
Where Did We Go During the Pandemic? Using Community Mobility Data to Track Behavior During the PHE
Originally Posted on PCG’s Health Policy News on April 19, 2022. Author: Jessica Lang Recently PCG’s Health Innovation, Policy, and Information Technology team has been trying to make sense of trends in claims data during 2020-2021 in Utah, where we are conducting an independent evaluation of a Medicaid demonstration. In …

Post-pandemonium COVID-19 Pandemic Analysis
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, states across the country hustled to implement public health strategies to combat the spread of the virus with limited resources. In the aftermath of the pandemonium, our subject matter experts at PCG worked with departments, cities, towns, etc. to compile after action reports that contain …

Congress Delays MedPAC Ambulance Report Timeline
Last month, the United States Senate passed a provision that would delay the due date of the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee report analyzing ambulance cost data. This delay was necessary due to CMS postponing the beginning of ambulance cost data collection because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent issuing of …