Baseline Information for Evaluating the Implementation of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: Final Report
Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis with Ellen R. Harrison, Peter
D. Jacobson, and Jennifer S. Sloan
The Rand Corporation
October 1998
Prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration(now known as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS)) under Contract
500-95-0056, Task Order 4.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Potential Effects of HIPAA: A Review of the Literature
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Introduction
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Background
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Effects of HIPAA’s Group Market Provisions
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Effects on Access
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Effects on Premiums
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Other Effects
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Effects of Group-to-Individual Portability Provision
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Effects of Guaranteed Issue
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Effects of Risk Pools
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Conclusions
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References
III. Data Sources for an Evaluation of HIPAA
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Background
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Databases
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Population Surveys
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Employer Surveys
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Insurer Databases
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Policy Databases
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HIPAA Database Abstracts
IV. HIPAA Evaluation Design
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Introduction
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Scope of Evaluation Design
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Limitations on Proposed Scope
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Organization of Remainder of Report
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Research Design
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Qualitative Evaluation
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Specific Evaluation Topics and Design
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Access to Insurance
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Premiums
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Benefits
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Employment Effects
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