AcademyHealth: HSR’s Federal Advocate
AcademyHealth is a leader in bringing evidence and experts to policymakers every day.
AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting. We Live Our Mission Year-Round.
As we prepare for our Annual Research Meeting next week, AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson kicks off a blog series highlighting how AcademyHealth is #MoreThanAMeeting by describing the way we work year-round to improve health and health care for all.
AcademyHealth Applauds President’s Budget for AHRQ, A Step In The Right Direction
AcademyHealth is pleased to see the Biden Administration's proposed investment in AHRQ, but the Agency still needs full funding.
Combating Anti-Black Racism for Child and Adolescent Flourishing
As Mental Health Month draws to a close, child health researchers consider key components related to diversity, equity and inclusion that can ensure Black children and adolescents get what they need to help them flourish psychologically, socially, and emotionally.
Is the Term "Low-Value Care" Stunting Our Efforts to Achieve High-Value, Equitable Care?
Members of an AcademyHealth Thematic Working Group on low-value care among African American and Latinx Populations call for a re-examination of the term "low-value care," arguing that our existing framework for increasing care value does not consider the experiences of African American and Latinx populations.
New Health Affairs Blog Post Highlights Continued Need for Evaluation of Medicaid Experiments
AcademyHealth Director Lauren Gerlach and Mona Shah of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discuss the importance of rigorous evaluation of Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers.
Study Finds New Cancer Therapies Improved Survival, But Increased Medicare Spending Substantially
A new study published in HSR, an official journal of AcademyHealth, found that while the use of new cancer therapies did result in noteworthy improvements in lung cancer survival rates, Medicare spending increased substantially, raising concerns about the financial burden of these treatments.
New Research Looks at the Priorities and Pitfalls of Defining Network Adequacy Standards to Improve Veterans’ Access to Timely, High-Quality Care
This ‘plain language summary’ reviews recent research on how Veteran’s Affairs might ensure adequate access to high quality care via network adequacy standards. Network adequacy standards are common in the commercial market, where states regulate commercial insurers provider network. However, the regulations vary from state to state and the VA is a national system.
More Rigorous Data Needed to Determine Success of SDOH Intervention Programs
In a recent webinar in collaboration with the National Pharmaceutical Council, experts discussed how to evaluate SDOH programs and interventions from a cost perspective. Speakers emphasized the incomplete state of current knowledge and the need to improve studies and data infrastructure to determine their value.
Medical Anthropology's Role in Shifting the Paradigm
Voices of a New Paradigm: The AcademyHealth Paradigm Project is profiling leaders whose work helps point Health Services Research (HSR) in a new direction. Some are new to HSR, while others may just be new to us—leaders in other fields whose work is inspiring or applicable. All are challenging the limits of the current paradigm in ways that help make HSR more effective.