Advocacy

AcademyHealth's President and CEO released a statement calling on the House Appropriations Committee to rescind their FY27 Labor-HHS bill and try again to fund programs that power America’s innovation enterprise.

On April 16, HHS Secretary Kennedy testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, offering remarks on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that gave us reason for both concern and cautious optimism.

This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on leadership shakeups at HHS, court action on the PHIG, upcoming nomination hearing for the Surgeon General, and more.

This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on the ongoing government shutdown, new waves of layoffs, reporting on anti-science legislation in statehouses, and more.

Federal health workforce cuts are underway, but they are not simply a consequence of the government shutdown. This post explains what is driving these layoffs and why they matter for health research, data, and public health infrastructure.

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, impoundments, new strategic guidance from AHRQ, and more.

AHRQ released a new strategy document that signals a potential pivot point for U.S. health services research (HSR). While the document emphasizes methodological rigor, it raises serious questions about the future of three pillars of HSR: patient-centered care, health disparities research, and dissemination & implementation (D&I) science. Each of these areas is essential to making evidence matter in the real world.

This month’s “Read on Washington,” available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, updates on impoundments, proposed NIH guidance on gender, and more.

This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on risks to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation process, the latest on FY25 appropriations, new federal agency leads, Supreme Court hearing on preventative services coverage, and more.