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Programs

AcademyHealth programs are led by our expert staff, supported by funding from a variety of partners, and all aimed at improving health and the health system. An alphabetical list of both past and current activities is below. Efforts include learning, translation and dissemination, technical assistance, professional services, as well as stakeholder engagement and community building.

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Access, Affordability and Insurance Design

Access to quality health care systems is essential to good health, and it is not possible without affordable, quality health insurance coverage. These policy-relevant analyses from the Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program inform strategies to ensure access to high-quality, affordable health care and insurance coverage.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

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Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the Donaghue Foundation supports the development of research focused on achieving high-value, equitable care that addresses the needs of health care systems, researchers, patients, and the broader community.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Paying for Care Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Research to Reduce Low-Value Care

This program is no longer current. Please see our page on Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care for up-to-date information about our activities.

Topics Paying for Care Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care

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Advancing Trust: A Focus on Medical Debt

This collaboration between AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation aims to improve trust in our health care system with a focus on addressing medical debt.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Delivering Better Care

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Promoting Early and Lifelong Health: From the Challenge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to the Promise of Resilience and Achieving Child Wellbeing.

Topics Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities

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Analysis of Use of Non-Opioid Controlled Substances and Treatment of Non-Opioid Substances Use Disorders Among Medicaid Beneficiaries

With support from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment & Access Commission, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, is exploring the use of non-opioid controlled substances and the treatment of non-opioid substance use disorders.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Analyzing Rates of Congenital Syphilis Screening among Pregnant Medicaid Enrollees in Three Southern States

In collaboration with the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina’s Institute for Families in Society, and University of Louisiana Monroe, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute is assessing congenital syphilis rates among pregnant Medicaid enrollees in three southern states.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Building Healthy Communities Using Health Data

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Analyzing Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing in Medicaid Populations

With support from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is assessing syphilis testing among pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries as well as rates of STI testing of state Medicaid beneficiaries on PrEP.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health Building Healthy Communities Using Health Data

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Building Capacity to Improve HIV Viral Suppression Data in Medicaid

NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors), in partnership with AcademyHealth and the University of California San Francisco, are collaborating on a four-year Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant focused on building state capacity to report HIV viral suppression data through the HVL-AD measure as part of the annual Medicaid Adult Core Set.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data

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Building Trust

While studies have documented a lack of trust in the healthcare system, little evidence exists on how to build trust and mutual respect to address and overcome the health inequities that exist. Projects under the Building Trust and Mutual Respect to Improve Health Care program seek to understand the level of trust patients have across the many facets of the health care system.

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