News & Bulletins
The Hilltop Institute periodically posts news items and issues electronic bulletins to disseminate information about Hilltop activities and publications. Below are the three most recent. Go to the News and Bulletin Archive, below, to view previous posts.
Bulletin: Hilltop Researchers Study Adaptability of the Hilltop Pre-AH Model
In a new article in Medical Care titled Behind the Curtain: Comparing Predictive Models Performance in 2 Publicly Insured Populations, Hilltop researchers Morgan Henderson, Leigh Goetschius, Fei Han, and Ruichen Sun—along with UMBC researcher Ian Stockwell—share the findings of a study they conducted on the inner workings of the Hilltop Pre-AH Model™, a large-scale predictive model that predicts the risk of avoidable hospitalizations and has been deployed in two distinct populations—Medicare and Medicaid—with a particular emphasis on adaptability issues.
09/10/2024
Bulletin: Hilltop Researchers Compare Price Transparency Data Sources, Document Administrative Misalignment
Hilltop researchers Morgan Henderson, PhD, and Morgane Mouslim, DVM, SCM, have published an article in the August 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care titled Cross-Validation of Insurer and Hospital Price Transparency Data. The first research of its kind, the piece compares the two different federally mandated sources of public, freely available health services price transparency data (insurer and hospital) for prices for maternity-related services negotiated between Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and 26 Mississippi hospitals.
08/06/2024
Bulletin: Strengthening Relationships between State-University Partnership Research Partners and Their University Leadership
In a new blog post written for AcademyHealth and Milbank Memorial Fund, published by AcademyHealth, and also published by The Hilltop Institute, former Hilltop Executive Director Cynthia H. Woodcock makes the case that the success of a state-university partnership depends not only on the relationship between the state agency and university research partner, but also on the relationship between the university research center and its university leadership. She then gives her reflections on relationship building based on Hilltop’s 30-year partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and her 11-year experience as Hilltop’s chief executive.
08/02/2024