Cost, Coverage, and Access
The UW Population Health Institute is evaluating Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus health insurance program and reforms, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. BadgerCare Plus is Wisconsin’s Medicaid and SCHIP programs, providing health insurance for most Wisconsin children and many low and middle income families.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded the UW Population Health Institute grants under two rounds of its State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) initiative. This funding has supported study of BadgerCare Plus enrollment, efficiency, and churning of covered members, and currently supports assessment of Core Plan utilization by childless adults and the predictive value of the health needs assessment.
The Institute previously conducted evaluation under Wisconsin’s State Health Access Program (SHAP) award from HRSA. DHS in 2013 procured from the Institute an evaluation of the changes that took effect under DHS Medicaid Efficiencies initiative.
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Reports on ACA and Medicaid Enrollment and Coverage Trends in Wisconsin
- ACA and Medicaid Reform, Coverage And Trends in Wisconsin 2016
- ACA and Medicaid Reform, Coverage And Trends in Wisconsin 2015
- Press Release on 2015 Coverage Data Report
- ACA and Medicaid Reform, Coverage And Trends in Wisconsin 2014
- Rockefeller Institute Study of ACA Implementation in Wisconsin, 2014
- Looking At the Impact of Public Health Care Expansion, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report, 2014
- Executive Summary: Evaluation of Wisconsin 2012 Federal Waiver Provisions Related to BadgerCare Coverage, 2014
- Full Report Evaluation of Wisconsin 2012 Federal Waiver Provisions Related to BadgerCare Coverage, 2014
- 2013 Cost Coverage Access Program and Data Overview
- Navigating the ACA and Medicaid Changes in Wisconsin, 2013
Health System Performance and Transformation
The Health Policy Unit conducts consultancies and research projects in collaboration with partners in the public and private sector, focusing on quality, cost, and value in health care.
Recent projects include evaluations of public and private health insurance performance at the community level and a pilot program to provide Medicaid medical homes for high-risk pregnant women in southeastern Wisconsin.
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Reports on Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in Wisconsin
- Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in SE Wisconsin Evaluation Report, 2016
- Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in SE Wisconsin PowerPoint, 2016
- APPAM Conference Panel Paper: Evaluating a Novel Medicaid Medical Home Intervention for High-Risk Pregnant Women, 2014
- BadgerCare Plus: Healthy Births Outcomes Initiative PowerPoint, 2010
- Joint Committee on Finance Report on Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women Pilot, 2010
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Reports on Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial Insurance Performance in Communities
Reports on Wisconsin Pilot Medicaid Program for High Risk Pregnant Women
Health Impact Assessments
According to the WHO, a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) “is a means of assessing the health impacts of policies, plans and projects in diverse economic sectors using quantitative, qualitative and participatory techniques.” HIAs are carried out in order to determine the potential effects of a proposed policy on the health of a population and the distribution of the effects within the population. HIAs aim to provide recommendations on monitoring and managing those effects. HIAs are accomplished through a systematic process, using an array of data sources and analytic methods. HIAs ideally promote and fully consider input from a broad range of stakeholders. HIAs determine what impact the effects of a proposed policy will have on health outcomes and community well-being.
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HIA: Limiting Retail Alcohol Outlets in Madison's Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood
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