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Access to Care

Access to care is a complex topic that includes the study of whether sufficient health care resources exist to meet people’s needs, as well as whether people experience physical, financial or other barriers to those services. Evidence in this area can span from whether a rural community has enough specialists, like cardiologists, to whether people in an urban community have transportation or language barriers that make seeing health care providers more difficult.

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Twelve-Month Medicaid Postpartum Extensions Ring Hollow For Immigrant Communities

Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai show that although Medicaid postpartum extensions represent a significant step forward in expanding access to maternal health care in the United States, these benefits remain inaccessible to millions of pregnant immigrants due to the complexities of state-specific pregnancy-related Medicaid policies.
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Opportunities to Advance Equity through Research Funding, Training, and Networking at the 2024 Annual Research Meeting

From new research funding and networking opportunities to plenary and poster sessions, participants will have ample opportunities to learn about methods to advance health equity at this year’s Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore starting later this week.
Blog Post       Transforming Care for Children with Complex Medical Needs: Emerging Insights from Five HRSA-funded Demonstration Sites

Transforming Care for Children with Complex Medical Needs: Emerging Insights from Five HRSA-funded Demonstration Sites

A recent webinar for the HRSA-funded Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity initiative shared early insights from the project’s five demonstration sites in their second year implementing innovative care models for improved care coordination and health outcomes for children with medical complexity and their families.
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AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2024 Annual Research Meeting

Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2024 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to the effects of pediatric mental health integration, the impact of Medicaid value-based payments, influences on hospital charity care spending, and more.
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New Research Will Provide Insights into the Behavioral Health Workforce and the Services They Provide

AcademyHealth is highlighting four new projects at the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center to address the strategic aims of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Posted Apr 16, 2024 By Annaliese Johnson, M.P.P.