Case Studies

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
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
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
The Dartmouth Atlas of Children's Health Care of Northern New England The project published an Atlas and the project's first journal paper was released online August 2014 in Pediatrics (Weinstein SJ, House SA,… State: New Hampshire	Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality
Massachusetts Health Care Coverage: Enrollment Trends The July 2015 edition of the Massachusetts Health Care Coverage: Enrollment Trends, offers new insights into changes in health insurance coverage… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Hospital Variation in Health Care Utilization by Children with Medical Complexity The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice completed this follow-on study to its 2013 Dartmouth Atlas of Children’s Health… State: Vermont	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Vermont’s Community-Oriented All-Payer Medical Home Model Reduces Expenditures and Utilization While Delivering High-Quality Care This study was published in the national journal "Population Health Management" and evaluates the Vermont Blueprint for Health’s overall… State: Vermont	Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Vermont’s Community-Oriented All-Payer Medical Home Model Reduces Expenditures and Utilization While Delivering High-Quality Care Patient-centered medical home programs using different design and implementation strategies are being tested across the United States, and the impact… State: Vermont	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Spending and Use Among Maryland's Privately Fully Insured This study examines changes in healthcare expenditure and utilization in the individual and small group markets following the implementation of new… State: Maryland	Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
NH HealthCost Website The HealthCost website (http://www.nhhealthcost.org/) provides information for consumers and employers about the price of medical care in New… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Green Mountain Care Board Price Variation Analysis The GMCB referenced a January 2012 report commissioned by the Department of Vermont Health Access that found “there was significant variation in the… State: Vermont	Consumers, Employers, Providers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
Prescription Use among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Northern New England: Intensity and Small Area Variation This report measures the intensity of prescription use and regional variation of psychotropic and two non-psychotropic drugs among children with… State: Maine	Consumers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization

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