Why Doesn’t Payment Reform Support Population Health? A Look at the Barriers
Despite an overall shift toward value-based care, payment and financing models in the United States remain largely tied to clinical services and have not incorporated services linked to the social determinants of health. AcademyHealth is working to identify why this is and how progress can be made.
Mapping the Complexity and Dynamism of the Field at the 9th Annual D&I Conference
The 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health wrapped up yesterday after two full days of discussion around adaptation, innovation, and translation.
The longest-term benefits from Medicaid are still worthwhile
Even when looking at those who first benefitted from Medicaid as children, the long-term benefits are impressive
Five lessons for social media translation and dissemination
State-University Partnerships: Bridging Evidence to Policymaking
With a new administration comes uncertainty for the future of state health policy and Medicaid. Now more than ever, state-university partnerships are critical for advancing AcademyHealth’s mission to support the use of evidence to inform policy and practice.
HCFO: A Chapter Closes, but the Evidence Endures
After nearly 30 years, the final grants funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative are coming to a close at the end of December. This work has built on AcademyHealth’s broader efforts to get actionable evidence that can improve health and health care into the hands of decision makers when they need it and in a format they can use.
Surprise out-of-network doctor bills are much more common than we thought
Cost-related barriers to care are still a problem int he United States. New data show they're much more common than we think.
Finding Focus Through Library Resources: One Student’s Story
For those college students who are interested in medicine, health sciences and systems, or health policy, library resources can serve as a guide through the waves of information. The National Library of Medicine recently launched one such helpful guide.
Explaining the Value of Data Sharing: Lessons Learned
The Community Health Peer Learning Program and Data Across Sectors for Health share lessons learned from explaining the value of data in health care.