Mathematica | Data Analytics

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.

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.

Cross-State Analysis of Section 1115 Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance Demonstration Monitoring Data

Fri, 16 May 2025 19:15:00 Z

This report examines the performance of Medicaid section 1115 waiver demonstrations for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance. CMS and states can use this to monitor progress, explore strategies for meeting goals and milestones, and inform policy decisions.

Solidifying American Leadership in AI

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:47:07 Z

Mathematica provided recommendations to the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for solidifying the United States as the global leader in artificial intelligence.

New Dashboards Help State Officials Assess Key Healthcare Cost Drivers

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 Z

Connecticut is seeking to lower growth in its healthcare spending to make care more affordable for its residents. To help the state meet this goal, Mathematica developed new interactive online dashboards that give state officials a better view into the factors driving growth in healthcare costs.

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2022

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:15:00 Z

This report presents estimates of State SNAP participation rates for fiscal years 2020 and 2022. The estimates were derived using empirical Bayes shrinkage estimation methods and data from the Current Population Survey, the American Community Survey, SNAP Quality Control, and administrative records.

Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2022

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:35:00 Z

The research brief reviews estimated state SNAP participation rates--the percentage of eligible people who participate in the program--for fiscal year 2022. State SNAP participation rate estimates can be used to assess recent program performance and focus efforts to improve access.

Leveraging the Power of AI in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Governance and Interoperability

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:04:00 Z

Healthcare organizations need to be cognizant of how they gather, access, leverage and ultimately share data. This valuable whitepaper provides valuable guidance with insights from top thought leaders.

More Group Practices and Doctors Join Health Systems, New Data Finds

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:21:00 Z

Updated Compendium of U.S. Health Systems shows a 5-percentage point increase in number of doctors affiliated with vertically integrated health systems between 2018 and 2022.

Helping a Health System Cut Costs and Improve Quality with a Customized Hospital Value Dashboard

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 Z

MaineHealth needed a tool that would help them gauge how their revenue, expenses, and quality compared to similar U.S. health systems. Learn how they partnered with Mathematica to build and customize a Hospital Value Dashboard that helps them identify cost-saving and quality improvement strategies.

No Randomized Trial? No Problem!

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:00:00 Z

We all want to use the best evidence and methods to prove our solutions make an impact, but using randomized controlled trials, the gold-standard in research, is often infeasible or impractical. Quasi-experimental approaches, like propensity score methods, reduce the biases associated with observational studies, making it possible to estimate accurate causal effects without randomization. Mathematica’s methods experts have mastered a range of propensity score techniques and developed new ones to meet clients’ needs.

Agent-based models for investigating SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:22:00 Z

Over the past 50 years, ABMs have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to control spread of disease, reduce teenage smoking, diffuse technology, and update agricultural policies. For The Rockefeller Foundation’s COVID-19 testing protocol demonstration project in six schools, we use an ABM to understand the impact of COVID-19 screening testing on the spread of COVID among students, teachers, administrators, and other school staff.

Independent Evaluation Services in Support of the El Salvador Investment Climate Project and the Guatemala Private–Public Partnerships Activity

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:26:00 Z

To improve the business environment and break down constraints to growth in the tradable sector, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the government of El Salvador signed a five-year investment compact in September 2014. Similarly, in Guatemala, MCC has signed a threshold program that includes the Strengthening the Capacity to Form Private–Public Partnerships activity.

Mathematica Names Chris Trenholm Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:52:00 Z

Chris Trenholm named Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, leading a unified team committed to client delivery.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Users and Expenditures Among People Ages 0 to 20, 2022

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:24:00 Z

This brief compares the quantity of users and sum of expenditures across various HCBS and institutional categories for 2022 and the shares of total LTSS users and expenditures attributed to HCBS among people ages 0 to 20 to that of people in other age groups.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Users and Expenditures by Service Category, 2022

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:07:00 Z

This brief shows the national distribution of Medicaid users and expenditures across different home and community-based services (HCBS) and institutional categories for 2022 and describes trends in HCBS and institutional users and expenditures between 2021 and 2022.

Trends in Users and Expenditures for Home and Community-Based Services as a Share of Total Medicaid LTSS Users and Expenditures, 2022

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:45:00 Z

This brief shows national and state trends in Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) user and expenditure rebalancing ratios for 2022, including rebalancing ratios stratified by different characteristics and by key LTSS subpopulations.

