variation in Generic Dispensing Rates in Medicare Part D

2020
First Annual Evaluation Report of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: 2017, Year 1 of the Intervention

2019
Insurers' Perspectives on MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model

2019
Perspectives of Physicians in Small Rural Practices on the Medicare Quality Payment Program

2019
Understanding U.S. Health Systems: Using Mixed Methods to Unpack Organizational Complexity

2019
Integrating Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Purchased Care: Preliminary Feasibility Assessment

2018
Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation in Indian Health Service Direct Service Facilities

2018
Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of DoD-VA Purchased Care Integration

2018
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Alternative Tax Subsidization Approaches for Health Insurance

2017
Evaluation of CMS's Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration: Final Report

2017
Examining the Implementation of the Medicaid Primary Care Payment Increase

2017
The Impact of Practice Guidelines on Opioid Utilization for Injured Workers

2017
Implementation of Medical Homes in Federally Qualified Health Centers

2017
Multiple Chronic Conditions in the United States

2017
Implementing a Drug Formulary for California's Workers' Compensation Program

2016
Private Health Insurance Exchanges: Early Evidence and Implications for the Future

2016
Authorities and Mechanisms for Purchased Care at the Department of Veterans Affairs

2015
Comparing Employer-Sponsored and Federal Exchange Plans: Wide Variations in Cost Sharing for Prescription Drugs

2015
Evaluating Consumer Preferences for Healthy Eating from Community Kitchens in Low-Income Urban Areas: A Discrete Choice Experiment of Comedores Populares in Peru

2015
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps on Financial Burden of Those with Group Health Insurance

2015
Innovative Care Models for High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System and Payment Reform to Accelerate Adoption

2015
Policy Options to Expand Medicare's Low-Income Provisions to Improve Access and Affordability

2015
Resources and Capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Timely and Accessible Care to Veterans

2015

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Christine Buttorff — Publications

Evaluation of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: 2020 to 2023

Assessing the Feasibility and Likelihood of Policy Options to Lower Specialty Drug Costs

The Curious Case Of Hospital Indemnity Insurance For Medicare Beneficiaries

Ground Ambulance Industry Trends, 2017–2022: An Analysis of Ground Ambulance Organization Entrance and Exit

Trends in Medicare Part D Formulary Coverage for Non-insulin Diabetes Medications, 2020-2024

Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: First Three Years of Implementation (2020–2022)

Evaluation of the Part D Senior Savings Model: First Year of the Model Test (2021)

Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Colorado: An Observational Study

Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis-Involved Pregnancy Hospitalizations in Colorado

Comparison of Hospital Claims and Poison Center Data to Evaluate Health Impact of Opioids, Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabinoids

Do Financial Incentives Affect Utilization for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries?

Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: First Two Years of Implementation (2020–2021), and Appendixes

Part D Senior Savings Model: Model Reach and Scope

Projected US Savings From Biosimilars, 2021–2025

Access to High-Cost Medications After a Cap on Monthly Out-of-Pocket Spending in California

Alignment Between Objective and Subjective Assessments of Health System Performance: Findings From a Mixed-Methods Study

APCDs Can Provide Important Insights for Surveilling the Opioid Epidemic, With Caveats

Changes in Emergency Department Encounters for Vomiting After Cannabis Legalization in Colorado

Claims-based Measures of Prescription Opioid Utilization: A Practical Guide for Researchers

Comparison of Definitions for Identifying Urgent Care Centers in Health Insurance Claims

Increasing Price Transparency in Health Care: Key Themes and Policy Options from a Technical Expert Panel

Consolidation by Any Other Name: The Emergence of Clinically Integrated Networks

Evaluation Report of the First Three Years (2017-2019) of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test

The Importance of Understanding and Measuring Health System Structural, Functional, and Clinical Integration

Variation in Generic Dispensing Rates in Medicare Part D

First Annual Evaluation Report of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model Test: 2017, Year 1 of the Intervention

Insurers' Perspectives on MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model

Perspectives of Physicians in Small Rural Practices on the Medicare Quality Payment Program

Understanding U.S. Health Systems: Using Mixed Methods to Unpack Organizational Complexity

Integrating Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Purchased Care: Preliminary Feasibility Assessment

Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation in Indian Health Service Direct Service Facilities

Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of DoD-VA Purchased Care Integration

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Alternative Tax Subsidization Approaches for Health Insurance

Evaluation of CMS's Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration: Final Report

Examining the Implementation of the Medicaid Primary Care Payment Increase

The Impact of Practice Guidelines on Opioid Utilization for Injured Workers

Implementation of Medical Homes in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Multiple Chronic Conditions in the United States

Implementing a Drug Formulary for California's Workers' Compensation Program

Private Health Insurance Exchanges: Early Evidence and Implications for the Future

Authorities and Mechanisms for Purchased Care at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Comparing Employer-Sponsored and Federal Exchange Plans: Wide Variations in Cost Sharing for Prescription Drugs

Evaluating Consumer Preferences for Healthy Eating from Community Kitchens in Low-Income Urban Areas: A Discrete Choice Experiment of Comedores Populares in Peru

Impact of Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps on Financial Burden of Those with Group Health Insurance

Innovative Care Models for High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System and Payment Reform to Accelerate Adoption

Policy Options to Expand Medicare's Low-Income Provisions to Improve Access and Affordability

Resources and Capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Timely and Accessible Care to Veterans