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04.20.21

Unlocking Race and Ethnicity Data to Promote Health Equity in California: Proposals for State Action

The repercussions of limited R/E data have been felt throughout the public health crisis.


02.26.20

Strategies to Expand Transparency, Enhance Competition and Control Costs

State insurance regulators play many roles in making health insurance more available and affordable to consumers.


01.27.20

New Webinar: Blueprint for Building an Effective Statewide Healthcare Cost Benchmark

The focus on healthcare cost containment has grown dramatically since Massachusetts enacted the first cost benchmarking program in 2012.


12.17.19

Implementing a Statewide Healthcare Cost Benchmark

Seeking methods to better understand and control healthcare costs, many states are taking a careful look at a state-defined spending target, or “benchmarking” model, that originated in Massachusetts and has since been adopted, in varying forms, by three other states.


12.17.19

New Webinar: Blueprint for Building an Effective Statewide Healthcare Cost Benchmark

Join us January 15 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET, and discover the key lessons learned from the Massachusetts, Oregon and other state benchmarking models.


07.19.18

Healthcare Transparency: Where We Stand, What Policymakers Can Do

The HHS secretary’s first initiative, including requiring hospitals to post their charge-master prices, may have some value in causing hospitals to rethink list prices, but there are better ways to enhance transparency.


07.19.18

The Promise of All-Payer Claims Databases

All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) are some of our nation’s most powerful healthcare data assets, yet information about what they are, the populations and the types of data they include, and how they can be effectively deployed has been slow to reach potential users.


06.20.18

States Report Increases in Children’s Medicaid Dental Utilization

On May 4, 2018, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Acting Director Timothy Hill released an Informational Bulletin calling for states to review their Medicaid and CHIP payment policies to ensure alignment with pediatric dental periodicity schedules.


05.22.18

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Growth by Region (2008-17)

For the past decade, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans added nearly 10 million members.


04.23.18

Connecting Justice-Involved Populations to Health Coverage and Care

Although the Constitution requires states and localities to provide healthcare to people in prisons and jails, many still fail to receive needed care.