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NORC at the University Chicago
Supporting innovative solutions to make health care more affordable and effective.

NORC’s applied health economics team helps federal agencies, states, foundations, health systems, and health plans evaluate policies, programs, and care models that affect health care spending, access, quality, and outcomes.

We evaluate alternative payment and care delivery models, Medicaid and Medicare demonstrations, behavioral health initiatives, rural health programs, public health interventions, and health care market trends affecting providers, payers, and consumers. Our work combines health economics, policy analysis, program evaluation, and advanced analytics to help decision makers understand what works, for whom, and at what cost.

Our team of economists delivers actionable evidence that informs policy and improves health system performance. We use claims, enrollment, provider, electronic health record (EHR), and survey data to evaluate program impacts, identify opportunities for improvement, and help decision makers understand the likely effects of future policy and investment choices.

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Julie Somers
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Evaluation of the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model

Assessing CMS’s innovative ACO model to improve outcomes and reduce costs for Medicare beneficiaries

Client:

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Evaluation of the Vermont All-Payer Accountable Care Organization Model

Evaluating Vermont’s efforts to improve health outcomes and reduce health care spending

Client:

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Evaluating Rhode Island's Medicaid Comprehensive Waiver

Evaluation of programs implemented under Rhode Island’s Medicaid section 1115 demonstration

Client:

Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services