Doula Benefit Implementation in Six State Medicaid Programs
States have taken different approaches to implementing doula benefits in their Medicaid programs - this policy brief looks at the differences in six state Medicaid programs.
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2025 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2025 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to how prepared hospitals are for the next pandemic, gender differences in primary care physician earnings and outcomes, and methods for decomposing heterogeneous treatment effects.
AHRQ in Your Community: How National Investments Improve Local Health Care
AHRQ's research and implementation support improves the health of all communities. Given the recent changes and reductions in force at HHS, it is imperative that the work to improve care at the local level continues.
Bridging the Gap: AHRQ’s Role in Rural Health Care Access Amid Hospital Closures
AHRQ pioneers initiatives that break down barriers to care and improve health for rural Americans. Given the recent announcement on the reorganization of HHS, we’re highlighting AHRQ’s crucial role in rural health care.
Immigrant Inequities in Uninsurance and Postpartum Medicaid Extension: A Quasi-Experimental Study in New York City, 2016–2021
Researchers determine if de facto postpartum Medicaid extension during the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) reduced immigrant versus US-born inequities in uninsurance.
Emergency Departments: A Potential Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Post-Dobbs
Emergency Departments show promise as settings where health care providers could provide critical contraception care, expanding access within their communities.
Medicaid Medical Directors Offer Key Perspectives on Cell and Gene Therapies
As lead clinicians for their states with responsibility for overseeing clinical care and stewardship of resources, Medicaid Medical Directors propose policy recommendations to ensure equitable access to cell and gene therapies.
Community Living Equity Dashboard
This dashboard examines who needs and receives Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) across the United States and presents data on the percentage and demographic characteristics of racial and ethnic minorities with LTSS needs and their utilization of Medicaid HCBS and institutional LTSS by racial and ethnic categories, as well as other indicators of disparities in community living equity.
Advancing Oral Health Equity: A Collaborative Vision for the 2025 ARM Meeting
Building on a previous call to integrate oral health into health care systems and policy frameworks, the Oral Health Interest Group (OHIG) aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, reduce disparities, and drive policy innovation ahead of the 2025 Annual Research Meeting.
Missing from Behavioral Telehealth Legislation: Research on Effectiveness and Delivery
Congress is racing to build on the pandemic era expansion of telehealth access for mental health care, but while some legislation tries to solve known disparities in access, support for mental health service research generally is still lacking.