Dec. 20, 2016:Comparing Health Insurance Measurement Error (CHIME)
The purpose of this study is to assess survey data measurement error that is ascribable to questionnaire design across health insurance modules. CHIME uses administrative data as a truth source, focusing on the Current Population Survey (...Read More
Dec. 20, 2016:Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives for Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program
SHADAC developed an evaluation design to assist the California Department of Healthcare Services. The evaluation design was for the delivery system reform portion of the Medi-Cal Section 1115 waiver known as PRIME program....Read More
Dec. 20, 2016:
State Health Reform Assistance Network
SHADAC provided technical assistance to the State Health Reform Assistance Network ("State Network"), an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that provides assistance to states as they implement key health reform provisions.
As...Read More
Dec. 20, 2016:Evaluation of Minnesota's State Innovation Model (SIM)
In 2013, Minnesota was awarded a cooperative agreement by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to implement and test a State Innovation Model (SIM) of state care delivery transformation and payment reform. Minnesota's SIM...Read More
Dec. 20, 2016:The new American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year state and county uninsurance estimates for 2011 to 2015 are now available via a SHADAC clickable map. Users can click a state to access a table of uninsurance estimates for the state and all counties.
Background: The 5-year ACS is created...Read More
Dec. 13, 2016:
In November 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule implementing Medicaid’s “equal access” provision, nearly 25 years after the statute was enacted and more than four years after the rule was initially proposed. One piece of the final rule...Read More
Dec. 13, 2016:Use this clickable map to see state and county health insurance coverage estimates for the pooled years 2011-2015.
Counties are searchable by bookmark in each state file.
2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates:
Percent Uninsured, Total Civilian...Read More
Dec. 08, 2016:SHADAC is pleased to announce the launch of eight new grants awarded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) grant program, which is managed by SHADAC.
The new SHARE grants support timely, policy-relevant research designed to improve the...Read More
Dec. 08, 2016:The SHADAC Data Center not only provides state-level estimates for health care access, health care utilization, and coverage indicators for several federal surveys, but it also provides information about the margins of error (MOEs) for these estimates.
A new technical brief from SHADAC...Read More
Nov. 30, 2016:ACA 411 is a data tool that tracks the effects of health care reform for California. To monitor the impact of the ACA, CHCF asked SHADAC to collect and analyze state-level health measures for ACA 411. These measures help policymakers and stakeholders track California’s progress on the law's...Read More
Nov. 30, 2016:SHADAC will partner with the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to address two policy questions: (1) What are appropriate quality measures for people with disabilities, behavioral health care conditions, and needs for home and community-based services (HCBS)? (2) What are the...Read More
Nov. 30, 2016:
Study of the Impact of the ACA in Kentucky
Evaluation of Minnesota’s State Innovation Model (SIM)
Value-Based Payment Reform in the Medicaid Program
State Health Reform Assistance Network
Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives for Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program
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Nov. 23, 2016:
The upcoming administration has indicated that it will be looking for ways to give states greater flexibility in how they design their Medicaid programs. One way to achieve this flexibility is through the use of Section 1115 demonstration waivers, through which the Centers for Medicare and...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Brant Fries, PhD, University of Michigan
The goal of this study is to examine Medicaid long-term medical care eligibility criteria across states, and in particular, how the nursing facility level of care (LOC) criteria affect access to care through home and...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Alexander Cowell, PhD, RTI International
The goal of this research is to inform state policy discussions around access to and continuity of behavioral health care in Medicaid and the exchanges for those who transition between these sources of coverage. The research...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Sarah McMenamin, PhD, University of California, San Diego
The goal of the study is to determine the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in expanding coverage and access to tobacco dependence treatment for Medicaid enrollees. The researchers will use data the UC...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Kathleen Thomas, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
The goal of this study is to improve the physical and economic health of people with disabilities using evidence on state insurance benchmarking strategies that support improved access and quality...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Christine Eibner, PhD, RAND Corporation
The goal of this study is to inform state-level policy discussions around whether minimum wage changes could have unintended consequences for workers’ health insurance access and to enable state policymakers to begin thinking...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Bryan Dowd, PhD, University of Minnesota
The goal of this study is to address gaps in knowledge about tiered pricing and develop policy options for Minnesota state policymakers regarding the use of quality information. The applicants will conduct an analysis of the...Read More
Nov. 21, 2016:Principal Investigator: Heather Dahlen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
The goal of this study is to inform policymakers regarding the impact of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act on continuity of insurance coverage among low-income, non-elderly adults and the secondary effects...Read More