White Papers

White Papers

Newly Released Modeling Results Detail Timeline to Reaching COVID-19 Herd Immunity: Current Vaccination Projections and Trends to Monitor

Salt Lake City, March 16, 2021—Today, Leavitt Partners released “Using Modeling to Project Herd Immunity: When and how we will get back to normal,” a research paper outlining results from their current model to determine the expected timeline to reaching herd immunity from COVID-19. The research was conducted in response to growing interest in understanding … Read more

Access to New Cures & Innovative Care for Medicaid Patients 

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are some of the most promising and exciting medical advancements taking place today. Some existing CGTs treat previously untreatable rare diseases, and there are hundreds of CGTs in clinical development to treat various types of cancer, hemophilia, sickle cell and other blood disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, and numerous rare conditions. The … Read more

COVID Hotspots

Salt Lake City, June 25, 2020—Today, Leavitt Partners released “COVID-19 Hotspots,” a white paper that informs policymakers, industry leaders, and other key stakeholders to quickly assess where to deploy resources during the ongoing pandemic, and the accompanying, free tool that provides a daily updated map of where COVID-19 hotspots are forming in the United States. … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “Understanding the Coronavirus & Situational Characteristics: A Framework for Individuals and Businesses for Mitigating Risk”

Salt Lake City, May 26, 2020—Today, Leavitt Partners released “Understanding the Coronavirus & Situational Characteristics: A Framework for Individuals and Businesses for Mitigating Risk,” a white paper informed by contagion principles of the virus that provides opportunities for creative interventions. The paper walks through virus transmission and key principles for reducing spread, as well as … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health” Report

Salt Lake City, October 22, 2019— Today, Leavitt Partners released “Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health,” a white paper based on research conducted through the firm’s Health Intelligence Partners (HIP)*, to learn about what employers and physicians are doing to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in their communities. These surveys were conducted with … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “Moving Forward Together” White Paper

Salt Lake City, July 24, 2019—Today, Leavitt Partners released a new white paper, “Moving Forward Together: Opportunities to Improve Program Integrity in Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation.” This paper examines Medicaid’s non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) benefit and makes specific recommendations on key actions federal and state policymakers can take to improve program integrity. The recommendations were … Read more

Shared Principles for Measuring Social Determinants of Health Interventions

Washington, D.C., June 20, 2019—Today, the National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health (NASDOH) released a white paper entitled “Shared Principles for Measuring Social Determinants of Health Interventions.” This white paper outlines framing principles to guide social determinants of health (SDOH) measurement development that, if adopted, can help organizations and sectors work collaboratively to … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “No Evidence That ACO-Affiliated Hospitals Are Narrowing Their PAC Networks” White Paper

Salt Lake City, May 22, 2019—Today, Leavitt Partners released a white paper titled “No Evidence That ACO-Affiliated Hospitals are Narrowing Their PAC Networks.” This white paper details the findings from an analysis of Medicare claims data that was compared with Accountable Care Organization (ACO) affiliation data from Torch Insight™, a proprietary analytics platform and compendium … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “The Medicaid ACO Landscape” White Paper

Salt Lake City, May 1, 2019—Today, Leavitt Partners released “The Medicaid ACO Landscape,” a white paper providing insight into the number, geographic dispersion, characteristics, and success of Medicaid ACOs as of the end of 2018. This snapshot of Medicaid ACOs was created using data from Torch Insight™, a proprietary analytics platform and compendium of health … Read more

Leavitt Partners Releases “The 2018 ACO Survey: Unique Paths to Success” White Paper

Salt Lake City, March 29, 2019—Today, Leavitt Partners released “The 2018 ACO Survey: Unique Paths to Success.” This white paper reports the findings from the 2nd Annual ACO Survey of 203 Accountable Care Organizations, conducted in collaboration with the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), to better understand current trends and predict future developments relating to … Read more