HPIO research and analysis guide public and private policymakers and other stakeholders in achieving sustainable healthcare spending in Ohio
Unlocking Ohio’s economic potential:
This analysis from HPIO looks at the economic potential associated with eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in Ohio, finding that...
Policy explainer: Federal health policy impact on Ohio
HR 1, the federal reconciliation bill, includes provisions that will have major impacts on Medicaid financing in Ohio. Policymakers will need to make important decisions to mitigate funding cuts.
Policy explainer: Federal health policy impact on Ohio
On Dec. 29, 2025, CMS announced total first-year Rural Health Transformation Program awards. According to HPIO’s analysis, Ohio was awarded the 46th-most funding per rural resident.
Healthcare access and affordability in Ohio series
This policy explainer details Medicaid work requirements recently established by federal law and how they compare to work requirements in a 1115 waiver proposal submitted by Ohio policymakers
Healthcare access and affordability in Ohio series
In light of coming policy changes, this brief presents current data on the cost of basic needs for working Ohioans, access to adequate health insurance and the cost of health care for Ohio families.
2025 OHIO MEDICAID EXPANSION STUDY
This brief analyzes the likely state budget effects of eliminating Medicaid expansion.
Unlocking Ohio’s economic potential:
This analysis from HPIO looks at the economic potential associated with eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in Ohio, finding that...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
This publication provides an overview of the Medicaid program in Ohio, including information on Medicaid eligibility, covered services, delivery systems,...
HPIO’s fifth edition of the Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward improved health value Download...
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward health value
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress towards health value.
More than a century of research has found strong connections between income and health.
The HPIO Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress towards health value.
The HPIO Health Value Dashboard™, the first-of-its-kind combined state ranking of health outcomes and healthcare costs, shows that Ohio’s health value rank is 47.
HPIO has developed a series of publications to explore health care affordability challenges facing Ohioans.
HPIO analysis of recent federal policy changes and details about how policymakers in the state will need to account for these developments
Prioritizing what works: A focus on policies with the greatest return on investment
HPIO's inaugural Health Policy Summit
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard lays a foundation for tracking Ohio’s progress towards health value.
September 11, 2026
Data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that the percentage of outpatient healthcare facilities in Ohio that are independently owned is lower than in all but five states
September 11, 2026
Even though compliance rates have reached a record high, only about half of U.S. hospitals are fully complying with federal price transparency rules, according to a report released this week
September 04, 2026
Healthcare spending isn’t just skyrocketing for U.S. companies. It’s also getting more difficult to predict, complicating efforts to keep cost growth in hand, according to new research
