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Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
Senior Health Care Data/Policy Consultant, Freedman HealthCare, LLC

Dr. Mathieu is a nationally recognized subject matter expert and leader in the APCD field, drawing from more than seven years of experience in the development, implementation, and operation of an All Payer Claims Database that includes Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance plan claims data. As a Senior Consultant with Freedman Healthcare, Dr. Mathieu supports clients in solving complex challenges by leveraging his experience working with diverse stakeholders to address needs through actionable healthcare data analytics and reporting.

Make Sense of Your Data for Cost and Utilization Analysis

Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
March 6, 2024
Analytics and Reporting, Leading an APCD
Health policy managers need to understand how to transform claims data into information for various audiences. Using widely accepted categories and groupings, analysts can spotlight opportunities to reduce healthcare spending and rates of growth using language that a broad audience can understand. The Problem Roughly half of states use an All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) to...Read more

Thursday Thoughts with Douglas McCarthy, President of Issues Research, Inc.

Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
April 1, 2021
Analytics and Reporting
In this latest installment of our Thursday Thoughts series, FHC Senior Health Care Data/Policy Consultant Jonathan Mathieu talked to Douglas McCarthy, M.B.A, president of Issues Research, Inc., in Durango, Colorado.     Mr. McCarthy has more than 30 years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and has consulted on projects for corporations,...Read more

Thursday Thoughts with Kyle Russell, VHI Director of Strategy and Analytics

Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
January 7, 2021
Analytics and Reporting
In this first Thursday Thoughts of 2021, FHC Senior Health Care Data/Policy Consultant Jonathan Mathieu talked to Kyle Russell, MDA, Director of Strategy and Analytics at Virginia Health Information (VHI). In his current role, Kyle oversees the analytical reporting and strategic planning for all data collection programs administered by VHI, which houses the state’s All-Payer...Read more

Far from perfect competition: A Look into the Market Shares of our Nation’s Leading Health Insurance Companies

Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
June 5, 2019
Analytics and Reporting
Prepared by: Ellen Bloom, Jonathan Mathieu, and John Freedman. Do you know the principal health insurance companies in your state? Take a look at the following highly concentrated markets and see which health insurance companies hold the largest market shares (with the least amount of competition). By now, we have all heard the term “Medicare...Read more

All Politics, Even in Healthcare, Is Local: A look at NRHI’s latest report on healthcare cost variation in 6 regions

Jonathan Mathieu, Ph. D.
March 14, 2019
Analytics and Reporting
Are you looking for a deeper dive into the reasons why healthcare costs vary so widely among states? You may want to pay attention to your local health system.     A recent edition of The Hospital Finance Podcast focuses on the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement’s (NRHI) report discussing this issue, “Healthcare Affordability: Data...Read more

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