Peter S. Hussey

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Policy Researcher
Washington Office

Education

Ph.D. in health services research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Overview

Biography

Peter Hussey is a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. He has conducted research on topics such as episode-based payment and performance measurement approaches, health care efficiency measurement, and quality improvement. He has participated in evaluations of delivery system reform options at the national level and in Massachusetts. He has also conducted multiple studies on international health system comparisons, international comparisons of health care quality, and international physician migration. His work in the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research has focused on the financing of care for TRICARE for Life beneficiaries. Before joining RAND, he coordinated an international effort to compare health care quality at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Hussey received his Ph.D. in health services research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Research Focus

Previous Positions

Coordinator of an international effort to compare health care quality at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Recent Projects

  • Analysis of health care cost containment approaches for Massachusetts
  • Study of episode-based payment reform options

Publications

Payment Reform: Analysis of Models and Performance Measurement Implications - 2011

Policy Options for Addressing Medicare Payment Differentials Across Ambulatory Settings - 2011

The PROMETHEUS Bundled Payment Experiment: Slow Start Shows Problems in Implementing New Payment Models - 2011

Establishing State Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Health Insurance Enrollment, Spending, and Small Businesses - 2010

Feasibility and Design Options for a Potential Entity to Research the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments - 2010

Health Care on Aisle 7: The Growing Phenomenon of Retail Clinics - 2010

How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Employee Health Coverage at Small Businesses? - 2010

Primary Care: A Critical Review of the Evidence on Quality and Costs of Health Care - 2010

Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives - 2010

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workers' Health Insurance Coverage - 2010

A Systematic Review of Health Care Efficiency Measures - 2009

Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System - 2009

Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts - 2009

Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts: An Analysis of Options - 2009

Controlling U.S. Health Care Spending--Separating Promising from Unpromising Approaches - 2009

Efficiency and Its Measurement: What Practitioners Need to Know - 2009

Episode-based Performance Measurement and Payment: Making It a Reality - 2009

Expand the Use of Disease Management Programs - 2009

How Hospitals Have Implemented the National Quality Forum Safe Practices - 2009

Increase the Use of Comparative Effectiveness - 2009

Identifying, Categorizing, and Evaluating Health Care Efficiency Measures - 2008

Medicare Payment Differentials across Ambulatory Settings - 2008

Trends in Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Care Quality in Four Countries - 2008

International Migration Patterns of Physicians to the United States: A Cross-National Panel Analysis - 2007