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Janet B. Mitchell

Expertise

Medicaid
Health Care Access

Biography

Janet B. Mitchell, PhD, pioneered the use of claims data for research purposes and was the first researcher to successfully merge Medicare Part A and Part B claims. She has spearheaded the use of Medicare and Medicaid claims databases for studies of access and medical outcomes, as well as payment studies. Dr. Mitchell was the project director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-funded evaluation of Oregon's 1115 waiver demonstration. She was also one of the first investigators to link SSA disability data to Medicaid eligibility files. Dr. Mitchell recently completed a report to Congress (under contract to CMS) that evaluated the impact on dually eligible beneficiaries of state payment limitations on Medicare cost-sharing. Currently, Dr. Mitchell is directing the evaluation of CMS' Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration, a project designed to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in cancer screening and treatment.

Education

PhD, Health Policy, The Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University; MSW, Social Welfare, University of California at Los Angeles; BA, Sociology, University of California at San Diego.

Selected Publications

Mitchell, J.B., Haber, S.G., & Hoover, S. (2005). Premium subsidy programs: Who enrolls and how do they fare? Health Affairs, 24 (5):1344-1355.

Mitchell, J.B., & Haber, S.G. (July 2003). State Payment Limitations on Medicare Cost-Sharing: Impacts on Dually Eligible Beneficiaries and Their Providers.

Mitchell, J.B., & Osber, D. (2002). Using Medicaid/SCHIP to Insure Working Families: the Massachusetts Experience. Health Care Financing Review, 23 (3):35-45.

Mitchell, J.B., Haber, S.G., Khatutsky, G., & Donoghue, S. (2002). Children in the Oregon Health Plan: How have they fared? Medical Care Research and Review, 59 (2):166-183.

Mitchell, J.B., Haber, S.G., Khatutsky, G., & Donoghue, S. (2002). Impact of the oregon health plan on access and satisfaction of adults with low income. Health Services Research, 37 (1):11-31.

Mitchell, J.B., Khatutsky, G., & Swigonski, N. (2001). Impact of the Oregon Health Plan on Children with Special Health Care Needs. Pediatrics, 107 (4):736-743.

Mitchell, J.B., & Bentley, F. (2000). Impact of Oregon’s Priority List on Medicaid Beneficiaries. Medical Care Research and Review, 57 (2):216-51.

Mitchell, J.B., Ballard, D.J., Matchar, D.B., Whisnant, J.P., & Samsa, G.P. (2000). Racial variation in treatment for transient ischemic attacks: Impact of participation by neurologists. Health Services Research, 34 (7):1413-1428.

Haber, S.G., & Mitchell, J.B. (1999). Access to physicians' services for vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. Inquiry, 36 (4):445-460.

Mitchell, J.B., Ballard, D.J., Whisnant, J.P., Ammering, C.J., Samsa, G.P., & Matchar, D.B. (1996). What role do neurologists play in determining the costs and outcomes of stroke patients? Stroke, 27 (11):1937-1943.

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