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Provider networks for pulmonary hypertension in Massachusetts: Implications for improving referrals to expert care
This case study found significant gaps in connections to expert care, even among providers caring for patients at risk for pulmonary arterial hyperten... Learn More
Medicaid Reimbursement for Maternal Depression Screening and Care for Postpartum Depression
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to evaluate the state's 2014 Medicaid reimbursement policy for postpartum depression screening during wel... Learn More
Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine insurance gaps at the age-19 Medicaid and age-26 commercial coverage cutoffs, finding that roughly ... Learn More
Pregnancy outcomes among medically complex populations with high risk of pregnancy mortality in Virginia: a retrospective observational study
This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine how many pregnant people have severe medical conditions or complications for which abortion may be ... Learn More
Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Trends and Disparities in Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study
This study aims to assess disparities in telehealth use across Virginia, focusing on demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic factors influencing ac... Learn More
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... Learn More
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... Learn More
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 ... Learn More
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... Learn More
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans’ Health Care
This study quantifies a major shift in locus of VA critical care, a likely outcome of expanded non-VA health insurance coverage that was previously ca... Learn More
Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures
In this study, both Medicaid ACO models were associated with improved outcomes, but with some differences between models, suggesting that states shoul... Learn More
Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors
This case study identified disparities in delay in breast cancer surgery persist across race, healthcare access, and community-level vulnerability. Th... Learn More
Research Reports Rhode Island (RI) Women's Breast Cancer Mammography Use Prior to and After Cancer Diagnosis: Linkage of RI Cancer Registry Data With RI All-Payer Claims Database
Addressing a Measurement Gap by Linking State All-Payer Claims Database with State Cancer Registry Data
A limitation of the central cancer registries to examine associations between mammography use and cancer diagnosis is their lack of cancer screening h... Learn More
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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 asth... Learn More
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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 t... Learn More
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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 particularly... Learn More
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 Pay... Learn More
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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 a... Learn More
Massachusetts Health Care Coverage: Enrollment Trends
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 thro... Learn More
Vermont’s Community-Oriented All-Payer Medical Home Model Reduces Expenditures and Utilization While Delivering High-Quality Care report cover
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 ... Learn More