Researchers

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Aligning Incentives or Gaming the System? The Impact of Insurer-Physician Acquisitions This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine a 2017 insurer-physician acquisition, finding that integration inflated Medicare Advantage diagnosi... State: Colorado	Health Reform, Insurance Department, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy among individuals with and without co-occurring stimulant use disorder: A retrospective cohort study This case study uses Utah APCD data to compare treatment patterns among pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who also had a co-occurrin... State: Utah	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
An Examination of Trends in Low-Value Opioid Prescribing for Acute Low Back Pain in Rural vs. Non-Rural Virginia This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine low-value opioid prescribing for acute low back pain among over 850,000 insured residents from 2019... State: Virginia	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia This case study finds that for patients with schizophrenia in Massachusetts, psychiatric nurse practitioners and mental health clinics delivered care ... State: Massachusetts	Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality
Inequitable Access to Risk-Appropriate Neonatal Care: Evidence from a Regionalized Perinatal System in Arkansas This case study analyzes a decade of birth data in Arkansas to evaluate whether newborns receive care at the appropriate level of neonatal facility. I... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Engagement and retention in HIV care in rural Southern U.S. using an All-Payer Claims Database This case study evaluates the HIV care continuum in Arkansas, finding that HIV testing, engagement, and retention in care are all below national avera... State: Arkansas	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Low-Value and No-Value Care in Healthcare: A Narrative Review This narrative review summarizes the concepts of low- and no-value care (LNVC), the <br /> drivers behind them, and potential strategies for de-imple... State: Virginia	Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Quality
Predictors of telehealth use after the Minnesota Telehealth Act: analysis using the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database This research article examines telehealth use in Minnesota following the 2021 Minnesota Telehealth Act, finding that younger patients, those with depr... State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Novel approaches in linkage of data sources to explore the associations between purchase of opioid prescriptions during pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes This case study evaluated patterns of opioid purchases by payment source among pregnant women in Arkansas and examine their associations with adverse ... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
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 t... State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization

Researchers

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