Artificial intelligence (AI) helped Mathematica identify themes in qualitative data more efficiently, with researchers maintaining control of interpretation and evidence review.

Andrea M. Headley of Georgetown University will receive the 2026 David N. Kershaw Award, honoring her rigorous, evidence-driven research on policing, public safety, justice policy, and government-comm...

Mathematica welcomes Beth Boulay, Ed.D., as a senior fellow. With more than 20 years of experience in education research and evidence building, Beth will help clients turn rigorous evidence into bette...

COMMENTARY | The speed of decision-making matters for those in charge of government programs. AI can change that process from months to days, hours or minutes.

This report documents the proliferation of assistant principals in public schools–where they work, what they do, and what additional support they need.

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NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care...

Mathematica Senior Fellow Carol Irvin received AcademyHealth's inaugural Medicaid Data Learning Network Data Impact Award in recognition of her work to meaningfully advance Medicaid leaders’ use of da...

As apprenticeships expand, state leaders, funders, and workforce policymakers have an opportunity to focus on scaling programs that deliver reliable value for workers and employers alike. This is wher...

Behavioral health (BH) conditions are rising among older adults, who are less likely to receive mental health (MH) or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment compared to younger adults. This study exam...

Nora Paxton explains how FPAR 2.0 is helping HHS strengthen oversight, improve data quality, and reduce reporting burden through encounter-level data, automation, and a secure, cloud-based platform th...

Mathematica applies responsible, human-in-the-lead AI to unlock insights, accelerate decision-making, and generate real-world impact across sectors.

This project examines various activities examining home-based child care (HBCC) supply and quality. HBCC is a vital part of our nation’s child care supply and the most common form of care for children...

Models that provide hybrid payments to primary care practices without adding financial risk are effective at supporting the essential features of primary care.

Background: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched multiple alternative payment models (APMs) to address limitations with fee-for-service payments in traditional Medicare…

Smarter comparisons, faster insights: Using AI to streamline CMS’s annual IPPS rulemaking

A custom GPT solution helped the agency deliver faster, clearer SEP-1 guidance—reducing backlog, improving consistency, and easing staff burden

This report describes the practices Head Start programs use and the challenges they face in recruiting, selecting, and enrolling families facing adversities.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just released the 2025 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Scorecard to strengthen oversight of these two programs and increase transparency a...

How small, practical tips and tools can support parents during a pivotal stage of child development

Price transparency data give medical societies and physician practices new tools to measure, understand, and address payment inequities across payers and markets.

How small, practical tips and tools can support parents during a pivotal stage of child development

It is important to identify programs that can work in multiple contexts to support adolescent parents in achieving their reproductive health goals. A randomized controlled trial in Ohio in 2012 found ...

Mathematica's team of rural policy experts, data scientists, methodologists, and technologists design, test, and scale solutions that improve care quality and access, meet social needs, and introduce ...

Research points to ways to streamline and strengthen apprenticeship to make it more appealing to employers.

Explore how strong data governance—often overlooked in modernization efforts—can accelerate progress by building trust, reducing risk, and enabling secure, scalable collaboration across systems and se...

Mathematica’s recent experience supporting Medicaid Section 1115 demonstrations illustrates how investing in a more effective data collection system can help organizations produce reliable, practical ...

Professor Parolin is recognised for his public policy contributions toward reducing poverty and expanding economic opportunity.

Zachary Parolin of Oxford University has received the David N. Kershaw Award for his research on poverty and opportunity and will deliver the Kershaw Lecture at APPAM’s 2025 Fall Conference.

NextGen is a study to identify and test innovative, promising employment interventions designed to help individuals facing complex challenges secure a pathway toward economic independence.

While we should be vigilant about AI’s risks, we also need to be visionary about its potential.

Improving the transparency, integrity, and effectiveness of state directed payments in Medicaid managed care doesn’t require overhauling systems—it calls for using familiar tools more strategically.

A new report shows that although healthcare leaders across payer and provider organizations align on the goals of value-based care and feel optimistic about technology’s potential, critical execution ...

This toolkit was created to help HMRE evaluators understand key program evaluation concepts, common evaluation challenges, and strategies to prevent or overcome these challenges. The standalone briefs...

Explore how AI health care workforce innovations can reduce burnout and improve administrative efficiency in primary care settings.

Mathematica data and health policy experts will share insights into using and improving Medicaid data at the upcoming Medicaid Enterprise System Conference (MESC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from August 1...

States need connected, modern data systems to respond to challenges and inform decisions. Mathematica helps states improve data infrastructure across sectors—public health, education, workforce, and j...

Disconnected data systems limit impact. Mathematica helps state leaders turn scattered information into clear, actionable insights to improve community outcomes.

As AI solutions take center stage in behavioral healthcare, organizations need to consider how to responsibly implement them to enhance their work while protecting the safety and well-being of their c...

Faster feedback, smarter support: Enabling timely decision-making to improve marriage and relationship programs