Our 5 Slide Series allows us to regularly present objective analyses and trends on issues we believe are of interest and share our findings through data tabulations and visualizations.
This edition shows the sharp trajectory of confirmed COVID-19 cases by state across the past few days. Between March 17 and March 19 there were more new confirmed cases in the USA and more attributed deaths than in all previous days combined. Confirmed cases and available testing statistics are also shown on a per capita basis.
- Keywords: COVID-19
This edition about the pandemic zooms in on California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, conveying county-level tabulations regarding the per capita rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of yesterday. We also show the number and proportion of Medicare beneficiaries in each county.
This edition about the pandemic zooms in on Washington State and New York State, conveying county-level tabulations regarding the per capita rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of yesterday. We also show the number and proportion of Medicare beneficiaries in each county.
- Keywords: COVID-19
This edition presents tabulations on COVID-19 as a percentage of the population and shows the proportion of each state’s population comprised of Medicare beneficiaries (given the impact of the virus for elderly persons).
- Keywords: COVID-19
This edition of the 5-Slide Series explores how the insurance landscape has changed across four decades spanning 1980—2020 We contrasted Medicaid and Medicare enrollment trends with growth in the overall population of the United States.
The September and October editions of our 5 Slide Series provides our tabulations and analysis of the NCQA Quality Ratings for Medicaid MCOs (September edition) and Medicare MCOs (October edition) in Rating Year 2019-2020. We looked at the national distribution of MCO ratings, calculated average ratings for large multi-state chain MCOs, and reported the highest rated plan in each state (or plans if there was a tie).
The September and October editions of our 5 Slide Series provides our tabulations and analysis of the NCQA Quality Ratings for Medicaid MCOs (September edition) and Medicare MCOs (October edition) in Rating Year 2019-2020. We looked at the national distribution of MCO ratings, calculated average ratings for large multi-state chain MCOs, and reported the highest rated plan in each state (or plans if there was a tie).
The August 2019 edition was produced by Grace Williams and summarizes our analyses of NCQA’s most recent quality ratings for commercial/private MCOs. Kaiser Permanente led the multi-state MCOs with a stellar 4.28 average rating, scoring over half a point higher than the 2nd place MCO and scoring more than ¾ of a point higher than the national average.
- Keywords: Quality
This edition focuses on the health care companies on the current Fortune 500 list.
- Keywords: Fortune 500
The June 2019 Edition was produced by Manisha Gupta and Mohammed Hamdan. It focuses on the level of marketing spending in the MCO industry, comparing the Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial sectors. On average, we found that Medicaid MCOs used 0.19% of their revenues on marketing, advertising, and commissions. These percentages were much higher among Medicare-dominant MCOs (2.26%) and commercial MCOs (3.43%).
- Keywords: Expenditures Medicaid Medicare