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Month: March 2024

5-Slide Series

Quantifying the Impact of State-Level Policy Changes on Opioid Prescription (and Unit) Volume ​

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This edition looks at various state-level policy changes seeking to restrict inappropriate use of opioids, conducting a pre-versus-post comparison of prescription opioid usage related to the dates of these policy changes.

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Costs and Benefits of Enhancing Private Duty Nursing Payment Rates in Colorado’s Medicaid Program

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This report was commissioned by the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado. The report derives the Medicaid payment rate increase needed to attract adequate private duty nursing (PDN) service capacity in Colorado. We’ve estimated the cost to the Medicaid agency these rate increases will create — including the rate increase and the enhanced PDN capacity the higher payments can be expected to yield. The report also estimates the offsetting Medicaid savings that the increased PDN support can be expected to create via shortening and preventing hospitalizations.

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