Consumers

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
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
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
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... State: Rhode Island	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
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

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