Advocacy Opportunity: Comment on AHRQ’s proposed strategic framework
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is looking for community input on how to best invest the PCOR Trust Fund, and you can help advise them.
A Preview of State and Federal Policy Priorities: Advancing Health Equity, Responding to the Pandemic, and the Investing in the Field
AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference pre-conference webinar highlighted federal and state policy priorities for 2022. The virtual event featured a keynote from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: State Policy Innovation and Research
This post on state Medicaid innovation is part of the Health Equity Meeting Blog Series and summarizes a panel discussion by experts from Medicaid programs, highlighting different state-level efforts to address health equity.
Strategies to Improve Inclusivity and Diversity of Patients in Research Governance
A PCORI-funded learning network recently outlined key challenges and promising practices for improving the diversity and inclusion of patient representatives in research governance.
Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities?
This post is the first in the Health Equity Meeting Blog Series, summarizing the discussion by a panel of experts who highlighted the key challenges and opportunities in using Medicaid as a lever for improving equity.
Read on Washington: February 2022 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, AHRQ’s new Director, ARPA-H negotiations, and more.
AcademyHealth Welcomes New AHRQ Director
Today, Acting Director of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) David Meyers announced that AcademyHealth member Dr. Robert Otto Valdez will be joining the agency as its new Director.
A Research Roadmap to Advance Contraceptive Access Policy
The Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access led a collaborative process to create a Priority Roadmap for Policy-Ready Contraceptive Research that positions health services researchers to carry out impactful projects that advance sexual and reproductive health equity.
The Value of Patient-Driven Research and Ways to Sustain It
A PCORI-funded learning network recently developed an action-oriented, step-by-step roadmap to help patient-driven research communities define their value.
Program that Rewards Consumers for Choosing Lower Priced Providers Offers Modest Savings
There are numerous obstacles to consumer price shopping in health care and shifting patients’ behavior has been difficult. Recently, some insurers have used financial rewards to get beneficiaries to use lower-priced providers. In this ‘plain language summary,’ new research indicates the strategy may have some affect, although overall impacts of the program are modest.