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Environmental Scan of Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency for People with Disabilities

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:37:00 Z

This report briefly describes the landscape of policies and programs supporting progress toward economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities.

Trusting your LLM

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 Z

This position paper introduces a secure, cloud-based framework to test how accurately and transparently large language models perform real-world statistical analyses on complex survey data. Using validated ACS microdata tasks, it compares reasoning-only and code-execution workflows, highlighting strengths, limitations, and design requirements for trustworthy AI-driven analytics.

The Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration: Evaluation Findings One Year After Enrollment

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:40:00 Z

This report presents findings from participation, impact, and benefit-cost analyses for each of the five RETAIN programs. Each RETAIN program used a random assignment study design, such that some enrollees were in a treatment group that could use RETAIN services and the others were in a control group that could use limited or no services besides those typically available in the community. The report findings cover a one-year follow-up period and are based on Mathematica’s analysis of programs’ enrollment and service use data, state unemployment insurance wage records, SSA program data, a follow-up survey of RETAIN enrollees that Mathematica conducted about 12 months after enrollment, and program cost data.

Parent Experiences in the Regional Partnership Grants Program: Findings from an Exploratory Study

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:31:00 Z

This brief summarizes findings from an exploratory study with parents enrolled in services provided by two Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) projects. The study examines the factors that led to parents’ substance use issues and child welfare involvement and their experiences with RPG services.

Regional Partnership Grants Cross-Site Evaluation Annual Report October 2024-September 2025

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:27:00 Z

The annual report describes the major activities and accomplishments from October 2024 through September 2025 for Mathematica’s contract to conduct the cross-site evaluation and provide technical assistance (TA) for the seventh cohort of the Regional Partnership Grants (RPG).

How to keep competition alive in Medicaid managed care markets

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:50:00 Z

Medicaid managed care markets have been consolidating, which can increase costs, limit coverage options, and decrease access to specialized plans. This article in Health Affairs explores strategies states can use to strengthen competition among managed care plans.

Analysis of the Colorado Option, pursuant to § 10-16-1310, C.R.S

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

Mathematica’s evaluation of the Colorado Option shows growing enrollment, lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs, and simpler plan choices in the individual and small-group insurance markets.

Latest Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard Strengthens Data-Driven Oversight and Transparency

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just released the 2025 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Scorecard to strengthen oversight of these two programs and increase transparency about their administration and health outcomes across federal and state partners.

The rise of Medicare Advantage payviders

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:18:07 Z

This brief combines information from published literature with diverse public data sources to describe trends in Medicare Advantage (MA) payviders—financial integration between MA plans and provider organizations. We describe patterns in health system ownership of MA plans and MA plan affiliation with primary care providers. We also use analyses from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and others to show how growing MA payvider control of primary care settings might reflect organizational strategies to use payvider arrangements to maximize MA payments.

Working with Medicare - State Contracting with D-SNPs, Part 2: Contracting Strategies and Considerations for States

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:41:00 Z

This webinar explains contracting strategies for states developing integrated care models for dually eligible individuals; Medicaid regulations states should keep in mind when leveraging D-SNPs to cover Medicaid benefits; and procurement and timeline considerations.

Community Health Worker Apprenticeships

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:11:00 Z

This brief describes registered apprenticeship programs for community health workers, including program structure and funding, national trends, benefits for employers and communities, implementation challenges, sustainability strategies, examples, and the growth of apprenticeships from 2015 to 2025.

Emerging Occupations in Registered Apprenticeship

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:20:00 Z

This fact sheet highlights five fast growing occupations with rising numbers of registered apprentices. States, intermediaries, and employers can use these examples to show how expanding apprenticeships strengthens talent pipelines in newer fields.

Meeting the Moment: Using Data to Drive Medicaid Community Engagement Implementation

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:34:48 Z

This white paper explores how states can use data to help them implement Medicaid’s community engagement requirements. By designing solutions with compliance reporting and monitoring in mind, states can anticipate future needs and set themselves up for success.

Modernizing IES to Improve Education Outcomes Nationwide

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

As the Institute of Education Sciences reexamines how best to generate and apply evidence that improves education outcomes nationwide, Mathematica shared recommendations to help the agency strengthen the relevance, timeliness, and impact of its research, evaluation, and dissemination efforts.

Working with Medicare - State Contracting with D-SNPs: Introduction to D-SNPs and D-SNP Contracting Basics

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:41:00 Z

This webinar provides an introduction to D-SNP contracting for state Medicaid agencies, including (1) a description of D-SNPs and the ways D-SNPs differ from other Medicare Advantage plans; (2) a summary of new federal rules for D-SNPs that take effect in 2027 and 2030.

