Events and Conferences

CHCE Forum: Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices: Higher Value or Higher Costs?

Forum participants disucssed the impact of the integration of physicians into hospitals and of how policymakers can use payment reforms and other tools to shift the focus of vertically integrated health care systems to high-value care.

Federal Evaluations for Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Grantees

This webinar discussed two new federally led evaluations of a small number of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood/ReFORM grantees. Mathematica is leading the evaluation of the small set of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees called "Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS)."

CIRE Forum: Improving Public Programs: Advanced Analytics for Better Decision Making

Mathematica’s Center for Improving Research Evidence hosted a research forum and webinar to discuss how advanced analytics can help policymakers, program administrators, and direct services staff enhance their programs by providing rapid, reliable, and relevant information.

Survey Experts Present at AAPOR Conference

Mathematica's president and CEO Paul Decker will join our survey researchers in showcasing their work at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Hollywood, Florida, from May 13 to 17.

Mathematica Early Childhood Experts at SRCD

Mathematica's early childhood experts are presenting at the Society for Research in Childhood Development in Philadelphia from March 19-21, 2015.

CHCE Forum: The SGR Fix: A Pathway to Fundamental Physician Payment Reform?

This forum looked at the proposed sustainable growth rate (SGR) replacement, including the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and other payment models. Experts discussed these value-based models and describe opportunities and challenges in repealing the SGR formula.

WWC: Designing Quasi-Experiments: Meeting What Works Clearinghouse Standards Without Random Assignment

This webinar explained how to design and execute high quality quasi-experimental designs (QEDs) with the intent of meeting WWC standards with reservations. The presentation included guidance on key features to keep in mind while designing the study, information the WWC looks for in order to assess the study, pitfalls and strengths of studies reviewed by the WWC, and common misconceptions about different types of QEDs.

CIRE Forum: Transforming Technical Assistance: Using Evidence to Enrich the Experience

This forum reviewed the three core components of high quality evidence-based technical assistance: use of an evidence-based framework to develop (1) the TA content, (2) the process of providing TA (based on adult learning principles), and (3) a way to measure the success of the policy or program change.