Overview
Gerald F. Riley is a senior researcher at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). His research focuses on health insurance coverage and access among people with disabilities, particularly DI beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period, and on the interaction between disability cash benefit programs and public health insurance.
Key Contributions / Features
- Rupp and Riley (2012) — Social Security Bulletin 72(3): 19–35; first individual-level linkage of all four U.S. disability safety-net programs (DI, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid); documented that SSI serves as the primary Medicaid bridge during the 29-month combined DI/Medicare waiting period; N=68,798 first-ever 2000 disability entrants, 84-month panel. See DI Medicare Waiting Period.
- Rupp and Riley (2011) — Social Security Bulletin 71(2): 25–51; identified and classified the five longitudinal DI/SSI benefit eligibility patterns (DI-only, SSI-only, DI-only→joint DI/SSI, SSI-only→DI serial, SSI-only→joint SSI/DI) accounting for ~98% of all first-ever disability awards.
- Riley (2004) — Medical Care 42(4): 387–394; estimated the cost of eliminating the 24-month Medicare waiting period for DI beneficiaries.
- Riley (2006) — Inquiry 43(3): 222–230; documented health insurance access problems among DI beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period.
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