Leveraging Partnerships across State Agencies Can Vastly Improve Critical Immunization Efforts
State Medicaid, public health and education partnerships offer some of the most innovative and effective responses to increasing immunization rates.
Medicaid’s Unique Role in Combating the Coronavirus
In a JAMA commentary published today, three Medicaid Medical Directors from AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Medical Directors Network examine the flexibility Medicaid has to expand public health capabilities in the face of a pandemic.
Adapting, Learning and Caring During a Public Health Crisis
AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson reflects on the field’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and urges continued learning and caring as we face this public health crisis together.
Update on the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
While closely monitoring the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the 2020 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is proceeding as planned at this time. The status of other AcademyHealth meetings and events is being updated on a case-by-case basis.
Employers in Colorado Band Together to Directly Negotiate Rates and Lower Costs for Health Care Consumers
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care, a member of AcademyHealth’s partner, the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, highlights how Colorado is trying change the way employers purchase, and consumers shop for health care.
Three Points to Consider as Adoption of Alternative Payment Models Grows
Cheryl Austein Casnoff and Mary Wheatley of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organization affiliate, explore challenges in value-based payment model adoption in response to AcademyHealth’s recent 2020 National Health Policy Conference.
AcademyHealth Staff Highlight Medicaid’s Response to the Maternal Mortality Crisis
In a Health Affairs blog post, Susan Kennedy and Sunita Krishnan of AcademyHealth outline Medicaid’s pivotal role in providing maternal health services and highlight state efforts that go beyond access to care to address maternal health.
How States Can Leverage School Nurses to Improve Children’s Immunization Rates
Research shows that school nurses play an important role in combating declining immunization rates amongst children.
How Much Is Too Much: Out-Of-Pocket Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Guest authors from AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, discuss findings from a recent survey.
Inaugural Health Data Impact Award Honors Work on Patients’ Rights to Access Personal Health Data
Award winner Deven McGraw guided the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ efforts to engage technology developers and patients with transparent and effective regulatory frameworks for the use of health data.