These requests for access to the Massachusetts All Payer Claims Database include applicant names, organizations, and approved research purposes.
| Applicant | Organization | Project Title | Close Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Powell, Distinguished Professor and Director Health Policy and Administration | University of Illinois, Chicago- School of Public Health | Impact of Variations in Healthcare Quality, Enrollment Behavior and Policy Reforms on Maternal Health Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees in Massachusetts | January 10, 2026 | Approved |
| Alterra Milone, Director, Research and Grants Management | National Bureau of Economic Research |
Comparing Health Insurance Types and Understanding Churn: Evidence from Longitudinal Analysis and Natural Experiments | January 10, 2026 | Approved |
| Bradley Setzler, NBER Faculty Research Fellow |
National Bureau of Economic Research |
U.S. Hospital Consolidation, Demographic Transition, and the Determinants of Quality of Care | September 25, 2025 | Approved |
| Kerrin Gallagher, PhD Candidate |
Trustees of Boston University |
Perinatal Mental Health Screening and Healthcare Utilization in Massachusetts | September 25, 2025 | Approved |
| Rong Yi, Principal, Data Science Modeling Practice | Reach Out and Read, Inc | Assessment of Reach Out and Read’s Early Literacy Program on Healthcare Cost and Utilization | September 25, 2025 | Approved |
| Brett R. Anderson, MD MS MBA, Director, Center for Child Health Services Research |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Health Outcomes and Expenditures for Children using All Payer Claims Data (APCD) | August 13, 2025 | Approved |
| Yuqing Gu, PhD candidate |
University of Michigan | Ownership and moral hazard in dental health care |
August 13, 2025 | Approved |
| Blake Heller, PhD, Assistant Professor |
University of Houston | Effect of Adult English Language Training on Health and Health Care Utilization | June 10, 2025 | Approved |
| Valmeek Kudesia, M.D., Medical Doctor |
– | Use of GLP-1RA Medications on Total Medicare and MassHealth Costs | June 10, 2025 | Approved |
| Lisa Cosgrove and Gianna D’Ambrozio, Professors | University of Massachusetts Boston | “Too many, too much, too young”: Trends of Pediatric Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Massachusetts Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Feb 10, 2025 | Approved |
| Meredith Pyne, Research Associate |
Silver Hill Hospital |
Silver Hill Hospital Mental Health Risk Parity Research Initiative |
Feb 10, 2025 | Approved |
| 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. 24, 2024 | Approved |
| 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. 24, 2024 | Approved |
| 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 |
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