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Minnesota Accountable Health Model Continuum of Accountability Assessment: Evaluation Data Source and More
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.
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SHADAC at the Minnesota Health Services Research Conference
March 7, 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 Minnesota Experience Before and After ACA Implementation
SHADAC Investigator Kathleen Call, together with Stefan Gildemeister of the Health Economics Program (HEP) at the Minnesota Department of Health, convened a panel that highlighted the work of both SHADAC and HEP researchers. The panel opened with a discussion of the Minnesota Health Access (MNHA) Survey and what it tells us about both the short and long-term uninsured population, as well as where disparities in access exist. Research Assistant Giovann Alarcon explored trends in the newly released 2015 MNHA data. Among notable results - Respondents with public insurance coverage felt the most financially protected and the most satisfied with their coverage of any insurance group.
Pent-Up Health Care Demand among New Medicaid Enrollees after the Affordable Care ActAngie Fertig of Medica Research Institute discussed the most recent findings from her SHARE-funded analysis of pent-up demand for health care among newly-adults who were newly-enrolled in Medicaid. Dr. Fertig’s analysis of claims data provides evidence of pent-up demand among new enrollees based on a higher percentage of new patient visits in the first six months compared with existing Medicaid enrollees. New Medicaid enrollees also had lower overall utilization over the first six months suggesting that the long-term costs of insuring new enrollees may be lower than expected.
Minnesota State Innovation Model Evaluation
SHADAC is currently under contract with the Minnesota Department of Human Services to evaluate Minnesota’s State Innovation Model (SIM), which is a federally funded (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation) effort to develop and test multi-payer health care payment and service delivery reform models. Two presentations at the conference were centered on preliminary evaluation results:
SIM-Minnesota Continuum of Accountability Assessment Tool: Evaluation Data Source and More
The MN Department of Human Services and MN Department of Health jointly collaborated with external stakeholders to develop an assessment tool to not only track organizational progress through SIM, but to also educate participating organizations on the functions and capabilities contained within the Model aims. Senior Research Fellow Christina Worrall and Research Assistant Oliver-John Bright presented preliminary assessment tool data to give a snapshot of where organizations were at the beginning of SIM.
Minnesota’s Accountable Communities for Health: Lessons from the First Year
Senior Research Fellow Dr. Donna Spencer convened a panel that opened with a short description of the Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) grant program, followed by presentations from 3 ACHs from around the state. Grantees discussed their different models for community engagement and how this augments their efforts to address health issues in their target populations. Success stories from care coordination clients were also shared.
Other SHADAC presentations included: The Changing Demographics of the Uninsured in Minnesota and the Nation (Elizabeth Lukanen), Changing Trends in Employer-Sponsored Insurance After the Affordable Care Act (Carrie Suplick Benton), and Adding Complexity to an Already Difficult Task: Monitoring the Impact of the ACA on the Misreporting of Medicaid Coverage (Brett Fried).
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Adding complexity to an already difficult task Monitoring the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the Misreporting of Medicaid Coverage
Presentation by Brett Fried at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.
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Presentation: Post-Reform Changes in Health Care Access and Affordability in Minnesota
Presentation by Giovann Alarcon at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.
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The Changing Demographics of the Uninsured in Minnesota and the Nation
Elizabeth Lukanen presentation, The Changing Demographics of the Uninsured in Minnesota and the Nation," at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota.
