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Hilltop Policy Analyst Morgane Mouslim, DVM, with Tatiane Santos, Jeanmarie Perrone, Berkeley Franz, and Cory E. Cronin, co-authored this article published in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. They examined whether not-for-profit hospitals that prioritize opioid use disorder (OUD) in community benefit (CB) planning are more likely to comply with price reporting for medications commonly prescribed for OUD treatment (OUD medications) and offer lower self-pay prices for OUD medications. Overall, they found limited evidence that hospitals identifying OUD as a community health priority translated these stated priorities into pricing practices that may improve affordability for uninsured and underinsured patients.
Hilltop’s Chief Technology and Compliance Officer James Clavin, PhD, with UMBC co-authors Satyasai Mandlem and Karuna Joshi, address the need for timely compliance evaluation of substance abuse and mental health claims data exchanged between organizations. They present their novel methodology of integrating blockchain technology with semantic reasoners, as well as their results of sharing sensitive Part 2 data in this article published in Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice.
This report describes the services The Hilltop Institute provided to the Maryland Department of Health under their Master Agreement. The report covers fiscal year (FY) 2025 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025). Hilltop’s interdisciplinary staff provided a wide range of services, including Medicaid program development and policy analysis; HealthChoice program support, evaluation, and financial analysis; long-term services and supports program development, policy analysis, and financial analytics; and data management and web-accessible database development.
This annual report, written for the UMBC community, provides an overview of key projects and staff accomplishments for FY 2025.
Hilltop Principal Data Scientist Fei Han, PhD, Principal Policy Analyst Christine Gill, PhD, and Senior Policy Specialist Elizabeth Blake coauthored this article published in Healthcare Informatics Research with UMBC Associate Professor Ian Stockwell, PhD. The study aimed to identify association rules in patients with multiple chronic conditions, with a focus on patterns involving depression, a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder and a significant risk factor for suicide. Understanding comorbidity patterns in patients with depression is critical for targeting screening efforts, enabling early diagnosis, and improving chronic disease management.
This report describes the services The Hilltop Institute provided to the Maryland Department of Health under their Master Agreement. The report covers fiscal year (FY) 2024 (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024). Hilltop’s interdisciplinary staff provided a wide range of services, including Medicaid program development and policy analysis; HealthChoice program support, evaluation, and financial analysis; long-term services and supports program development, policy analysis, and financial analytics; and data management and web-accessible database development.
This annual report, written for the UMBC community, provides an overview of key projects and staff accomplishments for FY 2024.
In this study, researchers describe the protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand how variation in implementation of doula programs in Medicaid may affect racial equity in pregnancy and postpartum health. Primary study outcomes include severe maternal morbidity, person-reported measures of respectful obstetric care, and receipt of evidence-based care for chronic conditions that are the primary causes of postpartum mortality (cardiovascular, mental health, and substance use conditions). Our research team includes doulas, university-based investigators, and Medicaid participants from six sites (Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia) in the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN).
Hilltop Senior Data Scientist Leigh Goetschius, PhD, was a coauthor of this article published in Health Research Policy and Systems.
This report describes the services The Hilltop Institute provided to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) under the Master Agreement between Hilltop and MDH. The report covers fiscal year (FY) 2023 (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023). Hilltop’s interdisciplinary staff provided a wide range of services, including Medicaid program development and policy analysis; HealthChoice program support, evaluation, and financial analysis; long-term services and supports program development, policy analysis, and financial analytics; and data management and web-accessible database development.
Treatment guidelines recommend regular urine drug testing (UDT) for persons initiating buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, little is known about UDT utilization. This study describes state variation in UDT utilization and examines demographic, health, and health care utilization factors associated with UDT in Medicaid.
Senior Policy Analyst Shamis Mohamoud was part of the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) team of authors of this article published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.