Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Making the Case: Strengthening Medicaid Agency-State University Partnerships through Relationship-Building with University Leadership

Reflecting on the importance of state agency-university research partnerships brings to the fore learnings for university research centers.

Posted Aug 1, 2024 By Cynthia Woodcock, M.B.A.

Topics Public & Population Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Celebrating 10 Years of Progress in Informing State Health Policy with Evidence

This milestone prompts reflection on and acknowledgement of the evolution of state-focused health services research.

Posted Jun 10, 2024 By Susan Kennedy, M.P.P., M.S.W.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data

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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.

Posted May 13, 2024

Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods Public & Population Health Health Equity Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Building Healthy Communities

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Showcasing Expertise and Analytic Capacity of State-University Partnership Learning Network Members

The State-University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) collaboratively works to support evidence-based state health policy and practice with a focus on transforming Medicaid-based health care through rapid response knowledge sharing and multi-state Medicaid research analyses.

Posted Apr 08, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Navigating Social Drivers of Health in Medicaid Managed Care Featured in Health Affairs

Post-COVID-19, there has been a significant cultural shift in Medicaid managed care to foster greater accountability and innovation to address enrollees’ social needs. A new Health Affairs blog post describes findings from seven Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants and highlights policy recommendations moving forward.

Posted Mar 11, 2024 By Maura Dugan, M.P.H.

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Capturing MODRN EQUIP (Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs)

This one-pager outlines MODRN EQUIP’s background, aims, research approach, and more.

Posted Feb 13, 2024

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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A Snapshot of Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)

This one-pager outlines Project DREAM’s background, aims, research approach, and more.

Posted Feb 09, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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A Snapshot of Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)

This one-pager outlines Project DREAM’s background, aims, research approach, and more.

Posted Feb 09, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

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Convenings, publications, and collaboration: ESHPI’s 2023 At-a-Glance shares a peek into our biggest accomplishments of the last year

In this special edition newsletter, the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) proudly highlights projects, partnerships, and publications from 2023 and previews the Institute’s upcoming projects for 2024.

Posted Jan 09, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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Making Medi-Cal Work for California Farmworkers

In this brief, researchers address another large, systemic barrier to making Medi-Cal work for California farmworkers and their families because despite coverage status, the current organization of care delivery in Medi-Cal does not adequately provide equitable access to care for this population.

Posted Dec 15, 2023

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Hospitals & Health Systems Access to Care