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States Identify Top Medicaid Policy Areas for Future Multi-state Data Analysis

Results from an AcademyHealth investigation highlight four shared Medicaid policy priorities across 22 states: substance use disorder, behavioral health integration, maternal mortality, and social determinants of health.

Posted Jan 13, 2020 By Susan Kennedy, M.P.P., M.S.W., Logan Sheets

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Pre-Pregnancy Care for Women with Diabetes is Critical, but Inadequately Delivered

AcademyHealth members Cassondra Marshall and Laura Britton highlight their recently published commentary in Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation about how health systems can better support diabetes-specific preconception care.

Posted Jan 7, 2020 By Cassondra Marshall Dr.PH., M.P.H. , Laura E. Britton, Ph.D., R.N.

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems

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Cross-state Medicaid Data Provides New Insights into the Opioid Epidemic

The University of Pittsburgh, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Kaiser Family Foundation leveraged the AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network to profile the epidemic in six states along several measures not available in public data.

Posted Dec 23, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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The Secret to Bringing Researchers, Tech, and Policymakers Together

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Melinda Buntin emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions in the second of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 19, 2019 By Melinda B. Buntin, Ph.D.

Topics National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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How to Become a Data Viz Wiz: Taking your Data Visualizations to the Next Level

AcademyHealth staff member Angel Han shares tips for creating interactive data visualizations of trends in health services research using the National Library of Medicine’s HSRProj database.

Posted Dec 18, 2019 By Angel Han, M.P.H.

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Using Health Data

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Final Fiscal Year 2020 Spending Package Is Good News for HSR

Package funds AHRQ and reauthorizes PCORI for 10 years.

Posted Dec 17, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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Focus on Patients is a Key to Reducing Low-Value Care

AcademyHealth staff reflect on the continuing need to advance research on low value care, following a Health Affairs blog post urging a focus on vulnerable populations in broader efforts to reduce low-value care.

Posted Dec 16, 2019 By Paul Armstrong, Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Costs & Payments

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Challenges in Health Data Do Not Exist in a Vacuum

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Niall Brennan highlights the importance of diverse perspectives to solve our most pressing health care challenges in the first of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 12, 2019 By Niall Brennan, B.A., M.P.P.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Mastering Health Care Improvement: Lessons Learned from AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows

2018 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellows outline the benefits of the fellowship for both students and host sites.

Posted Dec 5, 2019 By Audrey Johnson, P.T., D.P.T., Maria Yefimova, PhD RN, Claire E. O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Savyasachi Shah, BDS, MPH

Topics HSR Workforce Development Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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As Opioid Crisis Continues, New Report Points to State Options for Medicaid Coverage of Inpatient Behavioral Health Services

Recent AcademyHealth webinar presenter MaryBeth Musumeci and colleague Priya Chidambaram highlight findings from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report on patterns of Medicaid enrollee use of substance use disorder services and state waiver activity aimed at expanding services.

Posted Dec 2, 2019 By Marybeth Musumeci, J.D, Priya Chidambaram

Topics Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid