www.kennellinc.com

Corporate Overview

Formed in August of 1995, Kennell and Associates, Inc. is a Falls Church, Virginia-based health policy research and consulting firm. Our primary clients are the Military Health System (MHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and the Veteran's Health Administration.

Although a relatively small firm, Kennell and Associates has wide-ranging experience that is directly relevant to the needs of public-sector healthcare organizations, such as the Department of Defense, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Veterans Administration.

ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES

  • Broad range of skills and experience - With a staff of 18 professionals who handle many diverse tasks, we work with consulting and research firms, policy think tanks, healthcare systems, and the U.S. military.
  • Variety of disciplinary backgrounds - Our professionals hold advanced degrees in policy analysis, statistics, public health, and operations research.
  • Sophisticated programming expertise - We use SAS and other programming languages to process and analyze large Medicare, TRICARE, and private sector claims data files.
  • Accurate and objective - Our analyses of complicated issues consistently withstand the close scrutiny of DoD, CMS, OMB, and GAO staff.
  • Timely and responsive - We readily respond to changing priorities and routinely provide quick-turnaround support, while still completing long-term tasks on schedule.
  • Efficient - We simultaneously manage and perform large tasks on time for multiple clients by relying on: 1) highly creative, productive personnel, 2) deep institutional knowledge, and 3) tools, procedures, and data sources we have developed and improved over time.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Empirical research and data analysis

  • Economic, statistical, and econometric analysis
  • Analysis of large data sets of administrative or survey data
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Payment System Development and Evaluation

    • Hospital and physician payment
    • Payment for post-acute care (SNF, HH) and hospital outpatient departments
    • Risk adjustment
    • Analysis of grouper software

    Modeling and Decision Support

    • Actuarial analysis and capitation rate-setting
    • Simulation modeling

    Management and Organizational Consulting

    • Strategic and business planning
    • Financial analysis and budgeting
    • Contracts, negotiations
    • Re-engineering
    • Performance measurement

    Program Design and Implementation

    • Program design options
    • Pilot/demonstration programs
    • Procurement and implementation support
    • Health economics/cost effectiveness

    Program Evaluation and Research

    • Public program/demonstration project evaluation
    • Fiscal/eligibility/utilization impact evaluation
    • Outcomes research
    • Performance measurement/indicator development

    Training Programs

    • Financial management training
    • Data systems training

    Information System Support

    • Requirement definition
    • Software development and testing
    • Training
    • Ad-hoc analysis

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