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Evaluating Rhode Island’s Medicaid Comprehensive Waiver

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Evaluating programs implemented under Rhode Island’s Medicaid section 1115 demonstration
  • Client
    Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
  • Dates
    2018 – 2032

In collaboration with the state of Rhode Island, NORC is conducting an evaluation of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration, the state’s Medicaid section 1115 demonstration, which seeks to broaden the range of covered services and benefits for Rhode Island Medicaid members through nine innovative demonstration programs. As the independent evaluator, NORC is developing and implementing the evaluation design plan, assessing Rhode Island’s services for members diagnosed with substance use disorders (SUD), and producing the final and summative evaluation reports for two demonstration approval periods (January 2019 - December 2025 and January 2026 - December 2030). The evaluation uses Rhode Island’s Medicaid claims and encounter data to estimate the impact of the Demonstration on cost, utilization, and quality of care outcomes.

NORC is also monitoring the state’s SUD performance metrics and producing a SUD Mid-Point Assessment, which tracks the state’s progress on SUD-related milestones. This effort builds on NORC’s history of experience with evaluating the impact of alternative payment models and Medicaid demonstrations, as well as our experience managing and analyzing complex Medicaid claims and encounter data to inform rigorous and thorough program evaluation.

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