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SHADAC Comments on Proposed 2025 American Community Survey Health Insurance Coverage Instrument Changes

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 More

Health Leads Joins SHADAC and RWJF for Next Phase of Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool Project

Image 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… Read More

Race/Ethnicity Data in CMS Medicaid (T-MSIS) Analytic Files: 2021 Data Assessment

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 More

SHADAC Responds to Proposed American Community Survey (ACS) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Test Questions

  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 regarding sexual orientation and… Read More

Minnesota Health Access Survey

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 conducted… Read More

Disparities in Minnesota's COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

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. Numerous… Read More

States Reporting of Medicaid Unwinding Reinstatement Data (SHVS EP Cross-Post)

Image . 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… Read More

Resource: State-Based Reinsurance Programs via 1332 State Innovation Waivers

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 More

California Achieves Lowest Uninsured Rate Ever in 2022 (Cross-Post)

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 (“nonelderly”)… Read More

The Opioid Crisis in the Pandemic Era

Image 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… Read More

2022 ACS Tables: State and County Uninsured Rates, with Comparison Year 2021

Each year, SHADAC uses data released from the American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau's data.census.gov tool to produce estimates of uninsurance at the state and county level.* Click on a state below in the interactive map to see a PDF table of uninsured rates by state and sub-… Read More

Federal Survey Sample Size Analysis: Disability, Language, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Image The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission contracted with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) to conduct a review and sample size analysis of 13 federal population health surveys to assess the quality and… Read More

Did Disparities in Access Worsen During the Pandemic? (CHCF Brief)

The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation  Author: Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Previous research has shown that Medi-Cal enrollees fare worse in accessing health care than Californians with employer coverage. A key question is whether and how access to care… Read More

Resource: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)Long-term services and supports (LTSS) encompasses the broad range of paid and unpaid medical and personal care assistance that people may need—for several weeks, months, or years—when they experience difficulty completing self-care tasks.1 The majority of… Read More

An Annual Conversation with the U.S. Census Bureau: 2022 Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from the ACS and CPS

  On Thursday, September 28th at 1:00 PM CST, SHADAC hosted a webinar covering the release of new 2022 health insurance coverage estimates from two key, large-scale federal data sources: The American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS).Estimates from… Read More

Health Equity Measurement: Considerations for Selecting a Benchmark (SHVS Brief)

Image The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.  Authors: Emily Zylla, Andrea Stewart, and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC  Image As states look to advance… Read More

UMN Opioid Advisory Task Force

Image On Thursday, September 21, SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented a data-focused look at the national opioid crisis during a University of Minnesota Opioid Advisory Task Force forum. Colin presented his recent findings about… Read More

2022 ACS: Declining Uninsured Rates for the U.S. and States are Supported by Private and Public Coverage Increases

      Related Releases and Materials Image New Blog and Infographic CPS ASEC: 2022 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Rates of Uninsurance and Direct-Purchase Coverage  Upcoming Webinar An Annual… Read More

CPS ASEC: 2022 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Rates of Uninsurance and Direct-Purchase Coverage (Infographic)

        Related Releases and Materials Image New blog and interactive maps 2022 ACS: Declining Uninsured Rates for the U.S. and States are Supported by Private and Public Coverage Increases Upcoming Webinar An Annual… Read More

Telehealth Use and Experiences Among California Adults (CHCF Brief)

The following content is cross-posted from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF).  Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, State Health Access Data Assistance Center Image California’s Medi-Cal program is… Read More