Author Archives: Molly Frommer, Brett Lissenden, Yolanda Peele, & John Kautter

About Molly Frommer, Brett Lissenden, Yolanda Peele, & John Kautter

Molly Frommer is an Analyst in the Health Care Financing and Payment Program at RTI International.

Effects of COVID-19 in ACA markets

By | December 7, 2023
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maps showing changes in costs by state (left) and prevalence of ARDS (right)

In this post, we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected frequencies of diagnoses and claims costs in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces in 2020 and 2021. The ACA marketplaces are critical sources of coverage for millions of Americans and were increasingly so during the COVID-19 pandemic due to job losses and coverage disruptions. The… Read More »

How are CMMI health policy evaluations addressing non-parallel trends?

By | January 5, 2022
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To help determine which health policy changes to the Medicare or Medicaid programs are desirable, the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) relies on formal evaluations, performed by outside contractors, of how smaller scale, typically voluntary, demonstrations and other initiatives impact outcomes of interest. However, determining causal impacts often relies on the key… Read More »

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