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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Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute

AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) aims to increase the use of relevant, timely and translatable evidence in state policymaking to improve health and health care quality, outcomes, equity, accessibility and affordability.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Quality Improvement Using Health Data

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Examining the Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Medicaid Enrollees

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, leverage the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network to produce a comprehensive assessment of OUD treatment performance in 13 state Medicaid programs.

Topics Data Sharing Using Health Data Quality Improvement Data Sources

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Field in Focus

AcademyHealth’s Field in Focus program is aimed at serving AcademyHealth members by raising the visibility of their work as well as providing them with exclusive online education.

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Global Programs and Initiatives

AcademyHealth’s global engagement cuts across its existing programs, allowing our members to meet and collaborate with peers who share their professional interests around the world.

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Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)

For more than 25 years, AcademyHealth served as the national program office for the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Topics Hospitals & Health Systems Paying for Care Costs & Payments

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Health Data for Action

AcademyHealth supports the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action (HD4A) program, the newest research program from the Foundation. HD4A equips researchers with valuable data—information that can help them better answer important questions.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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Health Data Privacy and Security

Since 2016, AcademyHealth has worked with the California Health Care Foundation to assist digital health market entrants understand their responsibilities under and effectively navigate the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as other federal and California privacy and security laws.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Data Sources

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Health Systems Research for Equity

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth manages several research portfolios that seek to generate evidence to make the U.S. health care system more equitable and responsive to people’s goals and needs.

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HSRProj

The HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects) in Progress database contains descriptions on more than 13,000 ongoing and recently completed health services research projects funded by government and state agencies, foundations, universities, private organizations, and international organizations.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods

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Immunization Barriers in the United States: Targeting Medicaid Partnerships through Community of Practice

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) with technical assistance support from Immunize Colorado are working with state health officials to increase immunization rates through the collaborative use of state agency resources.

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