Publications

01.24.2016 | Publication

The Affordable Care Act and its effect on employers: Trend analysis

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) contains several provisions that directly affect employers and impact the employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) system through which the majority of Americans receive coverage. While some experts predicted declines of 4.5 percent or more in employer-sponsored coverage from 2010 to 2016, ESI remained stable in Michigan in 2014, with the continuation …

12.08.2015 | Publication

Cover Michigan 2014 Survey: Satisfaction with Health Coverage in Michigan

The third open enrollment period for individual coverage on Michigan’s health insurance marketplace began on November 1, 2015, and will continue until January 31, 2016.⁽¹⁾U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. November 2015. 2016 health insurance dates and deadlines.https://www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/dates-and-deadlines/ (accessed 11/4/15) The average Michigan consumer will have 64 plans to choose from during the 2015 open enrollment period.⁽²⁾J. Fangmeier, 2015 …
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12.01.2015 | Publication

Uncoordinated prescription opioid use in Michigan

Prescription opioids such as morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone provide pain relief to patients with chronic pain. However, these drugs also pose safety risks to patients. Opioid use can cause respiratory depression, resulting in overdose or death. As prescription opioids have been used more extensively for pain control in the past two decades due to changing practice guidelines, overdose deaths surged …
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10.05.2015 | Publication

Flu Vaccination in Michigan: Opportunities for Improvement

Introduction Approximately 6,000 Americans die of influenza every year,[footnote]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza — United States, 1976–2007,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Aug. 27, 2010, 59(33): 1057–62: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5933a1.htm (accessed 6/25/15) and almost 800 people were hospitalized during the 2014–2015 flu season in the four Michigan counties that report flu hospitalizations (Clinton, …

This brief looks at trends between 2008 and 2014 with regard to Michigan federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and free clinics. We find that more Michigan patients are receiving care at FQHCs and some free clinics are converting to FQHCs. In 2014, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major coverage expansions—the individual health insurance marketplace and Medicaid expansion—significantly altered the health …

Click the image to read the full report This issue brief estimates the size of the non-elderly underinsured population in Michigan and in the United States in 2013 and analyzes several social and economic characteristics associated with the underinsured in Michigan, prior to the implementation of the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. The brief also discusses the challenges faced by the …

Inpatient hospitalizations account for 32 percent of the total $2.9 trillion spent on health care in the United States. In the majority of cases, it is necessary and appropriate to admit a patient to the hospital. However, patients returning to the hospital soon (e.g., within 30 days) after their previous stay account for a substantial percentage of admissions. Research has …

This brief provides an overview of price transparency initiatives in health care by federal and state governments and private entities; discusses the challenges associated with achieving the current goals of price transparency efforts; and highlights opportunities for moving forward to effectively achieve such goals. In recent years, consumers have assumed an increasing share of health care spending through high deductible …

One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to “reduce the growth of health care costs while promoting high-value, effective care.” Provisions of the ACA encourage providers to engage in innovative alternatives to traditional fee-for-service compensation models with a focus on value-based purchasing through a variety of mechanisms. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also recently announced …

This brief examines the factors that most influenced consumer health plan selection among those with different types of coverage during the first enrollment period in the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace. The brief is based on data from the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation’s 2014 Cover Michigan Survey of Michigan adults, fielded between September and November 2014. Those …

↑1	U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. November 2015. 2016 health insurance dates and deadlines.https://www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/dates-and-deadlines/ (accessed 11/4/15)
↑2	J. Fangmeier, 2015 … Read more > 12.01.2015 \| Publication Uncoordinated prescription opioid use in Michigan Prescription opioids such as morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone provide pain relief to patients with chronic pain. However, these drugs also pose safety risks to patients. Opioid use can cause respiratory depression, resulting in overdose or death. As prescription opioids have been used more extensively for pain control in the past two decades due to changing practice guidelines, overdose deaths surged … Read more > 10.05.2015 \| Publication Flu Vaccination in Michigan: Opportunities for Improvement Introduction Approximately 6,000 Americans die of influenza every year,[footnote]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza — United States, 1976–2007,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Aug. 27, 2010, 59(33): 1057–62: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5933a1.htm (accessed 6/25/15)