October 2021
An Overview of Claims Data and How CHBRP Estimates Utilization and Unit Cost
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This explainer provides an overview of claims data, including how the data is collected, what information may be available within the datasets, and how the data are used to inform CHBRP's analyses.

Explainer
February 2021
Telehealth: Current State of the Evidence
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This policy snapshot summarizes the state of the evidence on telehealth, and focuses on the following common types of telehealth modalities and services: live video, telephone, and eConsult.

Policy Snapshot
January 2021
Outpatient Prescription Drug Cost Sharing
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This issue brief discusses cost sharing laws and limits that are applicable to outpatient prescription drug benefits regulated by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the California Department of Insurance (CDI). This brief also discusses pharmacy benefits, cost sharing, and the laws that are relevant to them.

Issue Brief
August 2020
Genetic Biomarker Testing and Prior Authorization
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This issue brief includes background information on genetic biomarker testing for Californians with advanced cancer, and, where possible, the presence and the impact of prior authorization on such testing.

Issue Brief
December 2018
The Current State of Telehealth Evidence: A Rapid Review
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This rapid review examines recent evidence both about telehealth’s efficacy by clinical area and about telehealth’s impact on utilization. 

External Publication
August 2018
Universal Lead Screening Requirement: A California Case Study
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This response addresses a letter to the editor entry regarding CHBRP'S analysis of Assembly Bill (AB) 1316 Childhood Lead Poisoning: Prevention. 

External Publication
October 2017
Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines
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This policy snapshot provides an overview of efforts to introduce buying health insurance "across state lines" federally and within California within the past 10 years, along with findings from CHBRP analyses of related California legislation and how the findings inform current discussion. 

Policy Snapshot
October 2017
Federal Contraceptive Mandate and California Laws
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This policy snapshot is intended to help readers understand the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) federal contraceptive coverage mandate, California's more recent state coverage laws, and the variability between those laws.

Policy Snapshot
July 2015
Analysis: California's EHB Base Benchmark Options
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This issue brief analyzes and compares the health services covered by the ten plans available to California as options for the EHB benchmark plan for effective in 2017.

Issue Brief