In addition to directly assisting clients to solve business problems, Bailit Health staff conduct research and author publications to assist the broader community of health care purchasers. A sample of published articles and reports is available below.
Erin Campbell, Mary Beth Dyer, and Anna Rothenberg
State Health and Value Strategies – October 31, 2024
Sarah Kinsler
Milbank Memorial Fund Blog – October 17, 2024
Sarah Kinsler
Milbank Memorial Fund Blog – October 17, 2024
Erin Campbell, Deepti Kanneganti, Matt Reynolds, Ellie Shea-Delaney, Erin Taylor, and Beth Waldman in partnership with Abt Associates and Westat Insight Policy Research
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – July 15, 2024
Erin Taylor and Mary Beth Dyer
State Health and Value Strategies – April 30, 2024
Sarah Kinsler, Peter Hayes, Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, and Michael Bailit
Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs – April 5, 2024
Sarah Kinsler, Peter Hayes, Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, and Michael Bailit
Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs – April 5, 2024
Matt Reynolds, Deepti Kanneganti, and Michael Bailit of Bailit Health, Clara Felice and Jatin Dave of MassHealth
State Health and Value Strategies – February 7, 2024
Erin Campbell, Mary Beth Dyer, and Erin Taylor
State Health and Value Strategies – December 29, 2023
Jessica Mar and January Angeles
Health Affairs Forefront Blog – December 19, 2023
Christopher Romero-Gutierrez and Michael Bailit
Milbank Memorial Fund – December 6, 2023
Grace Flaherty and Matt Reynolds
State Health and Value Strategies – October 4, 2023
Erin Taylor, Rachel Isaacson, and Mary Beth Dyer
State Health and Value Strategies – July 21, 2023
January Angeles
Health Affairs Blog – June 29, 2023
Deepti Kanneganti, Jessica Mar, and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – June 16, 2023
State Health and Value Strategies – April 7, 2023
What's New in State Approaches to Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed CareErin Taylor and Matt Reynolds
State Health and Value Strategies – April 7, 2023
Alyssa Vangeli, Ann Hwang, Michael Bailit, Erin Taylor
The Commonwealth Fund – January 26, 2023
Ann Hwang, Michael Bailit, Deepti Kanneganti, Grace Flaherty
The Commonwealth Fund – January 13, 2023
January Angeles
Milbank Memorial Fund – January 10, 2023
Alison E. Cuellar, Mary Beth Dyer, and Rachael Matulis
The American Journal of Managed Care – October 18, 2022
Erin Campbell, Mary Beth Dyer, and Erin Taylor
State Health and Value Strategies – October 4, 2022
Deepti Kanneganti, Matt Reynolds, Ellie Shea-Delaney, Erin Taylor, and Beth Waldman in partnership with Abt Associates and Westat Insight
Submitted to CMS – August 23, 2022
Michael Bailit
Health Affairs Forefront – August 9, 2022
Beth Waldman, Mary Beth Dyer and Erin Campbell
State Health and Value Strategies – August 9, 2022
Bailit Health
State Health and Value Strategies – July 28, 2022
Erin Taylor, Mary Beth Dyer, and Erin Campbell
State Health and Value Strategies – July 28, 2022
Ann Hwang and Dolores Yanagihara
California Health Care Foundation – April 19, 2022
Grace Flaherty and Deepti Kanneganti
Milbank Memorial Fund – April 13, 2022
Michael H. Bailit and Deepti Kanneganti
Health Affairs Forefront – March 21, 2022
Ann Hwang, Amy M. Lischko, Tom Betlach, and Michael H. Bailit
The Commonwealth Fund – February 24, 2022
Rachel Isaacson, Mary Beth Dyer, and Erin Taylor
State Health and Value Strategies – January 28, 2022
Erin Taylor, Jennifer Sayles, M.D., and Michael Bailit
California Health Care Foundation – November 12, 2021
Erin Taylor, Mary Beth Dyer, and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – November 7, 2021
Mary Beth Dyer and Beth Waldman
California Health Care Foundation – September 24, 2021
Erin Campbell and Mary Beth Dyer
State Health and Value Strategies – September 15, 2021
Erin Taylor, Mary Beth Dyer, and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – August 27, 2021
Erin Taylor and Mary Beth Dyer
State Health and Value Strategies – August 27, 2021
Jennifer Sayles, Deepti Kanneganti, and Michael Bailit
Milbank Memorial Fund – June 25, 2021
Erin Taylor, Michael Bailit, and Deepti Kanneganti
