AcademyHealth Blog

As we continue to recognize health services research’s increasingly relevant place in the world of Washington, I wanted to begin weekly advocacy updates for our members – to let you know what we’re hearing and to provide you with our “read” on the state of affairs.

Having now seen the president’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2017 and 2018, AcademyHealth remains highly troubled about what they mean for public health and health research.

This first installment of the Payment Reform for Population Health blog series focuses on how health care delivery systems can collaborate with multiple sectors to support community health improvement.

If we want to see research implemented well in the real world with effects we can see, we need to focus on making policy consistent with the studies we do, focusing on the populations where the benefits will likely be seen.

A personal perspective highlights the patient and family experience with post-acute care services and puts current research needs in context.

AcademyHealth is proud to be an official partner for the March for Science, and we will be marching alongside our colleagues in the broader scientific community on the 22nd in honor of our mission to improve health and the performance of the health system by supporting the production and use of evidence to inform policy and practice.

We've entered an era in which predicting Medicare Advantage growth has become difficult and more speculative.

AcademyHealth is deeply troubled by the president’s budget and the signal it sends to the nation’s scientific enterprise.

One of my greatest privileges as president and CEO of AcademyHealth is the opportunity to represent you, our members – who are making strides each day to help us better understand and improve our health care system – in visits with members of Congress and congressional staff. It is an honor to speak about how health services research is revolutionizing the way we see and respond to health care challenges and opportunities, and I am constantly energized by the promise and impact of your work.

The release of the Republican’s proposed American Health Care Act has generated several summaries and perspectives in the headlines. This is a sample of what we’ve been reading.