Presentation by Lynn Blewett at the National Center for Health Statistics conference in Washington, DC, August 17 2010.

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 Medicaid enrollees compare to the count from National MSIS as well as to determine factors associated with false-negative response about Medicaid in MEPS.  January 2010.

Download a PDF of the Phase VI SNACC report.

For more information see SHADAC's web page for the Medicaid Undercount Project.

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 the relationship to explanatory factors from 2000 and 2001 to 2002 and 2003.  January 2010.

Download a PDF of the Phase V SNACC report.

For more information see SHADAC's web page for the Medicaid Undercount Project.

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

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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 Massachusetts’ Health Reform

The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon K. Long Ph.D. to its team. With more than 25 years of experience conducting quantitative and qualitative policy research, Long arrives from the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., where she was a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center. While at Urban, Long focused on a range of health policy issues in areas such as Medicaid, managed care, access to care, state health policy and health reform - in particular, gaining national attention for her research into Massachusetts’ health reform program.

Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and housed within the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, SHADAC works to bridge the gap between health insurance data and the policy-making process. Long joins SHADAC as a senior economist and a professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.

"We are over the moon about having Sharon on board," said Lynn Blewett, Ph.D., principal investigator and director at SHADAC, and professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. "She is a talented, well-regarded researcher and author, and her expertise will be instrumental in our continued work to bridge the gap between research and health policy."

The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), which operates out of SHADAC, and the Urban Institute released two new reports today by lead author Sharon Long, focusing on the demographics of uninsured populations in Massachusetts, and the importance of implementing young adult provisions in Massachusetts’ health reform.

• Read "Massachusetts Health Reform in 2008: Who are the Remaining Uninsured Adults?"
• Read "The Importance of Young Adult Provisions in Massachusetts’ Health Reform"

Long holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information on SHADAC, visit www.shadac.org.