Case Studies

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Legislative District Medical and Pharmacy Total Spend, 2017 & 2018 This analysis provides allowed amounts (paid amounts) for pharmacy and medical care by Colorado legislative district. These data are based on 2017… State: Colorado	Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost
Low Value Care in Colorado This report summarizes results for 48 measures of low value care evaluated from 2015 through 2017 for 4.1M insured Coloradans (over 70% of insured… State: Colorado	Consumers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization
MA My HealthCare Options Website MyHealthCareOptions is a web-based health care resource created and managed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Employers, Providers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
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
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… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
Massachusetts Health Care Coverage: Enrollment Trends The July 2015 edition of the Massachusetts Health Care Coverage: Enrollment Trends, offers new insights into changes in health insurance coverage… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Massachusetts My Healthcare Options Massachusetts led the nation in 2006 with a comprehensive health care reform law and the establishment of a new Marketplace: the Massachusetts Health… State: Massachusetts	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health	Commercial, Medicare	Utilization
MassHealth Baseline Statistics from the MA APCD This report provides baseline information about MassHealth's eligibility and claims data. MassHealth is the Commonwealth's combined… State: Massachusetts	Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Medicaid Frostbite Claims with Amputation The data reflects the number of claims with a frostbite diagnosis and subsequent amputation within 7 days of the initial frostbite diagnosis. State: Colorado	Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers	Medicaid	Utilization
Medicaid Per Capita Cost of Care by County Map 2011 Data based on residence of 792,000 individuals. Cost of care does not include care for which claims are not submitted (i.e. HMOs and behavioral… State: Colorado		Medicaid	Cost
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… State: Rhode Island	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Quality, Utilization
Mental Health Service Cost and Use Trends "To help policymakers and interested parties better understand how consumers use mental health services and the cost of those services, the… State: Washington	Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic In response to the opioid epidemic, policies to expand access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone — e.g., allowing pharmacists to dispense… State: Arkansas	Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
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…	Employers, Providers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost
New Hampshire Acute Care Hospital Comparison: A Commercial Insurance Relative Cost Comparison, NHID, August 2008 Using claims data from the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Care Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID)… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Insurance Department, Providers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization
New Hampshire Children and Teens Experiencing Mental Health Disorders: An Analysis of 2019 Healthcare Claims Data This analysis contains 2019 pediatric medical and pharmacy claims data from commercial and Medicaid payers in New Hampshire. State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
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… State: Virginia	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Utilization
NH HealthCost Website The HealthCost website (http://www.nhhealthcost.org/) provides information for consumers and employers about the price of medical care in New… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
NH HealthWRQS Website The New Hampshire Health Web Reporting and Query System, or NH HealthWRQS, is a web-based data analysis system that allows public health… State: New Hampshire	Consumers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
NH Insurance Department Analysis of Vaccine Use in NH This analysis was performed by the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID), using the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS… State: New Hampshire	Insurance Department, Population Health	Commercial	Cost, Utilization

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