Purpose: Minnesota's Nursing Facility Performance-Based Incentive Payment Program (PIPP) supports provider-initiated projects aimed at improving care quality and efficiency. PIPP moves beyond conventional pay for performance. It seeks to promote implementation of evidence-based practices, encourage innovation and risk taking, foster collaboration…

Examined theoretical and methodological difficulties of defining, coding, and analyzing data on older volunteers using findings from Minnesota Senior Study, a survey of needs and resources of elderly. Proposes new conceptual model for classifying volunteer roles, based on whether voluntary service is "formal" or "informal,"…

Purpose: Our objective in this study was to compare the quality of care provided under the Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO), a special program designed to serve dually eligible older persons, to care provided to controls who received fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid managed care. Design and Methods: Two control groups were used; one was…