Case Studies

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Exploring Shifts in Insurance Products after ACA
This study explores the shift in popularity of different commercial insurance products following the adoption of the ACA. Significant focus is given…
Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department Commercial Utilization
Enrollment Trends: July 2016 Edition
Enrollment Trends monitors health insurance coverage in Massachusetts. Coverage is defined as primary, medical insurance administered by the top 14…
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Utilization
Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System: Annual Report September 2016
The Center for Health Information and Analysis' (CHIA) annual report on the Massachusetts healthcare system monitors quality and cost trends…
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, 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…
Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization
Quick Cost and Plan Finder
Connect for Health Colorado and the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) partnered to develop the Quick Cost and Plan Finder Tool that…
State: Colorado
Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department Commercial Cost, Quality
Risk-Adjustment Methods for All-Payer Comparative Performance Reporting in Vermont
This research study evaluates the effectiveness of different risk-adjustment models for comparing claims data for populations served by Medicare,…
State: Vermont
Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Healthcare Cost in Utah: Brief Summary of the 2014 Utah All Payer Claims Data
The Utah Department of Health released this summary report on healthcare costs based on data from Utah's All Payer Claims Database (APCD). This…
State: Utah
Consumers, Population Health, Researchers Commercial Cost, Utilization
2015 Healthcare Pricing Transparency
The Virginia Health Information (VHI) released a price transparency report highlighting price differences of over 30 services across different…
State: Virginia
Consumers, Health Reform, Providers Commercial Cost, Utilization
Utah Atlas of Healthcare: Making Cents of Utah’s Healthy Population
In October 2010, the Utah Department of Health published this report to highlight to stakeholders what an APCD can do to help them understand the…
State: Utah
Population Health, Researchers Commercial Cost, Utilization
Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report 2016
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission's 2016 Health Care Cost Trends Report presents an overview of health care spending and delivery…
Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Chronic Conditions in Virginia
Virginia analyzed the prevalence of chronic conditions among its residents with commercial insurance under the age of 65 using all-payer claims…
State: Virginia
Consumers, Employers, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Quality
Arkansas Medicare Provider Episode Report: Bilateral Cataract Removal with Lens Implant
The Arkansas APCD analyzed data correlations between the mean episode costs stratified by surgeons and the episode volume of bilateral cataract…
State: Arkansas
Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicare Cost
Arkansas Medicare Chronic Conditions Report
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement analyzed chronic conditions in Medicare beneficiaries within the 75 Arkansas counties. Using data from the…
State: Arkansas
Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicare Cost, Utilization
Arkansas Medicare HbA1c Utilization Report
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement analyzed type II diabetes among Arkansas Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and over within the 75…
State: Arkansas
Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicare Quality, Utilization
Oregon All Payer All Claims Database (APAC) Use Case Document
In this use case report, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) demonstrates the various ways in which All Payer All Claims Data is utilized in the state…
State: Oregon
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Arkansas Medicare Diabetes Report
This report was created as a supplement to the Arkansas Medicare Chronic Conditions Report as it provides a more detailed analysis of diabetes and…
State: Arkansas
Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Medicare Utilization
Potentially Avoidable ED Visits in 2015
Virginia Health Information analyzed the growing overuse of unnecessary care throughout the state using data from the Virginia All Payer Claims…
State: Virginia
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Cost, Quality, Utilization
Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System: 2017
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)'s 2017 Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Healthcare System analyzes…
Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality
CO APCD Annual Report 2016
Colorado's All Payer Claims Database (APCD) released its 2016 annual report detailing the organization's success in advancing the triple…
State: Colorado
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Quality, Utilization
Cost Driver Spot Analysis: Regional Price Variation for High Volume Services January 2017
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed 2014 commercial claims data for high volume procedures in six regions of Colorado to…
State: Colorado
Consumers, Employers, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Utilization