Resources

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Required Coverage for Menopause-Related Treatment, Care, and Training of Clinicians
This report evaluates the use, cost, and insurance impact of menopause-related treatments—especially prescription drugs—within Maryland’s healthcare s... Learn More
Using prescription medication utilization trends to evaluate health system resilience and inform future emergency preparedness
The study examines how changes in prescription medication use during the COVID-19 pandemic can reveal strengths and weaknesses in the healthcare syste... Learn More
Evaluating the impact of health equity zones to mitigate disparities in cancer screening: study of colorectal cancer screening in Rhode Island
This case study uses Rhode Island's all-payer claims database (HealthFacts RI) to evaluate whether the state's Health Equity Zones initiativ... Learn More
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence
This mandate study uses Maryland's All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) to estimate the fiscal impact of requiring Medicaid and commercial insurers t... Learn More
Corporate Moral Hazard In U.S. Health Insurance: Churn And Denial Rates
This dissertation uses the New Hampshire APCD to examine whether commercial insurers increase claim denial rates ahead of the predictable transition t... Learn More
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 links Arkansas APCD and PDMP data to assess prescribed opioid exposure during pregnancy, demonstrating that combining both data source... Learn More
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 ... Learn More
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... Learn More
Reclassifying Primary Care: A Decision Tree Approach to Improving Workforce Estimates and Research Using Claims Data
This case study uses Virginia APCD data to develop and validate a decision tree classifier for identifying primary care clinicians in claims data, fin... Learn More
Medicaid Reimbursement for Maternal Depression Screening and Care for Postpartum Depression
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to evaluate the state's 2014 Medicaid reimbursement policy for postpartum depression screening during wel... Learn More
Aligning Incentives or Gaming the System? The Impact of Insurer-Physician Acquisitions
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine a 2017 insurer-physician acquisition, finding that integration inflated Medicare Advantage diagnosi... Learn More
Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine insurance gaps at the age-19 Medicaid and age-26 commercial coverage cutoffs, finding that roughly ... Learn More
Pregnancy outcomes among medically complex populations with high risk of pregnancy mortality in Virginia: a retrospective observational study
This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine how many pregnant people have severe medical conditions or complications for which abortion may be ... Learn More
Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Trends and Disparities in Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study
This study aims to assess disparities in telehealth use across Virginia, focusing on demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic factors influencing ac... Learn More
Treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy among individuals with and without co-occurring stimulant use disorder: A retrospective cohort study
This case study uses Utah APCD data to compare treatment patterns among pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who also had a co-occurrin... Learn More
An Examination of Trends in Low-Value Opioid Prescribing for Acute Low Back Pain in Rural vs. Non-Rural Virginia
This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine low-value opioid prescribing for acute low back pain among over 850,000 insured residents from 2019... Learn More
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 ... Learn More
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... Learn More
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 avera... Learn More
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-imple... Learn More