Delivering Better Care

Postpartum women are more likely to use health care of all types during the first three weeks after childbirth, and increased problem-related health care use persists through sixteen weeks postpartum.

Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2021 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to COVID-19, the impact of Medicaid on access to care, using technology to improve patient experience, and more.

Written by Kentucky members of AcademyHealth’s State-University Partnership Learning Network, this issue brief offers strategies to improve antibiotic use, including an analysis of Kentucky Medicaid claims data.

With funding from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), AcademyHealth and collaborators conducted an analysis of four states participating in the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN). This brief examines polysubstance use disorders in those state Medicaid programs, which have implications for Medicaid expenditures and the way states design delivery systems for this vulnerable population.

This publication, produced in coordination with AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) and the Milbank Memorial Fund, delves into two areas of state Medicaid OUD care delivery innovation and offers recent examples from state Medicaid programs.

In a members-only, interactive Zoom discussion, Dr. Elizabeth Yano discussed how to navigate the challenges embedded researchers encounter in a real-life health system setting.