Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

By partnering with state agencies, public universities have an opportunity to conduct research and engaged scholarship to advance their mission of public service.

Established state-university partnerships support evidence-based state health policy and practice to transform Medicaid-specific care and improve outcomes.

AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Demonstration Evaluation Learning Collaborative fostered shared learning among state agency and research partners on common themes and challenges in the implementation and evaluation of Section 1115 demonstrations. This resulting field guide reveals the real-world lessons in evaluation design and measurement.

The Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) supports evidence-based state health policy and practice with a focus on transforming Medicaid-based health care, including improving the patient experience with care, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of health care.

The study simulated the effect of block grants and per capita caps on health centers’ revenues and service capacity using 2017 policy proposals that are similar to the Healthy Adult Opportunity initiative announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in early 2020.

Employment and student activities increased among Michigan Medicaid expansion enrollees, outpacing employment gains among the state’s general population during the same time period.

The preparation and implementation process for New Hampshire’s approved Work and Community Engagement Requirements program was costly and confusing for community organizations.

New research looks at differences in overdose rates and availability of treatment for opioid use disorder between states with approved Medicaid work requirements and those without.