Case Studies

Resource	Category	Topic	Type
The Health Care Costs of Extreme Heat “A new report produced by an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff and students at Virginia Commonwealth University and published by the Center… State: Virginia	Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic In response to the opioid epidemic, policies to expand access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone — e.g., allowing pharmacists to dispense… State: Arkansas	Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and cardiovascular diseases within 24 months after delivery Despite the well-known association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and cardiovascular diseases, there are limited data on which specific… State: Maine	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children To determine the association between the asthma medication ratio (AMR) quality measure and adverse outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled children with… State: Arkansas	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers	Medicaid	Utilization
Review of Third-Party Specialty Pharmacy Use for Clinician-Administered Drugs "In this report, required by Section 130 of Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2017, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) examines the… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Healthcare Payments Data (HPD) Snapshot The Healthcare Payments Data Snapshot is an overview of data currently available as submitted in the HPD System with visualizations that allow users…	Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
COVID-19 Prevalence and Trends Among Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals in Maine by Rurality and Pregnancy Conditions To estimate COVID-19 diagnosis prevalence and trends among pregnant and postpartum individuals in Maine by rurality and common pregnancy conditions. State: Maine	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Insurance Coverage Transitions After Disenrollment From Medicaid in Minnesota Little is known about where, or how quickly, people gain new health insurance after exiting Medicaid. Understanding these dynamics may be… State: Minnesota	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Medicaid	Cost
Female Reproductive Factors and Risk of New-Onset Heart Failure: Findings From UK Biobank The study sought to investigate the association of multiple female reproductive factors with the risk of HF.	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Surveillance of the Initiation of, Participation in, and Completion of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Minnesota, 2017–2018 An article published in the April 13, 2023 issue of the CDC's 'Preventing Chronic Disease' journal uses data from the Minnesota All… State: Minnesota	Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Community Checkup: Improving Health Care in Washington State A recent Washington Health Alliance report examined the cost of healthcare through an equity lens, and found that where people live in the state has… State: Washington	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Reflux and Barrett's esophagus after sleeve gastrectomy: analysis of a statewide database In this large statewide database, rates of esophagogastroduodenoscopy remained low after SG, but the incidence of a new postoperative esophagitis or…	Consumers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Quality, Utilization
Chronic Respiratory Diseases A Comparison of Prevalence, Utilization, and Payments in New Hampshire Medicaid and Commercially Insured Populations This study evaluated three chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. New Hampshire (NH)… State: New Hampshire	Medicaid, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Impact of Health Care Price Transparency on Price Variation: The New Hampshire Experience, November 2009 This analysis was jointly conducted by the New Hampshire Insurance Department and the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). The report… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Providers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
CO All Payer Claims Database Reporting Website In 2012, Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVIC) launched the Colorado All Payer Claims Database website in an effort to… State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Report to the State of New Hampshire Insurance Department, Analysis of Data Sources to Support Rate Review 2012-RRG-03 Compass Analytics performed an analysis of NH Insurance Department (NHID) data sources to support rate review; this included analysis on the NH APCD… State: New Hampshire	Health Reform, Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
NH HealthWRQS Website The New Hampshire Health Web Reporting and Query System, or NH HealthWRQS, is a web-based data analysis system that allows public health… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
NH Insurance Department Analysis of Vaccine Use in NH This analysis was performed by the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID), using the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS… State: New Hampshire	Insurance Department, Population Health	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
Report on Patient Contributions to Medical Expenses, NHID, May 2008 Using medical claims data from the NH Comprehensive Healthcare Information System (NHCHIS), the NH Insurance Department (NHID) performed an analysis… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost
New Hampshire Acute Care Hospital Comparison: A Commercial Insurance Relative Cost Comparison, NHID, August 2008 Using claims data from the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Care Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID)… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Insurance Department, Providers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization

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