Independent Evaluation of the Kosovo Threshold Program’s Transparent and Accountable Governance Project

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:51:00 Z

Summary for publication Independent Evaluation of the Kosovo Threshold Programs Transparent Accountable Governance

Zachary Parolin Wins the 25th David Kershaw Award and Prize

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:16:00 Z

Zachary Parolin of Oxford University has received the David N. Kershaw Award for his research on poverty and opportunity and will deliver the Kershaw Lecture at APPAM’s 2025 Fall Conference.

A Head-to-Head Comparison of Alternative Voting Rules

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 Z

This slide deck presents results from Mathematica’s agent-based simulation model, grounded in real-world voter data, to compare ranked-choice voting rules on their ability to elect moderate candidates who represent the electorate and their robustness to voter polarization and spoiler candidates.

Family Engagement Toolkit

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:24:20 Z

A set of resources to help home visiting programs reach more communities by strengthening their outreach, recruitment, and retention efforts.

Medical Loss Ratio Plan-to-State Reporting Template

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 Z

This reporting template supports states in improving the MLR data collection and validation processes from managed care plans.

Reaching and Engaging Families with Adversities in Head Start: A Conceptual Framework to Support Practices

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:24:32 Z

This report describes the practices Head Start programs use and the challenges they face in recruiting, selecting, and enrolling families facing adversities.

Using AI to Eliminate Information Silos and Accelerate Government Efficiency

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 Z

Federal agencies face a significant challenge in overcoming information silos, which can hinder their efficiency, accountability, and effective use of taxpayer dollars. Mathematica proposes using advanced data linkage and AI-driven analysis to break these silos, improve coordination, and strengthen service delivery.

Denise Hoffman Testifies at House Ways and Means Hearing on Barriers to Work for People with Disabilities

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:16:48 Z

Mathematica Principal Researcher and disability policy expert Denise Hoffman testified at a joint House Ways and Means Social Security and Work and Welfare Subcommittee hearing on removing barriers to work and supporting opportunity for people with disabilities.

Developing Inclusive Agricultural Markets in Odisha India

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:19:00 Z

Summary for publication Developing Inclusive Agricultural Markets in Odisha India

Recruiting and Engaging Adults with Justice Involvement in Employment Programs: Insights from the NextGen Project

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:27:00 Z

This brief provides strategies that human services programs can use to recruit adults with justice involvement. While it is focused on employment programs, these findings could apply to other human services programs working with this population.

Hiring and Supporting Peer Support Staff: Strategies from Three NextGen Employment Programs

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:51:00 Z

This brief describes strategies for hiring and supporting peer support staff. Leaders of human services programs may find it helpful to draw on this information as they are considering hiring peer support staff.

Employer Engagement and Job Development: Lessons from Three Employment Programs Serving People Facing Complex Challenges

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:45:00 Z

This brief provides practical examples and lessons learned about strategies for engaging employers in job development. It is written for leaders and staff of employment programs that work with people who face complex challenges to employment.

Hiring and Retaining a Talent Pool to Run Human Services Programs: Lessons from the NextGen Project

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:01:00 Z

This brief describes approaches to overcoming challenges with hiring and retaining staff for human services programs. Leaders of these programs may find it helpful for strengthening their talent pool.

Evaluation of the Refugee Livelihoods Development Impact Bond in Jordan

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 Z

Findings from Mathematica’s mixed-methods evaluation informed payments to investors and generated broader learning about the program, which provided training and grants to Syrian refugees and Jordanians to invest in small businesses.

Principles and Promising Practices for Hiring and Retaining Young Autistic Workers

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:41:42 Z

This brief describes benefits, practical tips, and effective strategies for employers to attract and retain the growing share of the workforce that is on the autism spectrum. It highlights small adjustments to business practices that can improve employment experiences for autistic workers.

Payers and Providers Align on Value-Based Care Tech But Struggle to Deliver It

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:54:00 Z

A new report shows that although healthcare leaders across payer and provider organizations align on the goals of value-based care and feel optimistic about technology’s potential, critical execution gaps could stall progress in reducing costs and improving outcomes.

The Tipping Point: The State of Technology in Value Based Care 2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:47:00 Z

Mathematica partnered with Reveleer, a pioneering value-based care tech company, to explore how payers and providers are managing data, AI, and cybersecurity in an evolving healthcare landscape. The report finds strong alignment on the goals of value-based care and the role of technology, but identifies critical execution gaps that threaten progress. As value-based care contracts grow and investments in data and AI expand, the real test will be whether organizations can build the technology and data foundations needed to deliver results at scale.

Mathematica Launches PricePrism: Advanced Price Transparency Intelligence Platform

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:27:00 Z

Mathematica, a leading provider of data analytics, research, operations services, and digital solutions, today announced the launch of PricePrism, a comprehensive suite of price intelligence tools, analysis, and data intelligence services for professionals and organizations in healthcare, including providers, physician practices, and medical associations, colleges and societies.

