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Commercial Case Price Variation among High-Volume Inpatient Treatments in Minnesota Hospitals (Part 2): July 2014 - June 2015
This report examines case price variation for four common, clinically uncomplicated inpatient surgeries. This is the second in a series of reports foc...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Health Reform, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
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
Washington APCD Health Measures Dashboards
The WA-APCD health measures dashboards offer publicly available data reports which include a comparison of statewide and Accountable Communities of He...
State: Washington
Consumers, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Massachusetts Commercial Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2015-2017
This is the second study on prescription drug use and spending released from CHIA. For this analysis, CHIA used a subset of commercial pharmacy claims...
Consumers, Health Reform, Researchers Commercial Cost, Utilization
Small-Area Variation in the Care of Low-Risk Neonates in Massachusetts and Texas
A research study that measures special care days (SCDs) (intermediate or intensive), length of stay, and readmission rates among low-risk neonates acr...
State: Texas
Providers, Researchers Commercial Quality, Utilization
Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rhode Island: Who Gets Treatment, and Does Treatment Improve Health Outcomes?
The New England Public Policy Center at the Boston Fed recently released a report entitled “Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in R...
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
New Long-Term Opioid Prescription-Filling Behavior Arising in the 15 Months After Orthopaedic Surgery in Virginia
This study determined the rates of long-term opioid prescription-filling behavior after common orthopaedic surgical procedures in patients who were no...
State: Virginia
Consumers, Population Health, Researchers Commercial Utilization
Small-Area Variation in the Care of Low-Risk Neonates in Massachusetts and Texas
A research study that measures special care days (SCDs) (intermediate or intensive), length of stay, and readmission rates among low-risk neonates acr...
Providers, Researchers Commercial 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
Colon Cancer Screening and Colonoscopy Billing
This analysis helps to answer, of the people who have a fecal screener: 1. How many insured lives in Colorado have a colonoscopy within a year?, and, ...
State: Colorado
Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization