Case Studies

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity This report summarizes the findings from two years of research and stakeholder engagement led by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to address… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
A Snapshot of Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait in Minnesota A dashboard that explores the prevalence and demographic distribution of sickle cell patients in Minnesota. State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Geographic Variation in Hypertension in Minnesota The report provides the first estimation of hypertension prevalence by local communities in Minnesota and serves to frame a future report on… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Commercial Case Price Variation among High-Volume Inpatient Treatments in Minnesota Hospitals The report examines the price case variation for four common, clinically uncomplicated inpatient treatments in orthopedic and obstetric care based on… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Treated Chronic Disease Costs in Minnesota - a Look Back and a Look Forward This report analyzes the treatment of chronic disease costs in Minnesota for a subset of chronic diseases and risk factors, including diabetes,… State: Minnesota	Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Provider Workforce in Georgia Provider availability can be difficult to measure, but some commonly used proxies are licensure data, survey data, and geolocation data. The Georgia… State: Georgia	Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Mental Health in Youth This comprehensive analysis sheds light on the treatment prevalence of mental health disorders among youth in Georgia, ages 0 to 26 years. The… State: Georgia	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Georgia Telehealth Dashboard The intent of the Telehealth dashboard is to provide insights into the trends and characteristics of telehealth services in Georgia. Specifically,… State: Georgia	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
Urban-Rural Healthcare Access Dashboard The goal of the Urban-Rural Healthcare Access dashboard is to show how healthcare access and usage differ between urban and rural areas in Georgia.… State: Georgia	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
Georgia APCD Snapshot The intent of this snapshot is to provide users with a succinct summary of the population of the GA APCD as well as a comparison between the GA APCD… State: Georgia	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Georgia Condition Explorer Dashboard The intent of the Condition Explorer dashboard is to provide insights into the relative burden of chronic disease in Georgia. Specifically, the… State: Georgia	Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
State Efforts To Monitor Outpatient Facility Fees Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, and Washington—have collected and analyzed data on outpatient facility fee billing within their borders. This growing… State: Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Washington	Consumers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Recommendations to Expand Access to and Use of the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database: Final Report With renewed interest in health care reform and a focus on data-driven decision-making across stakeholders and industries, many have focused on… State: Minnesota	Consumers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Health Care Spending, Prices, and Utilization in Minnesota: 2018 to 2022 This issue brief relies upon data from the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database (MN APCD) to examine trends in per-person health care spending, prices… State: Minnesota	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Z-Coding for Social Contributors to Health in Colorado Federally Qualified Health Centers This study looked at the prevalence of social contributor Z codes for patients receiving services through Colorado’s Federally Qualified Health… State: Colorado	Consumers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Mental Health Service Cost and Use Trends & Dashboard The Washington APCD has created a searchable dashboard using behavioral health-specific claims to better understand the cost of mental health… State: Washington	Consumers	Commercial	Cost
Pediatric Asthma Population Risk Stratification using k-Means Clustering Incorporating social determinants of health to identify distinct pediatric asthma patient groups can help stratify populations by their risk of… State: Arkansas	Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Analysis of proposed legislation to provide dental coverage for individuals with head and neck cancers The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) commissioned Milliman, Inc. to review a potential legislative proposal that would require all commercial… State: Colorado	Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost
A comprehensive mixed-methods analysis of women’s cardiovascular health needs in Georgia, United States This study looked at why women in rural Georgia, United States are at higher risk for high blood pressure and heart disease. Health data was gathered… State: Georgia	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Urban-Rural Healthcare Access Dashboard The goal of the Urban-Rural Healthcare Access dashboard is to show how healthcare access and usage differ between urban and rural areas in Georgia.… State: Georgia	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization

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