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This study examined perinatal care utilization in Colorado and found that Black birthing people attended more prenatal and pregnancy-related visits th... Learn More
This article describes how the Washington State Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) identifies high-cost prescription drugs for affordability... Learn More
This study found that hospital–physician integration was associated with higher-intensity healthcare use among patients with multiple chronic conditio... Learn More
This study examined how the 2016 Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. decision affected the usefulness of state All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs)... Learn More
This article discusses how healthcare for U.S. veterans is becoming increasingly fragmented as more care is delivered outside the Veterans Health Admi... Learn More
The report highlights growing financial and operational challenges facing healthcare organizations in 2026, including policy uncertainty, increasing c... Learn More
The report supports preventive kidney screening coverage as a cost-effective public health strategy that could improve early diagnosis, reduce severe ... Learn More
This report evaluates the use, cost, and insurance impact of menopause-related treatments—especially prescription drugs—within Maryland’s healthcare s... Learn More
This mandate study uses Maryland's All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) to estimate the fiscal impact of requiring Medicaid and commercial insurers t... Learn More
This dissertation uses the New Hampshire APCD to examine whether commercial insurers increase claim denial rates ahead of the predictable transition t... Learn More
This case study examined the relationship between county-level medical debt and timely cancer treatment initiation, finding that patients in counties ... Learn More
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine a 2017 insurer-physician acquisition, finding that integration inflated Medicare Advantage diagnosi... Learn More
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
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
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
This narrative review summarizes the concepts of low- and no-value care (LNVC), the
drivers behind them, and potential strategies for de-imple... Learn More
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
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,... Learn More
Hospital prices for commercially insured people are high and vary widely, prompting states to seek ways to control hospital price growth. In October 2... Learn More
Policymakers at both the state and federal levels face decisions about coverage of
audio-only telemedicine amid a dearth of reliable data due t... Learn More