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Analytics and Reporting

Value-Based Payment Reform Is Only as Strong as the Data That Measures It

Gary Swan
May 18, 2026
Analytics and Reporting, What's New
States are making significant investments in rural health transformation, but for many of those investments to be sustainable, states will need to change how care is delivered and paid for. Through the Rural Health Transformation Program, CMS announced $50 billion in awards to strengthen rural health, with first-year state awards ranging from $147 million to...Read more

Rural Health Transformation Program Offers Bold Opportunity to Reimagine Realtime Hospital Capacity Reporting, Ease Access Challenges in Rural Communities

Emma Harrigan
April 8, 2026
Analytics and Reporting, What's New
Freedman HealthCare (FHC) has supported multiple states in developing and implementing their Rural Health Transformation Programs. FHC specializes in integrated health data systems, healthcare measurement and benchmarking, and workforce data infrastructure and reporting.  By Emma Harrigan, MS, Senior Consultant   Hospital closures, inadequate staffing, and overburdened primary care systems are making it increasingly difficult for rural...Read more

Data Infrastructure Should Top Every State’s RHTP Spending List

Margaret Tiedemann
March 30, 2026
Analytics and Reporting, What's New
Freedman HealthCare (FHC) has supported multiple states in developing and implementing their Rural Health Transformation Programs. FHC specializes in integrated health data systems, healthcare measurement and benchmarking, and workforce data infrastructure and reporting. By Margaret Tiedemann, MA, PMP, Consultant, and Chad MacLeod, Senior Consultant   The Problem: Rural Health Data Is Fragmented Across rural America,...Read more

Rhode Island Enters Federal Consent Decree to Improve Services for Children with Behavioral Health Disabilities

Margaret Tiedemann
August 8, 2025
Analytics and Reporting, Data Quality, What's New
Following a Department of Justice investigation, the state of Rhode Island has agreed to remediate its system to ensure youth with behavioral health disabilities in the care and custody of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCYF) are treated in settings appropriate to their needs, transitioned from inpatient psychiatric facilities to family settings, and...Read more

Massachusetts Provider Organizations with Higher Primary Care Investment Offer Better Value, New Research Finds

Gabrielle Shaver
August 13, 2024
Analytics and Reporting, Data Quality, What's New
There is a considerable body of research demonstrating the long-term benefits of primary care. However, for decades, the United States has underinvested in primary care, spending only 5 to 7 cents of every health care dollar on it versus 13 cents in other high-income countries.[i] To help address these concerns, more than a third of states have...Read more
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