Arkansas

Use Cases from the APCD Showcase

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Use Cases		Category	Carriers
Pediatric Asthma Population Risk Stratification using k-Means Clustering	Incorporating social determinants of health to identify distinct pediatric asthma patient groups can help stratify populations by their risk of adverse events, improving targeted outreach and care. Insurance claims and enrollment data from the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database identified 22,169 children aged 5-18 years with an asthma diagnosis in 2018 and continuous Medicaid enrollment in 2018 and 2019.	Researchers	Commercial
Profile of the Primary Care Physician Workforce in Arkansas	"Healthcare provider shortages continue to be one of the most pressing challenges faced by healthcare organizations and communities seeking to ensure access to quality care for their residents. Having a shortage generally means that large segments of the population do not have enough healthcare providers to meet their demand for care. Assessing provider shortages is a critical component of assuring broader access to quality care, including addressing insurance coverage gaps, out-of-pocket cost barriers, challenges with social needs such as transportation, and linguistic or cultural impediments."	Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare
Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic	In response to the opioid epidemic, policies to expand access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone — e.g., allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription or mandating naloxone and opioid co-prescriptions — have emerged across the country. In Arkansas, Act 651 of 2021, which went into effect on July 28, 2021, requires a co-prescription of naloxone in certain situations, including when the dosage for an opioid prescription is 50 or more morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day, a benzodizapine has been prescribed previously or will be prescribed at the same time as an opioid, or an individual has a history of opioid use disorder or drug overdose. In 2017, licensed pharmacists became authorized to dispense naloxone to individuals without a prescription under a state protocol.	Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid
Asthma Quality Measurement and Adverse Outcomes in Medicaid-Enrolled Children	To determine the association between the asthma medication ratio (AMR) quality measure and adverse outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma in Arkansas, given concerns regarding the utility of the AMR in evaluating pediatric risk of asthma-related adverse events (AAEs).	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers	Medicaid
Arkansas Medicare Provider Episode Report: Bilateral Cataract Removal with Lens Implant	The Arkansas APCD analyzed data correlations between the mean episode costs stratified by surgeons and the episode volume of bilateral cataract removal. The study found that the correlation between mean episode costs and episode volume is a significant positive correlation. This report is meant to be utilized by providers as a visual aid, showing how surgeon costs effect their volume of episodes.	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Medicare