Milbank Memorial Fund – April 15, 2021
Erin Taylor, Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, and Justine Zayhowski
Milbank Memorial Fund – January 26, 2021
Justine Zayhowski, Jennifer Sayles, and Michael Bailit
California Health Care Foundation – January 25, 2021
Michael Bailit
Milbank Memorial Fund – November 19, 2020
Erin Taylor, Ellie Shea–Delaney, Beth Waldman and Kaitlyn Kenney Walsh
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation – October 27, 2020
Justine Zayhowski, Kate Reinhalter Bazinsky, and Michael Bailit
State Heath and Values Strategies – October 16, 2020
Rachel Isaacson and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – October 16, 2020
Erin Taylor, Michael Bailit, and Jennifer Sayles
Milbank Memorial Fund – September 16, 2020
Michael Bailit and Jennifer Sayles
State Health and Value Strategies – July 27, 2020
State Health and Value Strategies – June 23, 2020
State Strategies to Promote Value-Based Payment through Medicaid Managed Care Beth Waldman, Mary Beth Dyer, January Angeles, and Margaret Trinity
Federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – March 13, 2020
Rachel Isaacson, Ellie Shea-Delaney, and Beth Waldman
State Health and Value Strategies – November 21, 2019
Kate Reinhalter Bazinsky and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – June 3, 2019
Beth Waldman, Mary Beth Dyer, Amy Lischko, and Áron Boros
California Health Care Foundation – April 29, 2019
Michael Bailit and Justine Zayhowski
California Health Care Foundation – April 29, 2019
Erin Taylor and Michael Bailit
State Health and Value Strategies – March 25, 2019
Erin Taylor and Michael Bailit
Bailit Health – February 27, 2019
Michael Bailit, Deepti Kanneganti, et al.
Bailit Health – November 1, 2018
Ed Wagner, Lisa LeRoy, Judith Schaefer, Michael Bailit, Katie Coleman, Chinliu Zhan, David Meyers
The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management – October/December Issue, 2018
Erin Taylor, Michael Bailit, and JoAnn Volk
State Health and Value Strategies – August 1, 2018
Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, and Kara Walker
Health Affairs Blog – July 20, 2018
David Meyers, Lisa LeRoy, Michael Bailit, Judith Schaefer, Edward Wagner, and Chunliu Zhan
Journal of General Internal Medicine – July 3, 2018
Megan Burns and Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – February 6, 2018
Beth Waldman, Michael Bailit, and Mary Beth Dyer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – February 6, 2018
Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, and Mary Beth Dyer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – November 28, 2017
Mary Beth Dyer and Beth Waldman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – October 18, 2017
Michael H. Bailit, Mark W. Friedberg, and Margaret L. Houy
Milbank Memorial Fund – July 25, 2017
Erin Taylor, Mary Beth Dyer, and Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – April 29, 2017
Megan Burns and Michael Bailit
HCP–LAN Maternity Multi–Stakeholder Action Collaborative – April 27, 2017
Margaret Trinity, Mary Beth Dyer, and Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – December 5, 2016
Michael Bailit and Marge Houy
United Hospital Fund – July 12, 2016
National Association of Medicaid Directors – March 24, 2016
Integrating Public Health and Health Care: Getting Beyond the Theory – State Health Reform Assistance NetworkErin Taylor, Michael Bailit, Mary Beth Dyer, and Karen Hacker
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – March 22, 2016
Michael Bailit and Beth Waldman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – March 22, 2016
Michael Bailit and Beth Waldman
National Governors Association – Jan 12, 2016
Beth Waldman, Mary Beth Dyer, and James Waldinger
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Dec. 15, 2015
Marge Houy and Kate Bazinsky
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation – Aug. 17, 2015
Michael Bailit and Beth Waldman
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – July 28, 2015
Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, and Mary Beth Dyer
Healthcare Financial Management - July 1, 2015
Nature And Nurture: What´s Behind the Variation In Recent Medical Home Evaluations?
