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New SHADAC Issue Brief Highlights Lessons Learned from SIM States Working to Align Quality Measures
Mar. 20, 2019 : In an effort to improve quality and contain the growing cost of health care, states are increasingly undertaking a shift away from fee-for-service reimbursement models that reward quantity and moving toward alternative payment models that reward value. Many of the states leading the way in payment and delivery system reform have received State Innovation Model (SIM) awards from the... Read moreSHADAC Research in AJPH: Addressing Opioid Addiction through Cross-Sector Collaboration
Mar. 05, 2019 : After implementing a cross-sector collaboration between medical providers, nonmedical service providers, and a wide range of other stakeholders in the community, the town of Little Falls, Minnesota, saw a reduction in opioid use and abuse among patients at the local hospital and clinic and within the broader local rural community. In a new American Journal of Public Health article, SHADAC... Read moreBlog & News: NHIS: Nationwide Uninsured Rate for January to September 2018 Unchanged from 2017
Feb. 27, 2019 : Nationwide, the uninsurance rate among non-elderly adults (ages 18-64) in the first three quarters of 2018 was 13.0%, statistically unchanged from 12.7% in the same period in 2017. This finding is based on new health insurance coverage estimates for Q1-Q3 2018 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). These estimates were released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as... Read moreBlog & News: A State-level Measure of Drug Affordability on State Health Compare: Made Changes to Medical Drugs Because of Cost
Feb. 25, 2019 : Americans spend more on prescription medications per capita than residents of any other nation due to higher U.S. drug prices. In 2016, prescription drugs accounted for an estimated 14.1 percent of total national health care costs, or $471 billion. [1],[2] The high prices of prescription drugs have captured current national attention, with both the Trump Administration and congressional lawmakers... Read moreBlog & News: Leveraging 1332 State Innovation Waivers to Stabilize Individual Health Insurance Markets: Experiences of Alaska, Minnesota, and Oregon
Feb. 19, 2019 : A new SHADAC analysis, prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examines the use of 1332 State Innovations Waivers to stabilize individual health insurance markets. SHADAC researchers compared the use of this strategy in Alaska, Minnesota, and Oregon, assessing how these states navigated the 1332 waiver process; identifying lessons learned about this process and about different... Read moreBlog & News: SHADAC Releases 50-State Analysis of the Evolving Opioid Crisis (Infographics)
Feb. 12, 2019 : Much of the attention paid to the national opioid crisis in recent years has focused on the national toll of the crisis, such as the more than 44,000 opioid overdose deaths reported nationally in 2017.[1] However, the dynamics of the crisis vary widely across states, both in the prevalence of opioid overdose deaths and the types of opioids associated with those deaths. To make state-... Read moreBlog & News: State Health Compare Updated to Include 2017 Opioid-Related Overdose Data and New Data on Overdose Deaths from Other Drugs
Jan. 29, 2019 : SHADAC has recently updated our State Health Compare estimates on opioid-related drug overdose deaths to include data from 2017. Data on this measure, which examines natural and semi-synthetic opioids, synthetic opioids, and heroin, are now available for years 1999 to 2017. We have also added new data on drug overdose deaths associated with cocaine and psychostimulants (e.g., methamphetamine... Read moreBlog & News: MACStats from MACPAC: 2018 Medicaid and CHIP Data Book Now Available
Jan. 18, 2019 : The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) recently released the 2018 version of its Medicaid and CHIP Data Book. This data book is a collection of federal and state statistics regarding the Medicaid and CHIP programs that are compiled by MACPAC from multiple data sources on key topic areas including Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, and expenditures, as well as... Read moreBlog & News: Register Now: February 6th Webinar - Exploring Disparities Using SHADAC's State Health Compare
Jan. 15, 2019 : Exploring Disparities Using New and Updated Measures on SHADAC’s State Health Compare: State-Level Highlights for Unaffordable Rents, Unhealthy Days, and More Date: February 6, 2019 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Central Register now. Join us on Wednesday, February 6th at 1:00 PM Central for a webinar introducing two new measures of health outcomes and social determinants of health on... Read moreBlog & News: Updated Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Available for All U.S. Counties
Jan. 14, 2019 : SHADAC tables of state and county uninsurance estimates for 2013 to 2017 are now available via clickable map. Users can click a state to access a table of 5-year uninsurance estimates for each state as a whole, as well as all counties located within, using data from the American Community Survey (ACS). Data Background The 5-year ACS is created by pooling together... Read morePages
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