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This data brief presents a retrospective observational analysis of available medical claims data from New Hampshire’s commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare insured programs. The analysis presented focuses on the trends of prevalence of select conditions over a seven-year period (2016-2022) and is based on claims data from January 2016 – December 2022. It is part of a series of analytic briefs examining the rate of common health conditions and treatment costs for those respective conditions.

This data brief presents a retrospective analysis of available medical claims data from New Hampshire’s commercial insurance plans. This brief focuses on conditions with the highest average out-of-pocket costs paid by commercially insured members in 2022. It also examines how out-of-pocket costs for those conditions have changed over a seven-year period (2016-2022). The analysis is based on claims data from January 2016 – December 2022 and is analyzed at the overall population level and by member gender. It is part of a series of analytic briefs examining the rate of the most common health conditions and treatment costs for those respective conditions.

This data brief presents a retrospective descriptive analysis of pharmaceutical utilization and its associated costs by utilizing available pharmacy claims data from three of New Hampshire’s insurance payers: commercial, NH Medicaid, and NH Medicare. The brief identifies the top ten drug classes by number of prescriptions filled and their per-member-per-month costs. The analysis is based on the most recent calendar year of pharmacy claims data available (January – December 2022).

On June 28, 2024, Catholic Medical Center (CMC) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General Director of Charitable Trusts of plans to sell all of its assets to Manchester Health Services, LLC (MHS), a Delaware limited liability company, which is a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA), a Delaware corporation.

This data brief presents an analysis of available claims data from New Hampshire’s commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare insured populations. Specifically, the study identifies the top ten most prevalent health conditions, the cost of treatment for those conditions, and the overall medical cost for those with one of the identified conditions. The analysis is based on the most recent calendar year of available claims data (January – December 2022).

Hospital mergers have changed the healthcare landscape in New Hampshire over the past 20 years and another major merger is pending review. There are important ways community members can provide input.

Endowment for Health funded University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice Health (UNH IHPP) research in 2023 focused on the provision of primary care in NH, which IHPP addressed through two reports and a focus group. The reports included a landscape on existing best-practice literature in primary care and, a review of assessment tools for evaluating primary care services and delivery. This paper provides a summary and findings of the focus group.

The Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) of the College of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) contracted with Sarah Mason Eck of Scientific Health to provide a review of existing New Hampshire (NH) assessments and reports surrounding practices in primary care. The primary goals of this assignment were to review and synthesize data from within existing state, regional, and national assessments and reports regarding primary care and capacity in NH, and to review the literature for evidence-based best practices in primary health care.

The objectives of this report are to develop a synthesis of tools and recommendations for collecting data from patients and clinicians related to primary care services and care delivery, and to create a report of recommended tools that have been used and validated, with an appendix of the actual survey instruments when they are available and can be used either with permission or for a fee.

To inform planning for a healthcare consumer advocate program (HCAP) in New Hampshire, Hope Worden Kenefick, MSW, PhD, conducted interviews with leaders in other consumer advocate programs across the country, including two programs in New Hampshire. This reports summarizes her findings.

This August 2022 brief provides updates to the Insurance Coverage and Marketplace “Covering the Care Briefs” that were previously published by the Institute for Health Policy and Practice at UNH, providing information about coverage in 2020 and 2021.

Rising health costs and problems with affordability are impacting individuals and families and disrupting healthcare access across the country and in New Hampshire. Over 200 participants joined a discussion on what can be done to make healthcare equitable and affordable in New Hampshire.