Health Policy Research Services
Measure Development
Cloud Harbor's health policy experts have rich experience developing, testing, analyzing, and updating quality and cost measures for performance assessment and payment determination for hospitals, facilities, and clinicians for a variety of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.
Auditing and Validation
Cloud Harbor's program experts and data analysts leverage their clinical experience and data analytical skills in assessing the rigor of data collection, analyses, and quality control processes. We provide our clients with comprehensive support in developing and implementing auditing plans and validation frameworks to assess the compliance of healthcare providers and the quality of healthcare data.
Payment Policy Research, Design, and Implementation
Cloud Harbor provides expert support in payment policy research, design, and implementation. Our work in this area spans a range of healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals (ACHs), inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (IRFs), and hospices.
Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Cloud Harbor's policy researchers and program experts have extensive experience in monitoring healthcare programs and evaluating the impact of policy changes. Leveraging our deep understanding of the healthcare markets and policy landscape and employing mixed methods, Cloud Harbor provides our clients with real-time feedback and comprehensive evaluation and impact analysis that help better align incentives and determine best practices for national healthcare programs.
General Support Services
Data Analysis and Operations
Cloud Harbor's data experts are proficient in handling a wide range of datasets, including Medicare data (e.g. claims, cost reports, enrollment files, MDSs), various survey datasets (e.g. CPS, ACS, ATUS, etc.), and numerous BLS/BEA/Census datasets covering the economy (e.g. NIPA), demographics, labor (e.g. CES, UI), and prices/wages/compensation (e.g. CPI, PPI, ECI). We also work with SDOH data (e.g. ADI, SVI, MSNI), among others. Our analysts are skilled in multiple programming languages and statistical tools, such as SAS, R, Python, SQL, Stata, Julia, MATLAB, EViews, SPSS, and the Microsoft Office suite, along with LaTeX.
File Production & Automation
Cloud Harbor’s staff is highly skilled and experienced in producing public-facing reports, technical/policy manuals, and data files (test and final) and code packages that are Section 508 compliant and tailored for a variety of audiences. Our team routinely uses programming languages to process terabytes of data and creates automated reports with enhanced data visualization.
Quantitative Modeling
Cloud Harbor's economists and policy researchers have extensive experience developing analytical frameworks and employing mixed methods to tackle original and challenging research questions for policymakers and private-sector clients. We are skilled in using a wide range of analytical methods, models, and tools, including descriptive statistics, regression analysis, complex data merging/matching algorithms, cohort studies, survival analysis, cluster analysis, causal inference methods, time-series and forecasting models, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models, and more.
Rapid Response, Help Desk Solutions, and Training
Cloud Harbor provides multi-tiered rapid response and help desk solutions to inquiries and requests from clients and stakeholders, and deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions to meet their needs. Our clinical and policy experts are also experienced in designing and implementing various training programs.