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Report/Brief: Health Care Utilization and Cost Impacts of Delivery System Innovations: An Updated Review of the Evidence
May. 10, 2016: This issue brief provides an updated review of the evidence about the impacts of delivery system interventions with a focus on outcomes related to health care utilization and costs. The original issue brief was provided in the fall of 2013 to recipients grant funding from the federal State...Read MoreSHARE Update: January - April 2016
May. 10, 2016: Announcements Call for Proposals for SHARE Grant Funding The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is soliciting proposals to fund studies...Read MoreReport/Brief: New Brief: Using HCUP Data for State Health Policy Analysis
Apr. 22, 2016: The SHARE grant program has released a new brief examining the use of administrative data for the purpose of state health policy analysis. In particular, the brief highlights the hospital administrative data available from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and presents a case study...Read MoreReport/Brief: Using HCUP Data for State Health Policy Analysis: A Case Study Examining the Impacts of an Early Medicaid Expansion
Apr. 22, 2016: This brief from the SHARE grant program examines a rich source of US hospital administrative data--the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)--and provides an example of how a SHARE-funded research project led by Dr. Peter Cunningham at Virginia Commonwealth University...Read MoreCall for Proposals for SHARE Grant Funding
Apr. 19, 2016: Proposal Deadline: June 1, 2016 (3:00 p.m. ET) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is soliciting proposals to fund studies of state-level health reform through the State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) grant program. Background States have...Read MoreSHARE-funded Research: Media Messaging about the Affordable Care Act
Apr. 14, 2016: On April 13, 2016, Dr. Sarah Gollust and Andrew Wilcock (both of the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health) presented preliminary findings from their SHARE-funded project,“Geographic Variation in Media Messaging about the Affordable Care Act and Associations with Insurance Enrollment,”...Read MoreEvaluating Health Care Integration: Data Sources Related to Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse
Apr. 08, 2016: States are increasingly focusing on the integration of physical and behavioral health as they work to improve health care delivery. Understanding available data on this topic is important for developing quality improvement and evaluation strategies related to integration efforts. SHADAC...Read MoreSHARE Research in Health Affairs: Value-Based Insurance Design Influenced Consumer Behavior in Connecticut
Apr. 06, 2016: In the April 2016 issue of Health Affairs, SHARE grantee Richard Hirth and his research team published findings on the effectiveness of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program for Connecticut state employees. The SHARE-supported analysis focuses on the effects of...Read MoreAligning Quality Measures across Payers
Apr. 06, 2016: Quality measurement is a key component of health care delivery and payment reforms, and many states are working to align quality measures across payers. Both public and private payers develop quality measure sets to track performance and target quality improvement efforts. However, these measure...Read MoreReport/Brief: Aligning Quality Measures across Payers
Apr. 06, 2016: With a growing emphasis on improving the quality of health care, public and private payers are increasingly measuring the performance of providers on a variety of quality metrics. The purpose of gathering these metrics is to evaluate health care providers and drive them to improve their performance...Read MoreEngaging Commercial Payers on Multi-Payer Alignment
Apr. 06, 2016: Engaging with commercial payers is a critical component of achieving multi-payer alignment in payment and delivery system initiatives. This recently released issue brief outlines several key considerations for states on this topic: -Recognizing the other challenges that commercial...Read MoreHealth Affairs Briefing Features SHARE-funded Research
Mar. 31, 2016: On Thursday, April 7, Dr. Mark Fendrick will speak at a Health Affairs briefing on Patients' and Consumers' Use of Evidence, discussing the University of Michigan's SHARE-funded research on using value based insurance design (V-BID) for the Connecticut state employee health plan. Dr. Fendrick...Read MoreReport/Brief: Engaging Commercial Payers on Multipayer Alignment
Mar. 29, 2016: Engaging with commercial payers is a critical component of achieving multipayer alignment in payment and delivery system initiatives. A new issue brief produced by SHADAC outlines several key recommendations for states as they work to engage commercial payers. These include: •...Read MoreReport/Brief: Engaging Commercial Payers on Multipayer Alignment: Key Issues for SIM States
Mar. 29, 2016: This brief provides some tips to states on how to productively engage with private payers on the goal of achieving multipayer alignment in payment reform and delivery system reform initiatives. In some states, Medicaid has been a very proactive purchaser and driver of delivery system...Read MoreInfographic: ESI in 2014 - What Changed?
Mar. 17, 2016: The infographic below features high-level findings from the 2014 MEPS-IC about changes in employer-sponsored insurance from 2013 to 2014. Download a PDF of the infographic. ...Read MoreInfographic: Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) - What Changed in 2014?
Mar. 17, 2016: The infographic below features high-level findings from the 2014 MEPS-IC about changes in employer-sponsored insurance from 2013 to 2014. Download a PDF of the infographic. ...Read MoreSHADAC Analysis Tracks ACA Impact in Kentucky
Mar. 15, 2016: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky released a report today evaluating the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation in Kentucky. This analysis was conducted by SHADAC with funding from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and evaluates Kentucky’s progress in five areas: coverage,...Read MoreReport/Brief: Guide to Using the 2014 and 2015 Current Population Survey Public Use Files
Mar. 14, 2016: Originally published in March 2016. Revised August 2016. The Census Bureau implemented redesigned income and health insurance coverage questions beginning with the 2014 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS) questionnaire. The 2014 CPS asked about income and...Read MorePresentation: Minnesota Accountable Health Model Continuum of Accountability Assessment: Evaluation Data Source and More
Mar. 14, 2016: Presentation by Christina Andrews Worrall and Oliver-John M. Bright at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN. View a PDF of the presentation slides. Read MoreSHADAC at the Minnesota Health Services Research Conference
Mar. 07, 2016: The 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference took place last week in St. Paul, MN, with the goal of showcasing innovative research across public, private, and academic arenas. We are pleased to highlight several SHADAC-sponsored presentations. Health Insurance Coverage and Access: The...Read MorePages
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