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From Experiment to Action: How Medicare is Transforming Cancer Care

Impact Brief
Cancer is one of the most expensive and complex conditions to treat. But can better care for cancer patients also cost less?
Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness

Project
Changing behavior requires reaching people at the right time: when they are open to making a change. One indication of that willingness in the diabetes context is if they are searching for diabetes-related information online. The challenge is how to take…
Evaluation of the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Pilot

Evaluation of the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Pilot: Final Report

Publication
Abt and MDRC’s evaluation of the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy pilot for a college-focused Job Corps model showed promise.
Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name

Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name

Project
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer (MHCS) reports have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of care for patients. 
Support to Modernize CMS’s Quality Measures Implementation and Reporting (QMIR) Program

Support to Modernize CMS’s Quality Measures Implementation and Reporting (QMIR) Program

Project
Providing quality care to the more than 100 million Americans served under Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requires robust data collection and analysis of key measures and indicators. As technology has evolved, data…
cancer survivor

Analyzing If An Oncology Care Model Will Improve Care and Lower Costs

Project
Cancer strikes 1.6 million Americans each year. It imposes huge costs: heartache, death, and an estimated $263.8 billion in medical care and lost productivity in 2010, the most recent data available. Cancer care is complex and improving it faces a legal…
Spotlight On: Community Supervision

Spotlight On: Community Supervision

Spotlight On
At Abt Global, we study some of the most difficult public safety and justice issues facing the nation and offer practical solutions to policymakers, practitioners and funders.
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AI Helps EPA Standardize and Sharpen Toxic Chemical Data

Impact Brief
Abt used AI to standardize EPA off site chemical transfer data to 97% accuracy, enabling faster analysis and stronger chemical safety decisions.
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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Evaluation (BPCI)

Project
Under traditional Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pays providers separately for each service delivered, which may incentivize medically unnecessary care.  Providers who participate in CMS’s Bundled Payment for Care…
rent sign in front of building

Understanding Rapid Re-housing

Project
Individuals and families experiencing homelessness may spend a long time in an emergency shelter or transitional housing while they try to save money or arrange for a new place to live. Rapid re-housing (RRH) focuses on moving individuals and families…