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Report/Brief: Public Health Implications of Cannabis Policy in Minnesota
Jan. 30, 2024: This brief uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand issues related to public health implications of Minnesota cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization. Along with providing key background information and context on cannabis policy in the United States...Read MoreBlog: SHADAC and CRC Brief Provides Pre-Legalization Data on Minnesota’s Cannabis Landscape
Jan. 30, 2024: Even before legalization, cannabis use was rising in Minnesota Cannabis policy in the United States has evolved during the past decade. After voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to legalize cannabis in 2012, other states began to follow suit. In...Read MoreReport/Brief: SHADAC’s Primary Source of Coverage Hierarchy for American Community Survey (ACS) Estimates on State Health Compare
Jan. 29, 2024: This updated brief from SHADAC defines a “primary source of coverage hierarchy,” and how and when researchers can use this tool to determine which payer is primary when an individual reports multiple sources of health insurance coverage on the American Community Survey (ACS). Using a hierarchy...Read MoreReport/Brief: Collection of Self-Reported Disability Data in Medicaid Applications: A Fifty-State Review of the Current Landscape (SHVS Brief)
Jan. 25, 2024: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. It can also be found on the SHVS site here. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC Very little is known about people who self-identify as having a disability within the...Read MoreBlog: Revised Childhood Vaccinations Measure on State Health Compare Shows Vaccination Rates Vary by State, Race/Ethnicity, and Insurance Coverage
Jan. 24, 2024: Introduction Childhood Vaccinations are an effective way to protect infants and young children from harmful diseases that can cause serious illness or death. Children are commonly vaccinated against a number of diseases, including chickenpox (Varicella), polio, hepatitis A and B, and measles,...Read MoreResource: ACS 5-year Estimates: State and County Uninsured
Jan. 19, 2024: Following the release of 2022 single-year estimates of health insurance coverage, household income, and poverty levels, the U.S. Census Bureau has now made available 5-year American Community Survey data files. These ACS 5 Year estimates are generated by pooling together five years of American...Read MoreResource: State Medicaid Member Experience Quantitative Data Scan
Jan. 18, 2024: As part of the ongoing work in Phase 2 of the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project, SHADAC researchers have been working to understand what available data measures currently exist that could be useful in populating a potential Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool. In Phase 1, the project team...Read MoreBlog: State-Based Marketplace Transition Data During the Unwinding (Cross-Post)
Jan. 11, 2024: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC This expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/reports go live. Please visit the State Health...Read MoreBlog: State Dashboards to Monitor the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement (Cross-Post)
Jan. 11, 2024: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC This expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/reports go live. Please visit the State Health...Read MoreBlog: Household Pulse Survey (HPS) Insurance Coverage Trend Analysis: How Does It Compare?
Jan. 10, 2024: Introduction The U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an online survey that provides up-to-date monthly data on emergent issues and the social and economic wellbeing of U.S. adults. As one of the only sources of publicly available rapid response data, the HPS is a critical tool...Read MoreBlog: SHADAC Comments on Proposed 2025 American Community Survey Health Insurance Coverage Instrument Changes
Jan. 03, 2024: The U.S. Census Bureau has released a request for comments regarding proposed revisions and changes for the 2025 American Community Survey. Based on information gained from the 2022 Content Test, proposed changes would affect a variety of topics and questions, including educational attainment,...Read MoreBlog: Health Leads Joins SHADAC and RWJF for Next Phase of Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool Project
Dec. 19, 2023: The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) is partnering with Health Leads for the second phase of its Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the project explores the possibility of using a national Medicaid equity monitoring...Read MoreBlog: Race/Ethnicity Data in CMS Medicaid (T-MSIS) Analytic Files: 2021 Data Assessment
Dec. 06, 2023: The Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) is the largest national database of current Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiary information collected from U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC).1 T-MSIS data are critical for...Read MoreBlog: SHADAC Responds to Proposed American Community Survey (ACS) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Test Questions
Dec. 04, 2023: View the U.S. Census Bureau's full request for comments in the September 19th edition of the Federal Register. On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau released a request for comments regarding the proposed addition of test questions...Read MoreMinnesota Health Access Survey
Nov. 29, 2023: MINNESOTA HEALTH ACCESS SURVEY Overview of the MNHA Survey The Minnesota Health Access (MNHA) survey is a statewide web and telephone survey that collects information on how people access health care and health insurance coverage in Minnesota. The survey dates back to 1990 and has been...Read MoreWebinar: Disparities in Minnesota's COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Nov. 27, 2023: On Tuesday, Nov. 14th at 11:00 AM Central SHADAC hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium. Health inequities are nothing new in the U.S., but the COVID pandemic has placed them in a new light...Read MoreBlog: States Reporting of Medicaid Unwinding Reinstatement Data (SHVS EP Cross-Post)
Nov. 16, 2023: . The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC States, the federal government, advocates, and the media have all been closely tracking and monitoring the impacts of eligibility redeterminations...Read MoreResource: State-Based Reinsurance Programs via 1332 State Innovation Waivers
Nov. 15, 2023: Updated November 2023. Section 1332 of the ACA authorizes states to waive key requirements under the law in order to experiment with policies in the individual and small-group insurance market within certain guardrails. This interactive map provides an overview of the different stages of...Read MoreBlog: California Achieves Lowest Uninsured Rate Ever in 2022 (Cross-Post)
Nov. 08, 2023: The following blog is cross-posted from The California Health Care Foundation. Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, SHADAC Maintaining Gains Hinges on Transitioning People Who Lose Medi-Cal to Other Coverage in Coming Months The share of Californians under age 65 (“...Read MoreReport/Brief: The Opioid Crisis in the Pandemic Era
Nov. 01, 2023: During 2020 and 2021, the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, data show that drug overdose deaths did not subside or plateau, but unfortunately surged alongside the rise of the coronavirus. Growing death rates were driven by a substantive change in the very foundation of the opioid crisis,...Read MorePages
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