Our annual market reports and data are an invaluable source of insight into eleven state health care markets. By touring our web site, you can see samples of what is in those reports and data sets. You can also learn about our consulting research, presentations and articles and how you can use them.

New Market Reports for 2008 and 2007

• Strong profitability for HMOs and hospitals alike;
• Declining HMO enrollment for employer groups, partly offset by growth in Medicare and Medicaid managed care and
• Risks for hospitals with their huge construction programs and for health plans profiting from Medicare and Medicaid
  

Colorado Managed Care Review 2007 released April 11, 2008 : "Health insurers and hospitals alike enjoy strong profits; HMO enrollment approaches plateau"

• Joyzelle Davis wrote in the Rocky Mountain News: "For-profit HealthOne hospitals well in black"
• See Katy Urban's article in The Denver Post: '06 income for hospitals, health insurers surges"
• See Bob Mook's coverage in the Denver Business Journal
• Hear Eric Whitney's report for Colorado Public Radio
  

Wisconsin Managed Care Review 2007 released March 13, 2008: "HMOs and Consolidating Hospitals See Declining Profits; HMO Enrollment Stabilizes"

• Elizabeth Sanders wrote in the (Milwaukee) Business Journal: "State's HMO enrollment slide slowing down, report says"

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released Kentucky Health Care Market Report 2007, my new analysis of the health economy in Kentucky, including health benefits and insurance, providers, purchasers and market trends and issues. Later this spring data from the report will be available at the Foundation's web site. Laura Lipkin and Julie Sonier worked with Allan on this project. You can download an interactive PDF of the report at: http://healthyky.org/presentationsReports.aspx?yr=2007

St. Luke's Health Initiatives of Phoenix has contracted with Allan Baumgarten to prepare a market analysis for Arizona. The report is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2008. This will be the 11th state where he prepares market reports.

The United Hospital Fund of New York has contracted with Allan Baumgarten to provide data and analysis for a report on the health insurance markets in New York state.

Minnesota Managed Care Review 2007 released September 21, 2007: "Employers and Health Plans Continue Migration Away From HMO Models; Profitability Falls for Second Year"

• See coverage by David Phelps in the StarTribune: "Leaner Times for HMOs"
• Katharine Grayson wrote in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal: "Minnesota's HMO rolls and income down from 2005"

Michigan Managed Care Review 2007, Part One released July 10, 2007: "Health Insurers Consolidate as Profitability and Enrollment Decline"

• Andrew Dietderich wrote in Crain's Detroit Business: "State Health Insurance Market Consolidating, Study Says"
  

Florida Managed Care Review 2006 released May 10, 2007 : "HMOs and hospitals enjoy strong profits; Employers continue to leave HMOs, but seniors return"

• "HMO profits drop in Florida" in the South Florida Business Journal
  

Illinois Managed Care Review 2006 released April 11, 2007: "llinois HMOs and Chicago Hospitals Report Higher Profits As State Grapples with Access and Affordability Issues"

• See presentation to Midwest Business Group on Health
  

Texas Managed Care Review 2006 released March 16, 2007: "Strong hospital profitability fuels new hospital development. HMO profitability continues; new Medicare plans gain members and profits"

• See Brendan Case's article in the Dallas Morning News: "D-FW Health Firms' Profits Up"
• Kate Harrington's article in the Austin Business Journal: "Hospitals Get Clean Financial Bill of Health"
  
• Maria Perotin's article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram: "HMOs see big decline in North Texas"
• Mary Ann Azevedo in the Houston Business Journal: "HMO Net Higher Profits, Less Enrollees"
• Jennifer Gordon in the Dallas Business Journal: "D-FW Hospitals Leading State"
  

California Health Care Market Report 2006, sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, is available for free download

• Read a report summary here
• See Marie-Anne Hogarth's article in the East Bay Business Times: "Report: Kaiser expansion keeps competitors on toes"
  

Colorado Managed Care Review 2006 released November 10: "HMOs gain leverage from consolidation and new hospitals; Hospitals are strongly profitable in 2005"

• For Rachel Brand's article in the Rocky Mountain News, click here: "Some hospitals rich, others not"
• For Will Shanley's article in the Denver Post, click here: "Hospital profits in area strong. But HMO enrollment is falling, finds the Colorado Managed Care Review, being released today."
• Amy Fletcher wrote this article in the Denver Business Journall: "Hospitals post record profits"
  

Minnesota Managed Care Review 2006, Part One released on August 25, 2006:
"Insured HMO Enrollment Drops Below 1 Million; Profitability and Premium Revenue Increases Also Decline"

• See coverage by David Phelps in the StarTribune: "HMO Steadily Losing Ground"
• Jim McCartney wrote in the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "HMO Rate Hikes Slow: Big Reserves May be a Factor"
• Hear Lorna Benson's coverage for Minnesota Public Radio: "HMO enrollment decline signals shift by employers"
  

Ohio Managed Care Review 2005 released December 23: "Hospital net income improves; HMO enrollment declines for employers but increases for Medicaid"

• For Alexander Coolidge's coverage in the Cincinnati Enquirer, click here: "Local hospitals see higher profits"
• See Jeff Bell's story in Business First of Columbus: " Hospitals outshine insurers in progress of bottom line"
  

 Recent Conference Presentations

"Assessing the Impact of Increased Market Penetration of Specialized For-Profit Medicaid Managed Care Plans"
at 12th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress in Baltimore, June 28-30, 2004

Industry News

HMO Premiums and Profits Rise in 2001 and 2002

HMO Enrollment Declines in 2001 and 2002

Tiering Approaches for Health Plans: Incentives and Information for Consumers

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