Case Studies

Resource Category Carriers Purpose
Analysis of Health System Size and Variability in Diabetic Eye Disease Screening in Wisconsin
This study used an all-payer, Wisconsin statewide claims database to assess screening variability across health systems and to determine whether a…
State: Wisconsin
 Consumers, Health Reform, Providers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Differences in Diabetic Prescription Drug Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Diabetes Enrolled in Colorado Marketplace and Medicaid Plans, 2014-2015
In this cross-sectional study of 22 788 diabetic adults with incomes between 75% and 200% of the federal poverty level, drug utilization across…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid Commercial, Medicaid Utilization
Factors Associated With Opioid Overdose After an Initial Opioid Prescription
Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, led a team of investigators in conducting a cohort study…
State: Oregon
 Consumers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Utilization
Employer Site of Service Analysis Brief
This report investigates the potential cost savings available with outpatient procedures by comparing costs for services performed at hospitals to…
State: Colorado
 Employers, Health Reform, Researchers Commercial Cost
Health Care Costs in Washington Grew 13% between 2016-2019
This report was produced by Onpoint Health Data and used data from Washington’s All-Payer Claims Database (www.hca.wa.gov). It looks at claims…
State: Washington
 Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost
BRCA1/2 testing among young women with breast cancer in Massachusetts, 2010-2013: An observational study using state cancer registry and All-Payer claims data
Analysis linking Massachusetts' All-Payer Claims Database with Massachusetts Cancer Registry data to assess factors associated with BRCA1/2…
State: Massachusetts
 Consumers, Employers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality
Health Plans Pay Twice As Much As Medicare
A report and online dashboard for exploring prices and potential savings for specific inpatient and outpatient hospital procedures in Oregon.
State: Oregon
 Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Researchers Commercial, Medicare Cost
Cost and Utilization of Treatment for Diabetes in New Hampshire: Analysis of Medical and Pharmacy All-Payer Claims Data
This report analyzes the medical and pharmaceutical costs for diabetes in New Hampshire’s commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare populations.
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
Data Brief: Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement analysis brief developed to inform and understand the trends and patterns of naloxone prescriptions in…
State: Arkansas
 Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid Quality
The New England States’ All-Payer Report on Primary Care Payments
The purpose of this report is to use standardized data to identify the percentage of all-payer primary care spending relative to overall healthcare…
State: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Treated Chronic Disease Prevalence and Spending in Minnesota
This report provides estimates of prevalence and attributable spending, as well as projections for future attributable spending for diabetes,…
State: Minnesota
 Population Health Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
Making Health Care More Affordable: A Playbook for Implementing a State Cost Growth Target
This playbook provides a program design and implementation roadmap for states that are interested in, or in the process of, establishing a healthcare…
State: Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Researchers Commercial Cost
Arbitration and Using the Balance Billing Data Set
An overview of Washington State's Balance Billing Provision Act (BBPA) and arbitration along with useful forms, links, and datasets.
State: Washington
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost
The Health Care Cost Trends: Price and Utilization
This report from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) analyzes the growth of health care costs in the commercial market in Oregon between 2013 and 2019.
State: Oregon
 Consumers, Medicaid, Providers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Extended-age Out-of-Sample Validation of Risk Stratification Index 3.0 Models Using Commercial All-payer Claim
This analysis provides predictive analytical modeling based on administrative claims history for individualized risk profiles at hospital admission…
State: Oregon, Utah
 Consumers, Population Health, Researchers Medicare Utilization
Telehealth Service Analysis
This Analysis provides stakeholders with information to understand telehealth services prior to the onset of COVID-19 and the impact the pandemic has…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicare Utilization
Price Effects Of Vertical Integration And Joint Contracting Between Physicians And Hospitals In Massachusetts
We examined trends, geographic variation, and price effects of vertical integration and joint contracting between physicians and hospitals, using…
State: Massachusetts
 Consumers, Providers, Researchers Quality
RI APCD Dental Dashboard
In May 2022, Rhode Island published an interactive suite of publicly facing reports on dental insurance coverage and utilization using APCD data.
State: Rhode Island
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
Potentially Avoidable ED Visits
An emergency department visit is considered potentially avoidable when the care provided may have been more appropriately managed by a primary care…
State: Virginia
 Consumers, Health Reform, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
Even Before Pandemic, Most Arkansans Were Not Making Regular Dentist Visits, ACHI Report Finds
This report includes trend information throughout 2019 and 2020 by type of dental treatments, age, and payer type, and displays utilization impacts…
State: Arkansas
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial Utilization