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SNACC Phase VI Report

Report for Phase VI of the SNACC Medicaid Undercount project:  Comparing MSIS and MEPS.  This phase replicates the Phase II process but uses the calendar year 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data. The intent of Phase VI is to determine how the MEPS estimate of the number of… Read More

SNACC Phase V Report

Report for Phase V of the SNACC Medicaid Undercount project: Comparing MSIS and the CPS ASEC, 2003-2004.  This phase V is a repeat of Phase II with later years of the CPS. The intent of this phase is to see if the discrepancy measured and explained in Phase II changes noticeably in the size or… Read More

Health Security Index, July 2009-June 2010

This report provides a 12-month historical overview (July 1009-June 2010) of Americans’ opinions about their experiences and expectations relating to health care. The report is based on The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index), a… Read More

Can Post-Stratification Adjustments Do Enough to Reduce Bias in Telephone Surveys that Do Not Sample Cell Phones? It Depends

Presentation by Kathleen Call at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, BC, August 2 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from the American Community Survey

Presentation by Joanna Turner and Brett O'Hara (US Census Bureau) at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 4 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

Sharon Long Joins SHADAC

NEWS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE USE August 17, 2010     Contact: Karen Soderberg, 612-625-5062 LEADING HEALTH POLICY RESEARCHER JOINS TEAM OF STATE HEALTH ACCESS DATA ASSISTANCE CENTER Sharon Long Joins SHADAC, Releases New Reports on Effectiveness of Young Adult Provisions in… Read More

Sharon Long Releases SHARE Briefs about Massachusetts Health Reform

August 16, 2010: SHADAC Senior Economist Sharon Long has released two issue briefs detailing findings from her SHARE-sponsored research project. In the first brief, “Massachusetts Health Reform in 2008: Who are the Remaining Uninsured Adults?”  Dr. Long and her research team… Read More

SHADAC/SHARE August 9 Newsletter Released

View the SHADAC/SHARE newsletter for August 9, 2010. Read More

SHAP Evaluations – Looking Toward The Affordable Care Act

Presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen at the State Health Access Program (SHAP) All Grantee Meeting in Arlington, VA, July 26 2010. Read More

Making the Case for Conducting Rigorous Evaluations

August 6, 2010:  In an August 2nd blog post, Acting OMB Director Jeffrey Zients makes the case for conducting rigorous evaluations to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs and for taking action based on evaluation findings.  Zients points out that the federal… Read More

State-Level Estimates for Tracking Health Reform Impact: Opportunities and Challenges

Presentation by Julie Sonier at the pre-conference of the State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) Annual Meeting, in Minneapolis, MN, August 4 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

Lynn Blewett Discusses Coordinated Care for Minnesota's Poorest Adults

July 30, 2010: SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett was quoted in a July 29, 2010, MinnPost article on a new approach to dealing with Minnesota's medically vulnerable poor. The article describes a coordinated care delivery system being tested by four Minnesota hospitals  to provide care for… Read More

County-level Health Insurance Estimates Released

The Census Bureau has released updated small area health insurance estimates (SAHIE).  This release reflect 2007 modeled estimates of health insurance coverage by age, sex, and income categories at the county-level, based on the Current Population Survey and other data sources.  Summary… Read More

SHARE Brief Analyzes Impact of CHIP Expansions on Coverage of Higher-Income Children

July 27, 2010:  The SHARE research team led by José Escarce has released an issue brief analyzing efforts to expand CHIP coverage to higher-income children in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington.  The authors use data from the 2002-2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (… Read More

SHADAC/SHARE July 26 Newsletter Released

View the SHADAC/SHARE Newsletter for July 26, 2010. Read More

SHAP Enrollee Survey Technical Assistance

These SHAP technical assistance memoranda were provided to SHAP grantees to help inform the development of program enrollee surveys. "Composition of Enrollee Surveys" discusses satisfaction surveys broadly. June 2010.  This memo also has an addendum providing specific examples of surveys and… Read More

Wisconsin Offers BadgerCare Plus Basic

July 21, 2010:  Starting July 1, Wisconsin began offering health benefits for low-income adults through its new self-funded health care plan, BadgerCare Plus Basic.  This plan was created in order to provide basic services for the more than 50,000 adults on the waiting list for… Read More

New Home Page for SHADAC

SHADAC’s home page has been redesigned to improve quick access to the latest news and information.  The main navigational changes include shifting the SHARE and SHAP links a bit higher on the page (upper right) and adding six content boxes on the main page with updated news and featured… Read More

New opportunities for Medicaid data-matching using PARIS database

July 20, 2010: Participation in the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) is required by states to receive Medicaid funding for automated data systems (including the Medicaid Management Information System).  The requirement to participate, effective October 1, 2009 as part… Read More

Health Care Concerns: Rates and Trends During Health Reform

Presentation by Peter Graven at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), in Boston, MA, June 28 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More