Historically, state Medicaid agencies reported having limited tools to manage drug utilization compared to other payers. To determine whether state Medicaid programs were at a disadvantage in managing utilization compared to other payers, our researchers compared Medicaid drug coverage and utilization management tools with Medicare Part D and commercial payers. ...
The Funding Formula Study Task Force (FFSTF), appointed by the New Mexico State Legislature and the Governor, and under the direction of the Legislative Council Service, commissioned AIR to conduct a comprehensive study on the current New Mexico public school funding formula.
Drew Atchison is a principal researcher at AIR. His primary responsibilities include quantitative analysis on a wide range of projects examining topics such as accountability, education finance, and educational equity. Dr. Atchison has led the quantitative analysis for several reports commissioned by the Department of Education including the Study of ...
Mai Hubbard is a vice president at AIR and leads the Health Payer Innovation, Transformation and Support program area. Dr. Hubbard is a health economist whose primary expertise is in implementing policies aimed at improving the U.S. health care system by transforming value-based care delivery and payment models.
Dr. Hubbard has ...
Chanel Brown is a research associate in the Youth, Family, and Community Development program area at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include assisting in multiple qualitative and mixed methods research studies. She has experience in conducting interviews, focus groups, and data analysis. During her time at AIR, she has focused on out-of-school ...
Mukesh Ray is a senior economist in AIR's Health Division with over 10 years of experience implementing and studying health and development policies, with a particular focus on Medicaid. He has led projects that involve advanced econometric methods, data sciences, experimental and quasi-experimental program evaluations, statistical modeling, and programming. Dr. ...
State health benefit mandates require specific health plans to provide or increase coverage for specific conditions, treatments, health care providers, etc. While health benefit mandates may improve access to care and health outcomes, they may increase the cost of health care or health insurance. For the Minnesota Department of Commerce, AIR ...
Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) initiative is designed to support rural, critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, and those hospitals that are low performing and serve vulnerable populations in achieving measurable outcomes under the rubrics of patient safety, addressing ...
The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
Jesse Levin is a principal research economist at AIR, where he has directed projects investigating school finance equity and adequacy, resource allocation, and educational effectiveness. He is the founding director of the AIR Economic Evaluation of Policies and Programs Methods Hub and led the Cost Analysis Standards Project, which produced ...