New Data on Dialysis Patient Outcomes Point to the Importance of Greater Health Equity
Persistent disparities in dialysis patient outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries point to the importance of greater health equity. New findings on the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and social risk factors bring health disparities to light. Please see Insight’s Dominick Esposito and collaborators, Andrew Breck, Jeffrey Marr, and Marc Turenne's recently published article in Medical Care HERE: https://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Citation/2022/10000/The_Role_of_Social_Risk_Factors_in_Dialysis.2.aspx
Read MoreInsight Policy Research to monitor and evaluate CMS’s End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Improvement Program
Insight Policy Research (Insight) was awarded a $5.8 million, 5-year contract to monitor and evaluate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Improvement Program (QIP). First implemented in 2012, the ESRD QIP is a value-based purchasing program whereby dialysis facilities receive a prospective payment for their patient care, provided[...]
Read MoreInsight Policy Research to Evaluate CMS Innovation Center’s Integrated Care for Kids Model
Insight is pleased to announce a partnership with Abt Associates to design and implement a mixed-methods evaluation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model. InCK is a child-centered local service delivery and state payment model that aims to reduce expenditures and improve the quality of care for children[...]
Read MoreInsight Policy Research to Evaluate CMS Innovation Center’s Maternal Opioid Misuse Model
To address the significant problem of opioid use in pregnancy and associated high rates of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded cooperative agreements to 10 state Medicaid agencies to implement the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model. By supporting the coordination of[...]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Needs of Women in America’s Military: The 2016 DACOWITS Annual Report Is Here
The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services—known as DACOWITS—delivers to the U.S. Department of Defense advice and recommendations on policies related to the recruitment, retention, treatment, employment, integration, and well-being of the highly qualified professional women in the U.S. Armed Forces. In 2016 Insight collected and analyzed data from focus groups with hundreds[...]
Read MoreInsight Policy Research starts 2017 with new awards from CMS and NHTSA
Insight was recently awarded a 5-year contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to monitor and evaluate the effects of Medicare dialysis payment policy. The project will monitor near-term indicators of access and quality of care to determine if Medicare beneficiaries have experienced any changes in dialysis services following modifications to Medicare[...]
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