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Office of Health Policy (HP)

The Office of Health Policy (HP) provides a cross-cutting policy perspective that bridges Departmental programs, public and private sector activities, and the research community, in order to develop, analyze, coordinate and provide leadership on health policy issues for the Secretary. HP carries out this mission by conducting policy, economic and budget analyses, assisting in the development and review of regulations, assisting in the development and formulation of budgets and legislation, assisting in survey design efforts, as well as conducting and coordinating research, evaluation, and information dissemination on issues relating to health policy.

HP is organized in four divisions that align with major Department programs :

Division of Health Care Financing Policy (HFP)
Division of Public Health Services (PHS)
Division of Health Care Access and Coverage (HAC)
Division of Health Care Quality and Outcomes (HQO)

Health Policy Research:

  • Reports to Congress
  • Affordable Care Act Research & Issue Briefs
  • HP Authored or Sponsored Work Published in Journals

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ASPE Issue Brief

Medicare Advantage Overview: A Primer on Enrollment and Spending

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans has increased rapidly in recent years. The share of eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA rose from 25% in 2010 to 47% in 2021 (27.6 million enrollees). Payments to MA plans more than doubled between 2015 and 2021 (from $175 to $361 billion), taking the share of total Medicare Parts A & B spending on MA from 38% to 54%.
Report

Building the Data Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: The 2022 Annual Report Report and Infographic

The 2022 Office of the Secretary Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (OS PCORTF) Annual Report and infographic highlights the accomplishments of 32 multi-agency projects that supports the four goals of the new strategic plan: 
Report

Implementation of an Electonic Care Plan for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions

The purpose of this project was to develop and test a suite of electronic Care Plan (eCP) tools for adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC), including an eCP implementation guide specifying data standards and value sets for key use case conditions and two open-source eCP apps (one for patients and one for clinicians).
Report

Understanding Coverage Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments

Understanding Coverage Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments (Updated May 2023)
Report

Training Data for Machine Learning to Enhance Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Data Infrastructure — A Case Study in Tuberculosis Drug Resistance

Executive summary This report describes the research plan and results of a PCOR project that followed a statement of work defined in an intra-agency agreement (IAA) between the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). ASPE coordinates efforts to build data capacity for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR).
Report

Final Report: Training Data for Machine Learning (ML) to Enhance Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Data Infrastructure (ONC)

Executive Summary Introduction and Background The Training Data for Machine Learning to Enhance PCOR Data Infrastructure project (hereafter termed the Project) led by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) conducted foundational work to support future applications of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically focused on machine learnin
ASPE Issue Brief

Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality (2021-2022)

Telehealth utilization has changed over time since the steep increase from the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report updates prior findings on national trends of telehealth use through an analysis using the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey data from April 2021 through August 2022.
ASPE Issue Brief

Medicaid Enrollees Who are Employed: Implications for Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision

Many Medicaid enrollees are employed, and in 2021, 15 percent of working enrollees reported having both Medicaid and employer sponsored health coverage. The intersection between Medicaid and employment has implications for employers and others as the pandemic-related Medicaid continuous enrollment ends.
Database, Dataset

State Level Estimates of Medicaid Enrollees Currently Working and their Demographic Characteristics

ASPE has developed national and state estimates of the number of U.S. residents enrolled in Medicaid, along with data on employment, income, and demographic characteristics of those who are currently working, using the most recent Census data available from the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS).
ASPE Issue Brief

Medicaid After Pregnancy: State-Level Implications of Extending Postpartum Coverage (2023 Update)

This brief provides an overview of the important role Medicaid plays in postpartum maternal health, reviews states’ existing pregnancy-related Medicaid eligibility limits, and assesses the projected eligibility impact if all states were to provide 12 months of postpartum Medicaid eligibility. This Issue Brief updates a previous report that was originally published in December 2021.