Center for Medicare and Medicaid Research

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Research, directed by Jack Hoadley and Laura Summer, conducts research on program financing, policy, design and implementation, as well as health service delivery for current and potential program beneficiaries.

Laura Summer, M.P.H., and Jack Hoadley, Ph.D., have been members of the research faculty at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute for more than ten years. They also bring to the project experience working in federal and state governments and independent policy organizations. Both have extensive research backgrounds studying the Medicaid and Medicare programs as well as the broader healthcare system. Many of their studies are conducted in collaboration with colleagues at Georgetown and other research organizations.

Publications and Articles:

• Medicare Part D
  • Part D: Major Studies
  • Part D and low-income beneficiaries
  • Lessons from Part D for the Affordable Care Act
  • Part D enrollment and beneficiary education
  • Part D Annual Reports: premiums, benefits, formularies
  • Other Part D research
• Low-income Medicare and dual-eligible beneficiaries
  • Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB, QI)
  • Part D and low-income beneficiaries
• Promoting enrollment and access in public programs
• Medicaid
  • Medicaid long-term services and supports
  • Medicaid managed care, prescription drugs
  • Medicaid state-specific studies
• Medicare Parts A and B and Medicare Advantage
• Other Policy Research
  • Prescription Drug Research
  • Health insurance and delivery system research

Research has been sponsored by these organizations, among others:

• The AARP Public Policy Institute
• The Commonwealth Fund
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
• The Jessie Ball duPont Fund
• The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Winter Park Health Foundation.

Recent Publications

• Medicare’s Part D Drug Benefit at 10 Years: Firmly Established But Still Evolving OCTOBER 13, 2015
• Medicare Part D at Ten Years: The 2015 Marketplace and Key Trends, 2006-2015 OCTOBER 13, 2015
• To Switch or Be Switched: Examining Changes in Drug Plan Enrollment among Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Enrollees JULY 17, 2015
• Balance Billing: How Are States Protecting Consumers from Unexpected Charges? JUNE 1, 2015
• Early Insights from Commonwealth Coordinated Care: Virginia’s Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries JUNE 1, 2015