In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, RTI International is adapting its previously developed North Carolina geospatially explicit health care facility network model to simulate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The model, which includes detailed information about patient movement among acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and the community, was developed in partnership […]

A new study found that although identification of substance use disorders (SUDs) increased among both commercial and Medicaid health plans between 2010 and 2016, the majority of the individuals identified did not initiate SUD treatment and only a small portion of individuals who initiated treatment stayed engaged in SUD treatment. For commercial plans, initiation and engagement rates […]

Advancements in technology have enhanced connectivity and generated large amounts of data with the potential to improve health and health outcomes. However, these data were not designed for research and accessing and using them is a complicated process. To better understand the challenges researchers face when using health data, RTI International worked with the Office […]

The Independence at Home (IAH) Demonstration, a program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that is testing a model of in-home primary care for people with multiple chronic conditions, resulted in expenditures $33.5 million below spending targets in its fifth year, according to a new report. The $33.5 million is equivalent to an 8.4 […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC— With stakeholders concerned about rising costs and access to health care, a new study finds that roughly one-quarter of adults (ages 19 to 64) in both Kansas and Missouri, and one-third of children in both states, live in households carrying medical debt. Those percentages represent almost half a million people in Kansas […]