This page briefly describes our current grant-funded research projects.

Principal Investigator: Mueller

Goals of the project: to provide research and policy analytic support to the Office of Rural Health Policy on rural health policy, to analyze rural health policy issues, in particular issues related to Medicare, insurance, reimbursement, access, and quality of health care in rural areas.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy D. McBride

Goals of the project:to provide research and policy analysis on state policy issues facing Missouri

Principal Investigator: Saint Louis University Health Policy Analysis Team

Goals of the project:for Saint Louis University (SLU) State Health Policy Analysis Team to provide a timely, analytical, and objective policy analysis of the crucial elements of the Medicaid transformation proposals being considered in Missouri, with the objective of informing state and national audiences about the impacts of a major state Medicaid reform initiative on Medicaid recipients, providers, and other Missouri taxpayers. Missouri represents a unique opportunity to observe Medicaid policy with implications for Medicaid policy across the nation. This is because Missouri has a history of not only being a national leader in expanding coverage to low-income children and adults, but also is a state that led the nation in the retrenchment of its Medicaid program in the past few years, and finally now is considering expanding coverage using an approach that favors private-public initiatives. Currently the type of thorough analytical research proposed here is not being provided in the state.