Mark Friedberg, Connie Sixta, and Michael Bailit
Health Affairs Blog - June 22, 2015
The ACO Conundrum: Safety-Net Hospitals in the Era of Accountable Care
Michael Bailit, Rachel Tobey, Jim Maxwell, and Clancey Bateman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - May 4, 2015
Megan Burns and Michael Bailit
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - March 18, 2015
Michael Bailit, Margaret Houy, and Beth Waldman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - March 12, 2015
Andrea Ducas and Michael Bailit
Health Affairs: Grant Watch Blog - February 18, 2015
Brendan Hogan, Kate Bazinsky, and Beth Waldman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - January 5, 2015
Beth Waldman and Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - September 17, 2014
James Maxwell, Michael Bailit, Rachel Tobey, and Christine Barron
Health Affairs Blog - September 16, 2014
Michael Bailit and Marge Houy
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - August 1, 2014
Michael Bailit and Marge Houy
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute - May 28, 2014
Megan Burns, Mary Beth Dyer, and Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - January 17, 2014
A Burning Platform & Trust: Key Ingredients for Payment Reform
Michael Bailit
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – December 15, 2013
Facing the Future: Developing Guidelines for Coordinating Practice-Based & Plan-Based Care Management Resources
M. Houy, C. Johnson, and J. Carlevale
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resource Library – November 20, 2013
5 Best Practices for a Successful Transition to Value–Based Payments
Interview with Michael Bailit
Becker´s Hospital Review – October 11, 2013
Provider Network Development and Management and Delivery System Transformation in State Medicaid Programs
Beth Waldman and Michael Bailit
NGA Medicaid Health Care Purchasing Compendium – Sept 28, 2013
Facilitators and Barriers to Payment Reform: Market-based, governmental, organizational, and design considerations
Michael Bailit and Megan Burns
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Sept 26, 2013
The Significant Lack of Alignment Across State and Regional Health Measure Sets
Kate Bazinsky and Michael Bailit
Buying Value – September 10, 2013
All Together Now – Coordinating California´s Public Sector Health Care Purchasing
Michael Bailit and Megan Burns
California HealthCare Foundation – Sept 2013
Bundled Payments One Year Later: An Update on the Status of Implementations and Operational Findings
Michael Bailit, Megan Burns, and Marge Houy
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute – June 10, 2013
Understanding State Resistance to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Is It Really Just Politics As Usual?
Amy Lischko and Beth Waldman
Journal of Health & Biomedical Law – May 2013
The Employer ROI for Payment Reform: Four Payment Models
Michael Bailit and Kate Bazinsky
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – February 2013
Synopsis:
These briefs describe the return on investment for employers who implement payment reform and feature employers with experience implementing population-based payment, bundled payment, patient–centered medical home payment and high-intensity primary care program payment.
