Case Studies

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
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.… State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Engagement and retention in HIV care in rural Southern U.S. using an All-Payer Claims Database This case study evaluates the HIV care continuum in Arkansas, finding that HIV testing, engagement, and retention in care are all below national… State: Arkansas	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	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 drivers behind them, and potential strategies for de-… State: Virginia	Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Quality
Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018 This case study examines health insurance coverage gaps among Colorado young adults at two age-based cutoffs — losing Medicaid at 19 and aging off… State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Predictors of telehealth use after the Minnesota Telehealth Act: analysis using the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database This research article examines telehealth use in Minnesota following the 2021 Minnesota Telehealth Act, finding that younger patients, those with… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
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… State: Colorado	Population Health	Commercial	Quality
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans’ Health Care This study quantifies a major shift in locus of VA critical care, a likely outcome of expanded non-VA health insurance coverage that was previously… State: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Medicaid	Utilization
Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures In this study, both Medicaid ACO models were associated with improved outcomes, but with some differences between models, suggesting that states… State: Massachusetts	Medicaid, Population Health	Medicaid	Utilization
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,… State: Rhode Island	Population Health, Providers	Commercial	Quality
Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors This case study identified disparities in delay in breast cancer surgery persist across race, healthcare access, and community-level vulnerability.… State: Arkansas	Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Novel approaches in linkage of data sources to explore the associations between purchase of opioid prescriptions during pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes This case study evaluated patterns of opioid purchases by payment source among pregnant women in Arkansas and examine their associations with adverse… State: Arkansas	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Predictors of telehealth use after the Minnesota Telehealth Act: analysis using the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database This article examines telehealth use among commercially insured and Medicare Advantage patients in Minnesota using 2021 and 2022 data from the… State: Minnesota	Consumers, Population Health	Commercial, Medicare	Utilization
Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity This report summarizes the findings from two years of research and stakeholder engagement led by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to address… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
A Snapshot of Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait in Minnesota A dashboard that explores the prevalence and demographic distribution of sickle cell patients in Minnesota. State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Geographic Variation in Hypertension in Minnesota The report provides the first estimation of hypertension prevalence by local communities in Minnesota and serves to frame a future report on… State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
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,… State: Minnesota	Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Provider Workforce in Georgia Provider availability can be difficult to measure, but some commonly used proxies are licensure data, survey data, and geolocation data. The Georgia… State: Georgia	Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Mental Health in Youth This comprehensive analysis sheds light on the treatment prevalence of mental health disorders among youth in Georgia, ages 0 to 26 years. The… State: Georgia	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization

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