Community Transition Dashboard

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:56:00 Z

Learn more about Mathematica’s Community Transition Dashboard to provide the insights you need to understand and improve participants’ community transition experience. It integrates your program data to examine service delivery and program performance at the state level, by population, or individually. Demographic and programmatic stratifications let you easily drill down by topic.

Building Successful Data Linking Teams for Child Welfare and Medicaid Agencies

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:24:00 Z

Linking data across public systems can help improve care coordination efforts, advance research regarding populations engaged with multiple public services, and assist program integrity activities focused on those systems. The Child Welfare Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative is a five-year project funded by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Program, run by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and implemented by Mathematica.

Characteristics of People Using Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports, 2021

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:13:00 Z

This brief shows characteristics of the 8.7 million Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) users nationwide in 2021 across different home and community-based services (HCBS) and institutional categories.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Use and Expenditures by Service Category, 2019–2021

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:51:00 Z

This brief shows the national distribution of Medicaid users and expenditures across different home and community-based services (HCBS) and institutional categories for 2021 and describes trends in HCBS and institutional users and expenditures between 2019 and 2021.

Trends in the Use of and Spending for Home and Community-Based Services as a Share of Total LTSS Use and Spending in Medicaid, 2019–2021

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:18:00 Z

This brief shows national and state trends in Medicaid long-term services and supports user and expenditure rebalancing ratios for 2019–2021, including rebalancing ratios stratified by age, sex, dual-eligibility status, urban or rural residence, primary spoken language, and race and ethnicity.

C230 Consulting Group and Mathematica Launch a Strategic Joint Venture

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:08:00 Z

C230 Consulting Group and Mathematica have launched a joint venture under the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

National Trends of Hospital Revenue, Profit, and Labor Costs: 2011-2022

Tue, 07 May 2024 15:42:21 Z

The brief examines the national trends of hospital revenue, profit, and labor cost from 2011 to 2022, which highlight the impact of federal and state COVID-19 relief funds and more.

New Uses of Wastewater Data on High-Risk Substances: Emerging Drug Detection, Overdose Prediction, and Drug Policy Evaluation

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:08:00 Z

This study analyzed almost 40 weeks of longitudinal wastewater data and data on suspected overdoses from five counties across four U.S. states to characterize how wastewater monitoring can help communities adapt to the changing landscape of substance use and prevent overdoses.

Beyond the Bill: Comparing Price and Quality at Houston Area Hospitals

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:17:00 Z

This issue brief examines negotiated prices released by Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas (BCBSTX) and Aetna to compare the price of inpatient and outpatient services at Houston area hospitals. In addition, we compare these prices to hospital quality metrics reported in other government sources.

Opioid Use Among Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Using an innovative machine-learning method, this study is the first to provide statistics on opioid use among Social Security Disability Insurance applicants.

Ngan MacDonald to Lead Mathematica's New Health Data Offering

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:11:00 Z

Mathematica announced today that health data expert Ngan MacDonald has joined the company as the director of its latest high-quality health data solution.

Report to Congress: T-MSIS Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Data Book, Treatment of SUD in Medicaid, 2021

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:48:00 Z

The 2021 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Substance Use Disorder Data Book (SUD Data Book) includes comprehensive data on Medicaid beneficiaries who were treated for a SUD and the services they received, identified using T-MSIS enrollment, claims, and encounter data.

The Effect of Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program on Out-of-Pocket Spending

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:07:00 Z

Mathematica simulated the Drug Price Negotiation Program process to estimate ceiling prices and out-of-pocket spending on the 10 highest-expenditure drugs to better understand the program’s effect on different groups of Medicare Part D enrollees.

Mathematica Achieves Advanced Tier Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Mathematica has been recognized by Amazon Web Services for its expertise with the AWS cloud platform, deep bench of AWS-certified staff, and long-standing record of customer satisfaction.

NPSD Data Spotlight: Patterns of Fall Interventions

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

This Spotlight analysis focuses on falls within the Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) since they are one of the most frequently reported patient safety events in the NPSD.

Identifying and Classifying Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Claims in the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, 2016-2020

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:55:00 Z

This brief describes a methodology for identifying and classifying home and community-based services claims reported to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System by service category.

Mathematica and NewWave Partner to Transform New Jersey’s Medicaid Data Quality

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:17:00 Z

Mathematica partnered with NewWave to implement Imersis for, the cloud-based data quality tool, for the New Jersey Department of Health. The results were extremely beneficial for the state.