Role of the Nurse Care Manager in a Patient-Centered Medical Home
Christine Johnson and Marge Houy
CMSA Today - February 2013
The Design And Application Of Shared Savings Programs: Lessons From Early Adopters
Joel S. Weissman, Michael Bailit, Guy D'Andrea and Meredith B. Rosenthal
Health Affairs – September 2012
Shared–Savings Payment Arrangements in Health Care
Michael Bailit, Christine Hughes, Megan Burns, and David H. Freedman
The Commonwealth Fund – August 2012
Delivering Value: How Value–Based Purchasing Improves Quality and Lowers Costs
Michael Bailit and Megan Burns
Buying Value – July 2012
Bundled Payment Across the U.S. Today: Status of Implementations and Operational Findings
Michael Bailit and Megan Burns
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute – May 2012
Toward Innovative Models of Health Care and Financing: Matchmaking in Maryland
Kate Bazinsky, Laura Herrera, and Joshua Sharfstein
The Journal of the American Medical Association – April 2012
Stabilizing MassHealth Funding: Options to Break the Recurring Cycle of Expansion and Contraction
Beth Waldman, Robert Seifert and Kate Nordahl
Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute – February 2012
Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
The Commonwealth Fund - August 2011
Payment and Delivery Reform Action Briefs
Michael Bailit
Catalyst for Payment Reform - June 2011
Robert Gabbay and Michael Bailit et al.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety - June 2011
Michael McCue and Michael Bailit
The Commonwealth Fund - June 15, 2011
Payment Rate Brief
Michael Bailit
Patient–Centered Primary Care Collaborative – March 30, 2011
Monitoring Medi–Cal: Recommendations for Measuring the Performance of California´s Medicaid Program
Beth Waldman and Michael Bailit
California HealthCare Foundation - January 2011
Physician Payment Reform
Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
National Business Coalition on Health Value–based Purchasing Guide - January 2011
Rhode Island´s Novel Experiment To Rebuild Primary Care From The Insurance Side
Chris Koller, Troy Brennan and Michael Bailit
Health Affairs – May 2010
Value–Based Purchasing and Consumer Engagement Strategies in State Employee Health Plans: A Purchaser Guide
Joshua Slen, Michael Bailit and Marge Houy
April 2010
Beth Waldman
April 7, 2010
Covering Children and their Parents – The Massachusetts Model and Implications for National Health Reform
Beth Waldman
December 2009
Using Insurance Standards and Policy Levers to Build a High Performance Health System
Michael Bailit and Christopher Koller
November 6, 2009
Health Plan Capabilities to Support Value Based Benefit Design
Marge Houy, Michael Joseph, and Laura Jacobus-Kantor
October 2009
Value–Based Benefit Design: A Purchaser Guide
Marge Houy
September 2009
Pay-for-Performance in the Medi-Cal Managed Care and Healthy Families Programs: Findings and Recommendations
Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
Published August 2009
The Purchaser Guide to the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
July 9, 2008
The State Children's Health Insurance Program in Massachusetts: Achievements, Challenges and Implications for Health Reform
Beth Waldman
April 2007
Physician Pay–for–Performance in Medicaid: A Guide for States
Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer along with Karen LLanos and Joanie Rothstein of the Center for Health Care Strategies
April 2007
Purchaser Guide to Value–driven Health Care
Michael Bailit, Marge Houy and Michael Joseph
February 2007
Understanding the Influence of Publicly Traded Health Plans on Medicaid Managed Care
Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer
November 2006
Incentives and Rewards Best Practices Primer: Lessons Learned from Early Pilots
Michael Bailit, Mary Beth Dyer and Michael Joseph
July 2006
Putting Quality to Work: Rewarding Plan Performance in Medi–Cal Managed Care
Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer
May 2006
Michael Bailit
June 21, 2005
Beyond Bankable Dollars: Establishing a Business Case for Improving Health Care
Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer.
September 2004
State Budget Cuts and Medicaid Managed Care: Case Studies of Four States
Written by Laurie Burgess and Michael Bailit along with independent consultant Trisha Roddy.
Published June 2004
Financial Performance Incentives for Quality: The State of the Art
Health care purchasers are increasingly pursuing how financial incentives can help
to motivate quality improvement activity. This monograph provides an overview of
a quality incentive–based approach to health care purchasing.
September 2002
Ensuring Quality Providers: A Purchaser's Toolkit for Using Incentives
Bailit staff have created a "how–to" toolkit for organizations interested in introducing quality incentives with health care providers.
May 2002
Bailit staff have created a "how–to" toolkit for organizations interested in introducing quality incentives with health plans.
March 2002
Provider quality incentives are an important component of value–based purchasing. They create a business case for providers to invest their time and effort in health care quality improvement. This monograph identifies the range of provider incentive models that sponsoring organizations should consider.
March 2002