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County-level medical debt and treatment initiation among individuals newly diagnosed with cancer This case study examined the relationship between county-level medical debt and timely cancer treatment initiation, finding that patients in counties ... State: Colorado	Health Reform, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality
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
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
Commercial Case Price Variation among High-Volume Inpatient Treatments in Minnesota Hospitals The report examines the price case variation for four common, clinically uncomplicated inpatient treatments in orthopedic and obstetric care based on ... State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Treated Chronic Disease Costs in Minnesota - a Look Back and a Look Forward This report analyzes the treatment of chronic disease costs in Minnesota for a subset of chronic diseases and risk factors, including diabetes, hypert... State: Minnesota	Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Georgia Telehealth Dashboard The intent of the Telehealth dashboard is to provide insights into the trends and characteristics of telehealth services in Georgia. Specifically, the... State: Georgia	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
Urban-Rural Healthcare Access Dashboard The goal of the Urban-Rural Healthcare Access dashboard is to show how healthcare access and usage differ between urban and rural areas in Georgia. He... State: Georgia	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
Georgia Condition Explorer Dashboard The intent of the Condition Explorer dashboard is to provide insights into the relative burden of chronic disease in Georgia. Specifically, the dashbo... State: Georgia	Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
State Efforts To Monitor Outpatient Facility Fees Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, and Washington—have collected and analyzed data on outpatient facility fee billing within their borders. This growing in... State: Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Washington	Consumers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Health Care Spending, Prices, and Utilization in Minnesota: 2018 to 2022 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,... State: Minnesota	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization

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