Archive for Issue Briefs

Using All-Payer Claims Data to Better Understand the Behavioral Health Provider Workforce

Calculating FFS Equivalents for Capitated Services

Exploring How Mental Health Impacts Emergency Department Utilization

Investigating the Availability of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Data in State APCDs

The Multi-State Behavioral Health Initiative included an in-depth assessment of the availability of substance use disorder (SUD) data in our clients’ APCDs. Learn more – including suggestions on leveraging APCD data for SUD-related studies – in this issue brief.

Linking Claims & Death Certificate Data to Calculate End-of-Life Measures

Calculating Adjustment Factors for Primary Care Capitation Payments in California

Using Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCAs) for Expanded APCD Analyses

A New Method to Enhance Provider-to-Practice Attribution Using Healthcare Claims Data

Recommendations for Collecting Non-Claims-Based Payments from States