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State Health Compare Data Highlight: Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations
May. 22, 2019 : More expensive than outpatient or primary care, hospitalization contributes substantially to healthcare costs, with hospital care accounting for 33% of healthcare spending, or $1.1 trillion, in 2017.[1] Reducing potentially preventable hospitalizations—i.e., hospital admissions for certain acute illnesses or chronic conditions that might not have required hospitalization if they had been better... Read more2018 NHIS Full-Year Early Release: Insurance Coverage Held Steady Overall, with Some Subgroup Changes
May. 14, 2019 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2018 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. These are the first available full-year coverage estimates for 2018 from a federal survey, with estimates available for the U.S. and 17 states. Key Findings Uninsurance Approximately 30.4 million... Read moreBlog & News: New SHADAC Brief Explores Methods for Adapting BRFSS Survey Income Measure to Align with FPG Thresholds
May. 09, 2019 : The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey can be a valuable data source for researchers seeking to evaluate the impact of health insurance coverage programs such as Medicaid on measures of health outcomes and health behaviors; yet the BRFSS’ income measure, which asks respondents to classify their income within one of eight... Read moreBlog & News: SHADAC Report: Uninsurance among Children Increased Nationwide in 2017, Ending Steady Decline
May. 01, 2019 : The national uninsured rate among children increased from 4.7% (about 3.6 million children) in 2016 to 5.0% (about 3.9 million children) in 2017. This increase interrupted a trend of nationwide gains in children’s coverage from 2008 through 2016, during which the uninsured rate dropped by more than half, from 9.7% to 4.7%. The 2017 nationwide increase spanned demographic groups (income, race/... Read moreBlog & News: Register Now - Webinar on Trends and Disparities in Children's Health Insurance: New Data and the Implications for State Policy
Apr. 24, 2019 : Date: May 2, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Central Register now. The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) are hosting an online discussion to share new data showing a recent uptick in the rate of uninsured children and highlight promising state-level policies that could help. The interactive webinar will feature... Read moreBlog & News: 2017 County Health Insurance Estimates Now Available
Apr. 10, 2019 : The U.S. Census Bureau released the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for 2017, providing estimates of health insurance coverage for all counties and states. The SAHIE program is the only source of single-year health insurance estimates for every county in the US. Estimates are available for each county by sex, age, and Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Race/ethnicity... Read morePresentations: HPM Seminar Series: The Next Wave of Health Care Reform - April 12th
Apr. 05, 2019 : Join us for a lively discussion of the current state of health reform in the United States. Professor Lynn Blewett will facilitate a discussion with the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Larry Levitt on recent and perhaps pivotal events in health policy. We will discuss the latest ruling by a federal judge on Kentucky and Arkansas Medicaid work requirements, the recent ruling on Association Health... Read moreReports and Briefs: New Issue Brief Examines Ohio Strategy to Improve Opioid Prescribing Through Payment Reform
Mar. 26, 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 of services 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 moreBlog & News: New SHADAC Article for INQUIRY Estimates the Cost of National and State-Level Reinsurance Programs for Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Markets
Mar. 26, 2019 : In hopes of stabilizing individual insurance markets, the idea of reinsurance—a product designed to protect health insurers against the financial risk of covering high-cost enrollees—has attracted bipartisan interest from state and national policymakers. Alaska, Minnesota, and Oregon have already implemented state-based reinsurance programs under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) 1332... Read moreBlog & News: SHADAC Researcher Colin Planalp Talks Trends in the Opioid Crisis with the University of Minnesota
Mar. 25, 2019 : In a recent interview with the University of Minnesota, SHADAC researcher Colin Planalp provided an overview of recent trends in the nation's evolving opioid crisis, discussing the growth in opioid overdose deaths since 2000, and how Minnesota’s statistics on opioid overdoses compare with the rest of the country. Story highlights include: From 2000-2011 the national... Read morePages
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