Andrew J. Barnes, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Research Associate in Cancer Prevention and Control at Massey Cancer Center, and affiliate faculty in the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Center on Society and Health, and Center for Health Disparities.  His research interests include: 1) substance use policy, 2) tobacco regulatory science, and 3) behavioral economics.   He is the co-author of Healthcare Systems in Transition: United States of America and co-editor of Behavioral Economics and Healthy Behaviors: Key Concepts and Current Research.  He completed his doctoral training in health policy with a concentration in economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, holds a Masters of Public Health from Tulane University, and a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Biology from Pitzer College.

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Publication

1115 Waivers Can Help Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment, but Coordination and System Capacity Remain a Challenge

Learn how two early-adopter states used Section 1115 Medicaid waivers to improve access to substance use disorder services. The project is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems program, which is managed by AcademyHealth.
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Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Access to Care
Program

Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP)

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.
Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Building Healthy Communities Health Equity