Massachusetts All Payer Claims Database (MA APCD) Applications Received and Commenting


Applications Open for Comment

Primary Investigator Organization Project Title Date Posted  Comment 
Laura Garabedian, Assistant Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Impact of a Novel Medicaid Value-Based Payment Model on Contraceptive Access in Primary Care Nov. 7, 2024 apcd.data@chiamass.gov
Laura Garabedian, Assistant Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute The Impact of Including Pregnancy as a Qualifying Life Event for Marketplace Special Enrollment on Child and Maternal Health Nov. 7, 2024 apcd.data@chiamass.gov

 

 

Recent MA APCD Applications

Applicant Organization Project Title Close Date Status
Leemore Dafny,
Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration
President and Fellows of Harvard College (through Harvard Business School) Health Insurance Benefit Design
and Health Care Markets
Sept. 16, 2024 Approved
Wesley Greenblatt, MD, PhD,
Staff physician, Boston Children’s Hospital Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s
Hospital
Impact of physician innovation
on clinical care
Sept. 16, 2024 Approved
Thaochau Phan,
Data Scientist
Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company (“Coverys”) Measuring Risk, Predictors, and Impact of
Medical Errors and Malpractice Over Time
Sept. 16, 2024 Approved
Jessica Cohen, Bruce A. Beal, Robert L. Beal and Alexander S. Beal Associate Professor of Global Health Harvard TH Chan
School of Public Health
Provider Behavior after Stillbirth and Other Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes July 12, 2024 Approved
Ashwini Ranade, Clinical Associate Professor Trustees of Boston University Access to Oral Healthcare in Massachusetts July 12, 2024 Approved
Meredith B. Rosenthal,
C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy
President and Fellows of Harvard College (through the School of Public Health) Expanding the Evidence for Policy on Vertical Integration in Health Care May 14, 2024 Approved
Peter Horman,
Consulting Chief Actuary
HCFA Mass Value Based Insurance Analysis April 19, 2024 Approved
Vidya Sundar,
Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire Long-COVID and Disabilities Project
– Claims Analysis
April 19, 2024 Approved
Ron Berman, Associate Professor of Marketing University of Pennsylvania Impact of Price Transparency on Healthcare Prices December 14, 2023 Approved
Janice F. Lalikos, MD, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Closing the Gap: Examining Insurance Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries in Massachusetts

December 14, 2023 Approved
Jennifer P. Stevens, MD, MS , Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Analyzing outcomes related to transitions in care December 14, 2023 Approved
Rian You, Senior Data Analyst Strategy Baystate Health

Strategic Planning and Business Development Analytics with CHIA Massachusetts All Payer Claims Database

December 14, 2023 Approved
Benjamin Handel,
Associate Professor of Economics
The Regents of the University
of California- Berkeley
Price Regulationin the
Prescription Drug Market
August 14, 2023 Approved
Jibby Kurichi,
Associate Director of Research
The Trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania
The Economics of
Urgent Care Center Entry
August 14, 2023 Approved
Jennifer Tjia,
Professor
UMass Chan
Medical School
Structural Racism and Engagement of Family Caregivers in Serious Illness Care April 14, 2023 Approved
Robert W. Yeh, MD, Director, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology  Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Long Term Outcomes of Coronary and Structural Heart Disease Interventions in a Multicenter Linked Procedural and Claims Dataset March 14, 2023 Approved
Kenneth D. Mandl,
Director, Computational Health Information Program
Boston
Children’s Hospital
Characterization of patient care pathways for complex pediatric conditions March 14, 2023 Approved
John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE,
Director, Clinical Economics and Policy Analysis Program
Massachusetts
General Hospital
Access to mental health care in Massachusetts, compared to non-mental health care March 14, 2023 Approved
Rajsekhar Guddneppanavar, PhD,
Assistant Director, Licensing
Emory University,
Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health
Quantifying the burden of epilepsy
using novel data source
February 10, 2023 Approved
Mehul V. Raval,
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Northwestern
University
Observation Stays
and Costs for Pediatric Patients
December 20,
2022
Approved
Jacob Feldman,
Associate Professor
Washington University in St. Louis The Effects of Accountable Care Organization Participation on Patient Health Access December 20,
2022
Approved
Megan Cole, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Trustees of Boston University Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Pediatric Medical Home for Low- Income Children December 20,
2022
Approved
Raymond Fisman, PhD,
Slater Family Chair in Behavioral Economics
Trustees of Boston University Prescriber History and the Effectiveness of Continuing
Medical Education
September 16, 2022 Approved
Milagros Risol,
Professor

University of Massachusetts
Chan Medical School

Economic analysis of the implementation of a community health
worker-delivered intervention to enhance antihypertensive medication adherence in
Community Health Centers in an ACO

September 16, 2022 Approved
Cory King,
Chief of Staff,
Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance
Commissioner
Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance
Commissioner
Behavioral Health Benchmarking August 10, 2022 Approved
David Dranove, Walter McNemey Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management

Northwestern University

Insurer-provider Competition and Integration in Health Care Markets June 27, 2022 Approved
Justin Broyles, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc. Evaluating temporal trends in breast reconstruction and effects of reimbursement on breast reconstruction and associated procedures June 27, 2022 Approved
Janice F. Lalikos. MD,
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts
Chan Medical School,
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cost Analysis of
Plagiocephaly Treatment
November 9, 2021 Approved
Kari Gillmeyer, MD Trustees of Boston University Characterizing Care Coordination in Pulmonary Hypertension September 24 2021 Approved
Rose Kerber,
Research Programmer
RAND
Corporation
Promoting children's oral health: Identifying provider-, practice-, and community-level characteristics associated with delivery of fluoride varnish in medical offices February 3, 2021 Approved
Bruce Landon, Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy Harvard
Medical School
Risk Aversion, Fear of Malpractice and Medical Decision Making in the Emergency Department February 3, 2021 Approved