Quality

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans' Health Care This article discusses how healthcare for U.S. veterans is becoming increasingly fragmented as more care is delivered outside the Veterans Health Admi... State: New York	Health Reform, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Poverty and Mortality Risk in Patients With Colorectal Cancer This study found that colorectal cancer patients living in areas of persistent poverty had a significantly higher risk of death than those living in o... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Health Insurance Claim Denials The article explains that health insurance claim denials are becoming increasingly common in the U.S., affecting everything from preventive care to ma... State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Insurance Department, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization
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
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... State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, 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
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
Exogenous Testosterone Is Associated with Lower Odds of Stroke in Young Men: An Exploratory Analysis of the Colorado Claims Database The abstract reports that establishing a stroke transition-of-care clinic — where patients are seen by neurology within two weeks after hospital disch... State: Colorado	Population Health	Commercial	Quality
Evaluation of colorectal cancer screening practices in Rhode Island, 2011–2021 This study examined colorectal cancer screening patterns in Rhode Island from 2011–2021. It found disparities in screening use based on sex, insurance... State: Rhode Island	Population Health, Providers	Commercial	Quality

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