AcademyHealth Blog

Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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Bridging the Divide: Supplementing Payment Reform to Promote Needed Investments in Population Health

This installment of the Payment Reform for Population Health blog series focuses on limitations in payment reform and ideas for the creation of the right incentives for population health investments.

Posted Apr 10, 2017 By Tricia McGinnis, M.P.P., M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Paying for Care

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Weekly Read on Washington: April 7 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

Posted Apr 7, 2017 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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How Communities are Testing New Strategies to Address Social Determinants of Health

AcademyHealth’s Community Health Peer Learning Program explored 17 national and regional programs supporting local and cross-sector collaborations.

Posted Apr 7, 2017

Topics Using Health Data Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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Referral patterns and hospital-owned physician practices

Posted Apr 5, 2017 By The Incidental Economist, Austin Frakt, Ph.D.

Topics TIE

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Bringing Innovative Technology to Healthcare…What about HIPAA?

In this blog post, former Director of the Office of Policy in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Jodi Daniel shares some key thoughts around HIPAA and innovative health care technology.

Posted Apr 4, 2017 By Jodi Daniel, M.P.H., J.D.

Topics Using Health Data

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Bridging the Divide: Using Data Sharing to Bring Collaborators Together

This installment of the Payment Reform for Population Health blog series focuses on the value of data sharing as a driver for collaboration – both internally and across sectors.

Posted Apr 3, 2017 By Richard Gundling, FHFMA, CMA

Topics Paying for Care Using Health Data

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Weekly Read on Washington: March 31 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

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.

Posted Mar 31, 2017 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Advocacy

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President’s Proposed Cuts for Fiscal Year 2017 Provide Continued Cause for Concern

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.

Posted Mar 28, 2017 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Public & Population Health Advocacy

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Bridging the Divide: The Sweet Spot in Health Care and Public Health

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.

Posted Mar 27, 2017 By Karen Hacker, M.D., M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Paying for Care Public & Population Health

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We have to make policy line up with the changes we'd like to see

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.

Posted Mar 24, 2017 By Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., The Incidental Economist

Topics TIE