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Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
State Efforts To Monitor Outpatient Facility Fees Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, and Washington—have collected and analyzed data on outpatient facility fee billing within their borders. This growing in... State: Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Washington	Consumers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Health Care Spending, Prices, and Utilization in Minnesota: 2018 to 2022 This issue brief relies upon data from the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database (MN APCD) to examine trends in per-person health care spending, prices,... State: Minnesota	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Z-Coding for Social Contributors to Health in Colorado Federally Qualified Health Centers This study looked at the prevalence of social contributor Z codes for patients receiving services through Colorado’s Federally Qualified Health Center... State: Colorado	Consumers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Mental Health Service Cost and Use Trends & Dashboard The Washington APCD has created a searchable dashboard using behavioral health-specific claims to better understand the cost of mental health services... State: Washington	Consumers	Commercial	Cost
Analysis of proposed legislation to provide dental coverage for individuals with head and neck cancers The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) commissioned Milliman, Inc. to review a potential legislative proposal that would require all commercial heal... State: Colorado	Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost
Equilibrium Effects on Health Care Price Information Focusing on medical imaging procedures, this paper examines the equilibrium effect of a unique statewide price transparency website. Price information... State: New Hampshire	Consumers	Commercial	Cost
In Three States, Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Is Unaffordable Even When Accounting For Rebates Over the past five years, several states have implemented statewide cost growth targets to increase transparency and accountability around the drivers... State: Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island	Consumers, Insurance Department, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Small Intervention, Big Impact: Health Care Cost Reductions Related to Medically Tailored Nutrition Food is a critical aspect of health care for people living with illnesses like congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and di... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers		Cost
Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Consistently High-Cost Patients Patient-centered medical homes in Maryland’s multipayer demonstration disrupted the pattern of recurrently high expenditure among the costliest patien... State: Maryland	Consumers, Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality
Review of Third-Party Specialty Pharmacy Use for Clinician-Administered Drugs "In this report, required by Section 130 of Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2017, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) examines the prevale... State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Utilization

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