Principal Scientist

Leslie Greenwald

Expertise

Health Care Financing and Reimbursement
Medicare Managed Care
Medicare Prescription Drugs
Medicare Demonstration Design and Evaluation

Biography

Leslie Greenwald, Ph.D., is a principal scientist at RTI International with more than 15 years of experience conducting health services research. Dr. Greenwald serves as a project director and task leader for a range of projects related to Medicare payment, service delivery, cost and utilization analysis. She has focused her research efforts on Medicare managed care, Medicare payment systems, prescription drugs, risk adjustment, and beneficiary information. She also has extensive experience directing health care research programs. Dr. Greenwald joined RTI in 1991 after 11 years at the Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).

Education

PhD, Government, University of Virginia; MPA, Public Administration, University of Virginia; BA (honors), American Government, Dartmouth College.

Selected Publications

Greenwald, L.M., McCormack, L.A., Uhrig, J.D., & West, N. (2006 Summer). Measures and predictors of Medicare knowledge: A review of the literature. Health Care Financing Review, 27 (4):1-12.

Drozd, E.M., Cromwell, J., Gage, B., Maier, J., Greenwald, L.M., & Goldman, H.H. (2006 Apr). Patient casemix classification for medicare psychiatric prospective payment. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163 (4):724-732.

Greenwald, L., Cromwell, J., Adamache, W., Bernard, S., Drozd, E., Root, E., & Devers, K. (2006 Jan). Specialty versus community hospitals: referrals, quality, and community benefits. Health Affairs, 25 (1):106-118.

Cromwell, J., Maier, J., Gage, B., Drozd, E., Osber, D., Richter, E., Greenwald, L., & Goldman, H. (2004). Characteristics of high staff intensive Medicare psychiatric inpatients. Health Care Financing Review, 26 (1):103-117.

Greenwald, L.M., Levy, J.M., & Ingber, M.J. (Spring 2000). Favorable selection in the Medicare+Choice program: new evidence. Health Care Financing Review, 21 (3):127-134.

Greenwald, L.M. (Apring 2000). Medicare risk-adjusted capitation payments: from research to implementation. Health Care Financing Review, 21 (3):1-5.

Greenwald, L.M., Esposito, A., Ingber, M.J., & Levy, J.M. (1998 Summer). Risk adjustment for the Medicare program: lessons learned from research and demonstrations. Inquiry, 35 (2):193-209.

Schieber, G.J., Poullier, J.P., & Greenwald, L.M. (Fall 1994). Health system performance in OECD countries, 1980-1992. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Health Affairs, 13 (4):100-112.

Schieber, G.J., Poullier, J.P., & Greenwald, L.M. (1993 Summer). Health spending, delivery, and outcomes in OECD countries. Health Affairs, 12 (2):120-129.

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