Publications & Reports

Key resources from the MDLN that collate learnings, methodologies, and advocacy efforts.

This Commonwealth Fund blog post highlights the promise of the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) for advancing Medicaid policy research, while identifying persistent barriers that limit their full potential. The authors call for improvements in demographic data completeness, greater transparency around managed care payments, and more affordable access to updated TAF files.

In its first year, the Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) facilitated expert presentations and collaboration among TAF experts and member research teams by hosting an in-person meeting at AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and eight virtual learning sessions. This publication presents a summary of the findings from the first year of the Medicaid Data Learning Network, including key takeaways for the research and policy communities from each learning session.

This JAMA Viewpoint discusses the importance of researcher access to federal health care data following a CMS decision to limit the use of physical data and proposes solutions to maintain access and security.

This article in JAMA Health Forum describes the creation of the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, a consensus effort to identify items researchers should report to promote transparency and reproducibility in TAF-based studies.