SHARE Quarterly Update: January - March 2015

Announcements

SHARE at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis

The 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) will take place on June 14th-16th in Minneapolis, with SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett chairing the event.

• Jill Rissi (Portland State University), Erin Taylor (RAND), Richard Hirth (University of Michigan), Karin Rhodes (University of Pennsylvania), and Sarah Gollust (University of Minnesota) will be presenting findings from their SHARE-funded research at the ARM.

• Karen Brodsky (Health Management Associates), Angie Fertig (Medica Research Institute), Erin Taylor, and Sarah Gollust will be presenting SHARE findings at the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting preceding the ARM on June 13th.

We will send out full details on the times and locations of these presentations, as well as presentations by SHADAC researchers, as the conference approaches. 
 

SHARE Podcast Available: Governance and Impacts of Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations

Dr. Jill Rissi and Dr. Neal Wallace, both of Portland State University, presented findings from their SHARE-funded analysis of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) on a February 19th webinar hosted by SHARE. Drs. Rissi and Wallace discussed the organizational structures and operational approaches of Oregon’s CCOs and presented preliminary findings about how CCOs—and the variation among them—impact health care access, use, quality, and costs. The researchers reported extensive variation in CCO organizational configurations  and leadership arrangements, and preliminary analyses show mixed impacts on healthcare access, use, and cost by CCO type. A podcast of the event, along with supporting presentation materials, is now available.

SHARE released three new briefs highlighting findings from SHARE-funded research projects.

"Sub-Annual Income Fluctuations and Eligibility for Coverage Assistance under the ACA"summarizes an article by Lara D. Shore-Sheppard (Williams College) in the December 2014 issue of Health Services Research. The analysis looked at monthly patterns in income dynamics across income categories eligible for coverage assistance under the ACA and then examined the determinants of movement between categories to estimate the impact of income shifts on coverage eligibility. Dr. Shore-Sheppard found that ACA coverage expansion populations experience high levels of income fluctuation. This fluctuation was associated with a variety of factors, with employment changes having a particularly significant impact.