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.
Policy Brief: Doula Benefit Implementation in 6 State Medicaid Programs
This policy brief by Emma Mairson from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and AcademyHealth’s Project DREAM describes six state efforts to create a doula benefit in Medicaid.
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.
2025 Annual Research Meeting Medicare Theme Gets a Pulse Check on Medicare: Will It Thrive as It Ages?
2025 ARM Theme Leader Stacie Dusetzina highlights sessions to attend related to Medicare at the upcoming conference this June in Minneapolis.
New York Times Features AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll on the Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts
In a guest essay for the New York Times, Aaron Carroll describes how proposed cuts to Medicaid would be catastrophic to Americans’ access to care.
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.
Litigating Evidence and Preventative Care: Supreme Court Takes Up Braidwood
The Supreme Court will decide if the ACA's preventive care mandate, based on United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations, is unconstitutional, potentially affecting millions' access to cost-free preventive services and restricting evidence-based policymaking. AcademyHealth’s advocacy team explains the case and why we have been supporting USPSTF on behalf of the field.
Charting the Next Decade for the State University Partnership Learning Network
Reflections on the past 10 years of state-university partnerships reaffirm that SUPLN members’ commitment to deepening connections, embracing improved data analytics, and promoting evidence-based policymaking will remain strong.
How MODRN and SUPLN are Supporting the Next Generation of Researchers
State-university partnerships create opportunities for early career researchers to engage in impactful, data-driven policy work that would be difficult to achieve through traditional academic paths alone.
How MODRN Aims to Improve Quality Measurement and Inform Medicaid Policy
Leveraging this unique research multi-state research network offers opportunities for both state Medicaid agencies and their university partners to advance evidence-informed Medicaid policy.