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Emergency Department Use for Mental Health Reasons in Colorado
The Emergency Department (ED) Mental Health-Related report provides stakeholders the opportunity to compare utilization and cost metrics for ED visits...
State: Colorado
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization
Current Uses of the MN APCD
This resource details all use cases produced using Minnesota claims as of October 2017.
State: Minnesota
Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Patterns of Opioid Prescribing in Minnesota: 2012 and 2015
The Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program, using 2012 and 2015 data from the MN APCD, produced a brief looking at the rates of opio...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Employers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Potentially Preventable Health Care Events in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health used Minnesota claims data from 2012 to analyze administrative healthcare transactions for 4.3 million privately an...
State: Minnesota
Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Analysis of Low-Value Health Services in the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database
The Minnesota Department of Health analyzed the overuse of unnecessary or low-value care throughout the state of Minnesota using data from the MN APCD...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Pharmacy Quality Alliance Opioid Prescribing Measurers in Washington State, 2014-18
Washington State Office of Financial Management staff used the WA-APCD to run Pharmacy Quality Alliance Opioid Prescribing Measures for 2014-2018.
State: Washington
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Exploring the Cost of Cataract Surgery in Utah
The Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Care Statistics (OHCS) produced this report at the request and under the direction of the Transparency...
State: Utah
Consumers, Employers, Providers Cost, Quality
Exploring the Cost of Colonoscopy in Utah
Consistent with this mission, the Transparency Advisory Group selected colonoscopies as a procedure with high health care value for Utahns. This repor...
State: Utah
Consumers, Employers, Providers Cost, Quality
Nationwide Evaluation of Health Care Prices Paid by Private Health Plans: Findings from Employer-Led Transparency Initiative 3.0
Using data from 2016 to 2018, the authors document variation in facility prices for the commercially insured population, reporting differences in stan...
Employers, Providers Commercial, Medicare Cost
Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans Are High Relative to Medicare and Vary Widely: Findings from an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative 2.0
This is the first broad-based study that reports prices paid by private health plans to hospitals identified by name and to groups of hospitals under ...
Consumers, Employers Commercial, Medicaid Cost