Quality

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Use of New Audio-Only Telemedicine Claim Modifiers Policymakers at both the state and federal levels face decisions about coverage of<br /> audio-only telemedicine amid a dearth of reliable data due t... State: Washington	Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
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
Profile of the Primary Care Physician Workforce in Arkansas "Healthcare provider shortages continue to be one of the most pressing challenges faced by healthcare organizations and communities seeking to en... State: Arkansas	Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality
COVID-19 Prevalence and Trends Among Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals in Maine by Rurality and Pregnancy Conditions To estimate COVID-19 diagnosis prevalence and trends among pregnant and postpartum individuals in Maine by rurality and common pregnancy conditions. State: Maine	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Female Reproductive Factors and Risk of New-Onset Heart Failure: Findings From UK Biobank The study sought to investigate the association of multiple female reproductive factors with the risk of HF.	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Quality
Surveillance of the Initiation of, Participation in, and Completion of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Minnesota, 2017–2018 An article published in the April 13, 2023 issue of the CDC's 'Preventing Chronic Disease' journal uses data from the Minnesota All Pay... State: Minnesota	Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Community Checkup: Improving Health Care in Washington State A recent Washington Health Alliance report examined the cost of healthcare through an equity lens, and found that where people live in the state has a... State: Washington	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Reflux and Barrett's esophagus after sleeve gastrectomy: analysis of a statewide database In this large statewide database, rates of esophagogastroduodenoscopy remained low after SG, but the incidence of a new postoperative esophagitis or B...	Consumers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Quality, Utilization
Chronic Respiratory Diseases A Comparison of Prevalence, Utilization, and Payments in New Hampshire Medicaid and Commercially Insured Populations This study evaluated three chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. New Hampshire (NH) Med... State: New Hampshire	Medicaid, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
CO All Payer Claims Database Reporting Website In 2012, Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVIC) launched the Colorado All Payer Claims Database website in an effort to ach... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization

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