Caroline Hale is a Senior Research Associate at AcademyHealth, where she supports the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) with the State University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN). SUPLN supports evidence-based state health policy and practice, focusing on Medicaid-based health care. Caroline also supports the work of the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN), which facilitates cross-state Medicaid analyses to inform Medicaid policy and program decisions. Through these networks, Caroline works on multiple projects, spanning subject areas including maternal health, opioid use disorder, and immunizations.

Prior to joining AcademyHealth, Caroline worked at the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) as a Research Analyst, where she led the work of two state networks to improve the publicly funded substance use disorder healthcare delivery system: the Women’s Services Network and the Youth Coordinators Network. Caroline also has experience working as a fellow for the Illinois Governor’s Office of Federal Affairs. Caroline earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Community Health with a concentration in Health Planning and Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Authored by Caroline Hale

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
Program

Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)

With funding support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and the University of Pittsburgh are bringing together six Medicaid programs, their university research partners, nine doula programs, and Medicaid enrollees to leverage an innovative distributed research network to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity.