Quality

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Perinatal Care Utilization and Health Equity: Success and Ongoing Challenges From Colorado This study examined perinatal care utilization in Colorado and found that Black birthing people attended more prenatal and pregnancy-related visits th... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Identifying Diabetic Ketoacidosis Encounters at Diagnosis Among Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Claims Data This study found that children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) experienced significantly greater h... State: Colorado	Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Trends and Disparities in Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study This study examined telehealth use in Virginia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and found that telehealth adoption increased dramatically, parti... State: Virginia	Consumers, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
The All‐Payer Claims Database After the Gobeille Supreme Court Decision: Assessing the Impact on Fatal Opioid‐Related Overdose Research This study examined how the 2016 Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. decision affected the usefulness of state All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs)... State: Massachusetts	Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Quality, Utilization
Buprenorphine Treatment Duration and Adherence Among Youth and Subsequent Health Outcomes This study examined healthcare utilization among adults enrolled in Medicaid and found that people with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease used ... State: Massachusetts	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
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

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