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April 2024 Matthew Reynolds, Alyssa Vangeli,
ver the last few years, health care cost growth target states had to make difficult decisions about whether and how the dramatic increase in inflation should impact existing cost growth target values and/or the process and methodology for setting new cost growth target values. More
April 2024 John Heintzman, Miguel Marino ,
Over the past 40 years, numerous national organizations have called for health data disaggregation — breaking down data into smaller, more precise… More
April 2024 Rachel Block,
Slower systemwide health care spending growth could allow employers to put more dollars into wages or invest it elsewhere. More
March 2024 Vishaal Pegany, Margareta Brandt, Ngan Tran, Michael Valle, Chris Krawczyk,
In the absence of a national standard for categorizing non-claims payments, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) developed a new framework to categorize and collect non-claims payment data. More
February 2024 John M. Colmers, Daniel M. Fox,
Chuck Fahey ended most conversations with individuals and groups with the five words that are the title of this brief celebration of his life and… More
February 2024 Alexandra Duncan, Vikki Wachino, Greg Williams, Ashley DeGarmo,
Substance use–related deaths among individuals in jail and prison have increased over time and people recently released from incarceration are at… More
January 2024 Indira Islas,
I’ve long aspired to become a doctor, a passion that was kindled by witnessing the unwavering commitment my parents had to the field of medicine in… More
December 2023 Alexandra Duncan, Maria Schiff, Vikki Wachino, John O'Brien,
Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and some state Medicaid authorities are proposing or are in the process of… More
December 2023 Christopher Romero-Gutierrez, Michael H. Bailit,
Analysis of commercial insurer date in all-payer claims databases finds that increases in use of medical services and drug price increases in 2021 drove higher spending. More
December 2023 Morgan McDonald,
Morgan McDonald shares that “grace” is the defining element of this work for many state health leaders. More