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Blog: Recent Publication Round-Up: The 2021 Medicaid Undercount
Feb. 01, 2023: Research has consistently shown that surveys that measure health insurance coverage underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid; this is known as the “Medicaid undercount.” SHADAC researchers have long monitored and investigated the magnitude, causes, and effects of the Medicaid...Read MoreReport/Brief: Tracking the Medicaid Undercount in the 2021 ACS Coverage Data
Jan. 30, 2023: Research has consistently shown that health insurance coverage surveys underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the extent of this “Medicaid undercount” varies greatly across surveys and states. Among these surveys that measure health insurance coverage, the American...Read MoreJournal Article: SHADAC in JHPPL: The Future of State All-Payer Claims Databases
Jan. 24, 2023: This journal article was originally published in Volume 48, Issue 1 of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (JHPPL). Authors: Lynn A. Blewett, PhD, MPA, Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur, PhD, MAc, and James Campbell SHADAC researchers recently published an article...Read MoreReport/Brief: Issue Brief: Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement - Transitioning to Employer-Sponsored Coverage (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
Jan. 20, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies, published on January 19, 2023. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Robert Hest, SHADAC Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19...Read MoreResource: Navigating Data on State Health Compare (Video)
Jan. 18, 2023: Check out our new video to learn tips and tricks for using SHADAC’s State Health Compare SHADAC’s State Health Compare is a go-to resource for more than 45 data measures on a range of health topics including insurance coverage; cost of care; health...Read MoreBlog: Race/Ethnicity Data in CMS Medicaid (T-MSIS) Analytic Files: 2020 Data Assessment
Jan. 11, 2023: The Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) is the largest national database of current Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiary information collected from U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC).1 T-MSIS data are critical for...Read More2021 ACS Data: State and County Uninsured Rates, with Comparison Year 2019
Jan. 11, 2023: Each year, SHADAC uses data released from the American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau's data.census.gov tool to produce estimates of uninsurance at the state and county level.* Click on a state in the interactive map below to view a PDF table of uninsured rates by state and...Read MoreBlog: 2022 NHIS Early Release: Estimates for First Half of the Year Show Continued Fall of Uninsured Rates
Dec. 15, 2022: As part of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently published a second round of health insurance coverage estimates for the first half of 2022, covering the months of January to June. Uninsurance was again...Read MoreBlog: Examining Gender-Based Discrimination in Health Care Access by Gender Identity in Minnesota
Dec. 09, 2022: Authors: Jeremy Duval, Natalie Mac Arthur, Kathleen Call Definitions Cisgender/cis: A person whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth. Transgender/trans: A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at...Read MoreJournal Article: SHADAC Researchers Co-Author Maternal and Child Health Journal Article on Medical Home Contributions to Child Health Outcomes
Dec. 09, 2022: SHADAC researchers Natalie Mac Arthur and Lynn Blewett recently published a journal article in Maternal and Child Health Journal that examines the medical home model—a widely accepted model of team-based primary care—and its unique contributions to child health outcomes. Their...Read MoreJournal Article: SHADAC in AJPH: Insurance-Based Discrimination Reports and Access to Care Among Non-Elderly U.S. Adults, 2011-2019
Dec. 08, 2022: This journal article was originally published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). Authors: Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD, Giovann Alarcon-Espinoza, PhD, MPP, Natalie Schwer Mac Arthur, PhD, MAc, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, DrPH SHADAC researchers and external co-authors recently...Read MoreReport/Brief: Medicaid Undercount Doubles, Likely Tied to Enrollee Misreporting of Coverage
Dec. 05, 2022: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an important safety net for health insurance coverage for millions of people during this unprecedented public health crisis. The Families First Coronavirus Response...Read MoreReport/Brief: Collection of Race, Ethnicity, Language Data on Medicaid Applications: New and Updated Information on Medicaid Data Collection Practices in the States, Territories, and D.C.
Nov. 30, 2022: Collecting and monitoring data on Medicaid enrollees that is broken down by race, ethnicity, and language (REL) is an essential first step in assessing health disparities as well as identifying strategies for improvement in state Medicaid programs. Although all state Medicaid agencies and most U.S...Read MoreBlog: Neighborhood Support Matters for Child Health
Nov. 22, 2022: Where people live, work, and play has been shown to have important impacts on health. In addition to one’s physical environment (e.g., access to safe schools, parks, and sources of nutritious food), the extent to which people feel connected to a supportive community with a network of resources is...Read MoreBlog: Charting Two Decades of the Evolving Opioid Crisis
Nov. 18, 2022: In more than 20 years, the overdose crisis has shifted and grown from prescription opioids to a range of illicitly trafficked drugs Just over a decade after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared an “epidemic” of overdoses from...Read MoreBlog: Five-Year Review Shows Rising Trends in Adult E-Cigarette Use: 2017 to 2021
Nov. 08, 2022: BRFSS OVERVIEW This analysis uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, an annual telephone survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that collects data from respondents across all 50 states and D...Read MoreBlog: California Health Insurance Stable in 2021, but Many Will Need to Switch Coverage Once COVID-19 Pandemic Protections End (CHCF Cross Post)
Nov. 07, 2022: The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation published on November 4, 2022. Authors: Colin Planalp and Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Employer-sponsored insurance declined significantly; Medi-Cal and individual market coverage held steady During 2021, the...Read MoreBlog: Key Resources and 2022 Updates: SHADAC's Health Insurance Unit
Oct. 31, 2022: Updated April 2023 In the years following the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), SHADAC developed and introduced its Health Insurance Unit, or “HIU,” a tool to aid in defining family interrelationships in federal population surveys for the purpose of analyzing...Read MoreReport/Brief: Comparing Federal Government Surveys That Count the Uninsured: 2022
Oct. 28, 2022: With the release of new insurance coverage estimates from surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), SHADAC has updated our annual “Comparing Federal...Read MoreBlog: BRFSS Estimates Show Potential Break in Series for Usual Source of Care: New Data on State Health Compare
Oct. 20, 2022: A change to the 2021 BRFSS’ “personal doctor” question has led to large changes in the share of respondents reporting having no personal doctor The Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a long-running, telephone-based state survey designed to...Read MorePages
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