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V-BID in Action: A Profile of Connecticut's Health Enhancement Program
Publication Year: 2013

This brief is from the research team led by SHARE grantee Dr. Richard Hirth, Research Director at the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) at the University of Michigan.  The brief outlines preliminary findings on Connecticut's state employee Health Enhancement Program (HEP), which provides financial incentives for participants to obtain high-value services and has thus far seen significant positive results.  Dr. Hirth and his team are currently conducting a rigorous SHARe-funded evaluation of HEP to identify trends in utilization and expenditures made by HEP enrollees relative to control populations, with results available within the next year.

SHARE Grant Awards - Summer 2012
Publication Year: 2012

The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) program awarded nine new grants to fund research addressing health reform issues that states face as they work to improve coverage and access.  This is SHARE's third round of grants since the program began in 2007.  The new grants, which range in length from 12 to 24 months, will offer timely insights into a variety of health reform issues.  The projects will explore topics such as Medicaid expansion for childless adults, value-based insurance design for state employee health plans, approaches to health care coordination/integration, and the production of reliable small area estimates of health insurance coverage and access.  This document provides an overview of the nine grants awarded under the third round of SHARE funding. 

The Next Generation of Data Linkage Projects: Priority Areas for SNACC under the ACA
Publication Year: 2011

In this brief, SHARE grantee Mike O'Grady (NORC, University of Chicago) details the process of linking data sets, gives an overview of data linkage projects that have been undertaken to date, and considers the potential linkages that would be both relevant and useful in a post-reform environment.  Dr. O'Grady points to several key areas where linked data sets could be beneficial going forward, including the design and implementation of the ACA's health benefit exchanges, comprehension of the complex intersection of Medicare and Medicaid, and reform of the Medicare payment system.

Section 125 Plans for Individual Insurance and HIPAA’s Group Insurance Provisions
Publication Year: 2009