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Primary Care Workforce Crossroads: A call for new research

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
June 21, 2024
Analytics and Reporting
High quality primary care is the foundation of our nation’s healthcare system[i]. Research points to the essential role of primary care clinicians and services in improving access, quality, life expectancy, and affordability.[ii],[iii]  While the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Health of US Primary Care Scorecard finds the overall primary care workforce has increased slightly in recent years,[iv]...Read more

Engaged Data: An Interactive Rhode Island Ecosystem Dashboard Describing the Healthcare Workforce

Kristina Martin
June 12, 2024
Analytics and Reporting
On Wednesday, May 29th, 2024, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Ecosystem, in partnership with the Rhode Island Workforce Transformation Team, publicly released the EOHHS Health Workforce Dashboard. The Dashboard enables policymakers, healthcare providers, educators, and others to review and engage with data that provides a detailed understanding of the...Read more

Gym Benefits and Hearing Aid Discounts: New Codes for APCDs

Janice Bourgault
May 24, 2024
Analytics and Reporting
Are you interested in collecting supplemental benefit information provided by payer health and wellness programs such as gym memberships and over-the-counter drugs, and discounts on eyeglasses and hearing aids in your All-Payer Claims Database (APCD)? Take advantage of CMS’s new guidance and technical documentation for reporting supplemental benefits. Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) have been reporting...Read more

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
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