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Minnesota's Growing and Evolving Opioid Crisis
Oct. 28, 2019 : On Thursday, October 24, SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented a data-focused look at Minnesota’s opioid crisis during the University of Minnesota’s Medical Industry Leadership Institute “Combating Minnesota’s Opioid Epidemic” policy forum. Colin shared the stage with experts in a variety of arenas and policy levels including state and federal legislators and local stakeholders,... Read moreSHADAC Resource on Required Evaluation Plans for DSRIP/Delivery System Reforms through 1115 Waivers
Oct. 11, 2019 : Introduction SHADAC researchers have extensive experience providing technical assistance to states on payment and delivery system reform, often supporting the evaluation and monitoring of these activities. Recently, we have been working with a subset of states pursuing innovative policies under the Medicaid 1115 waiver opportunity, which requires a rigorous independent evaluation. To support... Read moreBlog & News: Using 1115 Waivers to Fund State Uncompensated Care Pools
Oct. 03, 2019 : Definitions Uncompensated Care:[vii] Care for the uninsured or underinsured delivered in hospitals that is not fully reimbursed. Costs associated with uncompensated care include charity care when patients do not have the ability to pay, and/or bad debt from unpaid bills, and/or Medicaid shortfall (the difference between a hospital’s cost for providing care to... Read moreBlog & News: 2018 ACS: Private Coverage Changes Split Evenly among States, Public Coverage Changes Experience Greater Variability than in 2017
Sep. 26, 2019 : The U.S. Census Bureau released partial state files for the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) today, which included state-level information about health insurance coverage by coverage type. The State Story The overall national decrease in insurance coverage in 2018 (from 91.3% in 2017 to 91.1% last year) was mirrored by significant overall coverage decreases in eight... Read moreBlog & News: Uninsured Profiles: New Resource from SHADAC Aims to Identify and Characterize Communities of Minnesota’s Uninsured Population
Sep. 20, 2019 : Over the past year, Dr. Kathleen Call and her research team at SHADAC have worked to build, refine, and now, publish, an interactive tool that allows users to better understand and define the uninsured population in Minnesota at the zip-code level. Partnering with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota, who provided funding for the project, and with essential guidance from the... Read moreBlog & News: A Deeper Dive on Employer-sponsored Health Insurance: Costs in Five States in Comparison with the United States (Infographics)
Sep. 19, 2019 : High health care costs have increasingly been a concern across the United States. Though presidential candidates have recently put forth proposals for changing the role of private insurance within the health care system, recent polls suggest that American consumers would rather hear about plans to lower the rising costs paid by individuals, such as deductibles and copays.[i] Findings from... Read moreBlog & News: Understanding the New CPS Processing System and New 2018 Health Insurance Coverage Estimates
Sep. 13, 2019 : On Tuesday, September 10th, the U.S. Census Bureau released estimates of income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for 2018 from two large-scale federal data surveys conducted annually and administered by the Bureau: the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). The CPS ASEC is a key source of data on poverty, health... Read moreBlog & News: 2018 ACS: National Uninsurance Increased alongside Eight States; Three States Saw Decreases (Infographic)
Sep. 10, 2019 : New health insurance coverage estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) show that the rate of uninsured individuals in the United States increased by 0.1 percentage points in 2018, representing 535,000 more Americans without health insurance coverage as compared to 2017. Rates of uninsurance also increased significantly in eight states, and rates decreased... Read moreBlog & News: An Updated Brief Examines State Health Compare Estimates on State Funding for Public Health
Aug. 20, 2019 : In light of growing public attention to health care costs and state spending, a number of media outlets have recently published pieces on public health spending per-capita for their state, using the rankings chart provided by SHADAC’s State Health Compare. SHADAC recently updated our brief on estimates of state-provided funding for the State Health Compare measure “Public Health Funding.”... Read moreBlog & News: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, 2014-2018: Premiums Reach New Heights while Deductibles Hold Steady
Aug. 14, 2019 : More than 62 million private sector workers in the United States received health insurance benefits from their employer in 2018, and, according to SHADAC researchers, paid higher-than-ever premiums for their health plans last year. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC), a new analysis from SHADAC highlights the experiences of private sector workers... Read morePages
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