Cost

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In Three States, Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Is Unaffordable Even When Accounting For Rebates
Over the past five years, several states have implemented statewide cost growth targets to increase transparency and accountability around the drivers...
State: Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Researchers Commercial Cost
Small Intervention, Big Impact: Health Care Cost Reductions Related to Medically Tailored Nutrition
Food is a critical aspect of health care for people living with illnesses like congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and di...
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers Cost
Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Consistently High-Cost Patients
Patient-centered medical homes in Maryland’s multipayer demonstration disrupted the pattern of recurrently high expenditure among the costliest patien...
State: Maryland
 Consumers, Health Reform, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Quality
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 prevale...
State: Massachusetts
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicare Cost, Utilization
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...
State: Minnesota
 Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicaid Cost
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...
State: Washington
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Quality, 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 Care...
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 pro...
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 in...
State: Maryland
 Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department Commercial Cost, Utilization