Case Studies

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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…
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…
 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)…
State: New Hampshire
 Medicaid, Population Health Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Quality, Utilization
Impact of Health Care Price Transparency on Price Variation: The New Hampshire Experience, November 2009
This analysis was jointly conducted by the New Hampshire Insurance Department and the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). The report…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Providers Commercial Cost, 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…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Quality, Utilization
Report to the State of New Hampshire Insurance Department, Analysis of Data Sources to Support Rate Review 2012-RRG-03
Compass Analytics performed an analysis of NH Insurance Department (NHID) data sources to support rate review; this included analysis on the NH APCD…
State: New Hampshire
 Health Reform, Insurance Department Commercial Cost, 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
Report on Patient Contributions to Medical Expenses, NHID, May 2008
Using medical claims data from the NH Comprehensive Healthcare Information System (NHCHIS), the NH Insurance Department (NHID) performed an analysis…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Insurance Department Commercial 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
The Impact of Price Transparency on HealthCost Services in New Hampshire, NHID, August 2009
The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) performed this analysis to determine the impact of the New Hampshire Insurance Department’s Health Cost…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Providers Commercial Cost, Utilization
A Study of Ground Ambulance Transport Commercial Claims Data, NHID, February 2011
The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) analyzed commercial insurance claims data from the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Information…
State: New Hampshire
 Insurance Department, Providers Commercial Cost, Utilization
The Impact of Aging on Medical Care Services Covered by Commercial Insurance in New Hampshire, NHID, August 2010
Using data from the NH Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) and the NH Center for Public…
State: New Hampshire
 Insurance Department Commercial Cost
Analysis of Price Variations in New Hampshire Hospitals
Using claims data from the New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Care Information System (NHCHIS) for CY2009, the NHID contracted with the Center for…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Providers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization
Depression Among New Hampshire Medicaid Members
This study profiled NH Medicaid members’ health care experience during the period of January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2005 (CY2005) based on claims…
State: New Hampshire
 Medicaid, Population Health Medicaid Cost, Utilization
A Commercial Insurance Study of Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section Rates at New Hampshire Hospitals, NHID, April 2011
Using claims data from the NH Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) performed this analysis…
State: New Hampshire
 Insurance Department, Providers Commercial Cost, Quality, Utilization
Report on the Impact of House Bill 790 – An Act Relative to Dependent Coverage for Health Insurance in the 2007 Session, NHID, December 2008
Using commercial claims data from the NH Comprehensive Health Care Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID)…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department Commercial Cost
Payments to providers: an inside look at carrier discounts, NHID, January 2010
Using claims data from the NH Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) performed an analysis…
State: New Hampshire
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Providers Commercial Cost
Snapshot report- Total Imaging Services
The following report shows utilization of services by geography (rate of Imaging Services per thousand people in the area) as well as average…
State: Colorado
 Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Utilization
Snapshot Report - Total Imaging Services (High Cost Imaging)
The following report shows utilization of services by geography (rate of High Cost Imaging services per thousand people in the area) as well as…
State: Colorado
 Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Utilization