New ACF Toolkit Builds Evidence To Strengthen Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 Z

ACF and Mathematica have released a new toolkit that elevates local evaluations across the healthy marriage and relationship education program portfolio and supports a unified body of evidence to inform future program design and support improved outcomes.

Strategies to Improve Youth and Young Adult Study Enrollment

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:07:00 Z

This brief describes enrollment challenges for the Youth At-Risk of Homelessness (YARH) summative evaluation and highlights the strategies used to improve study enrollment.

Do Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-3 and Pre-K Classroom Assessment Scoring System Scores Need to Reach Thresholds to Predict Children’s School Readiness?

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:40:00 Z

This article examines associations between young children’s school readiness and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Third Edition (ECERS-3) and the Pre-K Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Pre-K CLASS), and whether these measures need to reach thresholds to promote children’s outcomes.

Enhance Medicaid Data Quality with Mathematica at MESC 2025

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:54:00 Z

Mathematica data and health policy experts will share insights into using and improving Medicaid data at the upcoming Medicaid Enterprise System Conference (MESC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from August 11-14.

Glossary of Terms Related to Integrated Care for Dually Eligible Individuals

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:41:00 Z

This glossary defines key terms related to dually eligible individuals, including different types of dual eligibility, Medicare and Medicaid coverage, and programs designed to coordinate or integrate Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Quality Improvement for D-SNP Enrollees Using Behavioral Health Services or Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:41:00 Z

This webinar builds on ICRC’s fall 2023 introductory D-SNP quality oversight and improvement tip sheet and webinar, focusing on how states can improve the quality of LTSS and behavioral health services for D-SNP enrollees.

How CMS Can Improve Hospital Price Transparency and Strengthen Enforcement Through Data

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:29:22 Z

Mathematica provided recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for improving hospital price transparency compliance and enforcement processes to ensure that the pricing information publicly disclosed by hospitals is accurate and complete.

REYAAS Case Study: Life Management Assistance Program (LifeMAP)

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:58:19 Z

LifeMAP is a one-to-one coaching program that helps people on the autism spectrum identify and work toward goals. This case study describes the model’s services, clients who may benefit from coaching, funding sources, lessons learned from the program, and research on employment outcomes.

The Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration: Impacts Two Months After Enrollment

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:36:00 Z

This report presents early impacts of the RETAIN demonstration, a federal initiative to help workers with recent injuries or illnesses remain the labor force. Findings are based on a follow-up survey of enrollees conducted about two months after enrollment.

Modernizing and Strengthening the Digital Health Ecosystem

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:52:00 Z

Mathematica provided recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for modernizing and strengthening the digital health ecosystem for Medicare beneficiaries.

Identifying What Works to Help Job Seekers Succeed

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:52:39 Z

Mathematica provided recommendations to the Administration for Children and Families for enhancing their processes to identify and share information about evidence-based programs aimed at improving the employment and earnings of people with low incomes.

Mathematica and Tuva Health Partner to Transform Data Analytics for Government and Public Health

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:41:00 Z

Mathematica and Tuva Health are teaming up to help healthcare organizations and agencies more easily generate insights from data so they can improve efficiency and health outcomes.

Working with Medicare: An Introduction to Dual Eligibility

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:41:00 Z

This webinar explains Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility, including the differences between full- and partial-benefit dual eligibility; Medicare Savings Program categories, eligibility criteria and covered benefits; and Medicare and Medicaid coverage options for dually eligible individuals.

Regional Partnership Grants Cross-Site Evaluation: Annual Report, October 2023–September 2024

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:47:24 Z

The annual report describes the major activities and accomplishments from October 2023 through September 2024 for Mathematica’s contract to conduct the cross-site evaluation and provide technical assistance (TA) for the sixth and seventh cohorts of the Regional Partnership Grants (RPG).

MCC Morocco Workforce Development Activity Interim Report

Tue, 20 May 2025 18:01:00 Z

Final results from Mathematica’s evaluation of two sub-Activities of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Workforce Development Activity that aimed to improve job placement services through results-based financing and improve the availability of labor market information in Morocco.

Unlocking the Power of Price Transparency in Healthcare

Tue, 20 May 2025 13:49:00 Z

Discover how federal rules on price transparency can revolutionize healthcare. Mathematica's data from over 1.1 million health plans empowers medical societies, associations, and colleges to better advocate for physicians. Learn how this data can enhance negotiations and pricing strategies for practices.

MCC Morocco Workforce Development Activity Interim Report Evaluation Brief

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 Z

Overview of results from Mathematica’s evaluation of two sub-Activities of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Workforce Development Activity that aimed to improve job placement services through results-based financing and improve the availability of labor market information in Morocco.