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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?
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Developing the COBRA Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

Project
Estimating and monetizing public health benefits from reductions in emissions can be a complicated process requiring expertise in air quality modeling, health impact valuation and the monetization of health benefits. Because of this, researchers,…
Abt Applies Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach in Cambodia

Abt’s Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach to Cambodian Horticulture

Project
Millions of Cambodians have risen from poverty, yet many still live in vulnerable conditions. The government of Cambodia recognized that accelerating the growth of the horticulture sector would bring new opportunities, enabling farmers to benefit from…
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AI-Driven Efficiency in Public Service: A Q&A with Nora Connor

Blog
Government agencies can use artificial intelligence to make better decisions and be more efficient while using Abt’s tools to mitigate risk.
Home Health Prospective Payment System, Hospice and Home Infusion

Monitoring Medicare’s Home Health, Hospice, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Benefits

Project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health, hospice, home infusion therapy, home IVIG, and IRF benefits require constant monitoring of payment policy—and revisions, as needed—to ensure they are working as intended. This enables…
The Jordan USAID Health Service Delivery Project

The Jordan USAID Health Service Delivery Project

Project
USAID and the Government of Jordan (GOJ) want to expand access to—and the availability of—quality integrated essential health services at the national and sub-national levels and increase the government’s capacity to deliver these improved services…
homeless encampment in LA river basin

Understanding Homeless Encampments in Long Beach, L.A. River Basin, and San Fernando Valley

Publication
A Conrad N. Hilton Foundation-funded, Abt-led evaluation studied three encampments in Los Angeles.
Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World

Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World

Project
The AgResults initiative was created by five donors after the 2010 G20 summit. The donors recognized that their resources alone could not significantly reduce poverty in the world’s poorest countries. They created AgResults to test whether pay-for…
TSPi Enhances the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process

Enhancing the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process

Project
TSPi designed, built, and implemented a central replacement case-management application, the Environmental Consultation Organizer (ECO), to handle submissions for consultations. The consultations can include the initial submission of project blueprints, feedback from NMFS, and more back-and-forth until final approval. 
Gympie Nurse Practitioner Program Evaluation

Gympie Nurse Practitioner Program Evaluation

Project
A high number of non-urgent cases that could be addressed by general practice (GP) doctors are presenting unnecessarily at hospital emergency departments (EDs); these are potentially avoidable. Strategies that can save ED health professionals’ time also…