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2018 to Fiscal Year 2020

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:37:00 Z

This report presents estimates of State SNAP participation rates for fiscal years 2018 to 2020. The estimates were derived using empirical Bayes shrinkage estimation methods and data from the Current Population Survey, the American Community Survey, SNAP Quality Control, and administrative records.

Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2020

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:54:00 Z

The research brief reviews estimated state SNAP participation rates--the percentage of eligible people who participate in the program--for fiscal year 2020. State SNAP participation rate estimates can be used to assess recent program performance and focus efforts to improve access.

Separating Signal from Noise in Wastewater Data: An Algorithm to Identify Community-Level COVID-19 Surges in Real Time

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:36:00 Z

The Covid-SURGE algorithm distinguishes signal from noise in wastewater data to flag new COVID-19 outbreaks. With a true positive rate of 82% and false positive rate of 7%, the algorithm gives public health officials a timely way to assess the need for heightened response.

Can a Participant-Centered Approach to Setting and Pursuing Goals Help Adults with Low Incomes Become Economically Stable?

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:08:00 Z

This report presents short-term impact findings from an experimental study of four employment coaching programs conducted as part of the Evaluation of Employment Coaching for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Related Populations study.

Understanding and Measuring Leadership in Center-Based Early Care and Education to Inform Policy and Practice

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:29:00 Z

The purpose of the literature review was to understand what is known about what leadership looks like in center-based early care and education settings and how it functions to improve center quality and, in turn, children’s experiences and outcomes.

Medicaid Section 1915(c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report: Analysis of CMS 372 Annual Reports, 2018–2019

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:48:00 Z

This report presents trends in section 1915(c) waiver program participants, service use, and expenditures for waiver program year 2019 and changes from prior years.

Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports Annual Expenditures Report: Federal Fiscal Year 2020

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:20:00 Z

This report presents Medicaid long term services and supports (LTSS) expenditures for fiscal year 2020 at the national and state levels by service category, type of LTSS (institutional and home and community-based services [HCBS]), and payment model.

Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS)

Wed, 31 May 2023 13:46:00 Z

The Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) featured a descriptive study that was the basis for developing a new measure of leadership in center-based early care and education settings.

Innovation and Support for Assessing Summative Evaluation Readiness: Lessons Learned

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 Z

This brief presents the approach YARH used to identify the YARH grantee who is the summative evaluation partner.

New Dashboard Helps Hospitals Lower Operating Costs and Improve Quality

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 Z

Mathematica developed an advanced data analysis platform—powered by measures of cost, quality, and financial statistics—to drive MaineHealth’s strategic decision making.

The Utility of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water: Promise, Challenges, and Opportunities

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:53:00 Z

This review aims to better understand the utility of machine learning algorithms for predicting spatial patterns of contaminants in the United States (U.S.) drinking water.

Does It Measure Up? A Comparison of Pollution Exposure Assessment Techniques Applied across Hospitals in England

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:09:00 Z

Weighted averages of air pollution measurements are commonly used to understand the impacts of air pollution on society (e.g. health). We highlight the precision and accuracy issues that arise by not accounting for the spatial variation of pollutants and propose an alternative method to efficiently and effectively calculate air pollution exposure at a lower computational cost.

Independent Evaluation of the Kosovo Threshold Program Transparent and Accountable Governance (TAG) Project: Evaluation Design Report

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:36:00 Z

In this evaluation design report, we propose a mixed-methods performance evaluation of MCC’s investments under the Kosovo Transparent and Accountable Governance project. Our approach is structured as three activity-specific evaluations to assess the judicial, air quality, and open data initiatives, as well as a cross-cutting evaluation to examine synergies across the project activities.

Updated Hospital Cost Tool Adds New Data to Help States and Employers Further Explore Hospital Costs

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:29:00 Z

Mathematica has partnered with NASHP to improve their Hospital Cost tool, including new data that provides a more granular look at factors behind increasing hospital prices.

Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2019

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:37:00 Z

The research brief reviews estimated state SNAP participation rates for all eligible people and eligible people in households with earnings in 2019. State SNAP participation rate estimates can be used to assess recent program performance and focus efforts to improve access.

Medicaid and CHIP Access: Coverage and Behavioral Health Data Spotlight

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:35:59 Z

This data brief presents a snapshot of selected metrics pulled from multiple data sources that, when combined, represent three key areas of Medicaid and CHIP access.