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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
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 depr...
State: Minnesota
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
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. Th...
State: Arkansas
Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Quality, Utilization
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 Minneso...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Population Health Commercial, Medicare Utilization
Recommendations to Expand Access to and Use of the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database: Final Report
With renewed interest in health care reform and a focus on data-driven decision-making across stakeholders and industries, many have focused on contai...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Addressing a Measurement Gap by Linking State All-Payer Claims Database with State Cancer Registry Data
A limitation of the central cancer registries to examine associations between mammography use and cancer diagnosis is their lack of cancer screening h...
Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Hospital Facility Prices Declined As A Result Of Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap
Hospital prices for commercially insured people are high and vary widely, prompting states to seek ways to control hospital price growth. In October 2...
State: Oregon
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department Commercial, Medicare Utilization
Trends in maternal opioid use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Maine, 2016-2022
The objective of this study was to estimate trends in maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in Maine using the mos...
State: Maine
Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Researchers Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Rare fungal infection gains prevalence in new region
The epidemiology of blastomycosis in Vermont, USA, is poorly understood. Using insurance claims data, we estimated the mean annual blastomycosis incid...
State: Vermont
Consumers, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare
Use of New Audio-Only Telemedicine Claim Modifiers
Policymakers at both the state and federal levels face decisions about coverage of<br /> audio-only telemedicine amid a dearth of reliable data due t...
State: Washington
Health Reform, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Quality, Utilization