How Much Is Too Much: Out-Of-Pocket Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Guest authors from AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, discuss findings from a recent survey.
States Work to both Adopt and Suspend Medicaid Waiver Demonstrations
Substance Use Disorder continues to be a focus of waiver activity in the states as research provides insights on what’s working and what’s not in Medicaid innovation. Meanwhile, work requirement policies are being both suspended and increased across various states.
States Experiment with Cross State Comparison to Evaluate Medicaid Waivers for Substance Use Disorder Services
Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia employed several innovative evaluation strategies to conduct cross-state comparisons for insights around both the impact and implementation of 1115 waivers.
Research Provides Critically Needed Evidence on Medicare Accountable Care Organizations
AcademyHealth awarded one of its 2019 Health Services Research (HSR) Impact Award to a body of work that extends far beyond standard evaluation to provide empirical guidance on many issues from risk adjustment to unintended impacts to importance of participation.
Despite Stable Individual Health Insurance Markets, Accessibility and Affordability Challenges Remain
Summarizing expert discussion at a September 2019 meeting, this brief highlights the current state-of-the-research on the individual health insurance market, such as trends in market stability and what policies are working to make individual coverage more accessible and affordable.
States Identify Top Medicaid Policy Areas for Future Multi-state Data Analysis
Results from an AcademyHealth investigation highlight four shared Medicaid policy priorities across 22 states: substance use disorder, behavioral health integration, maternal mortality, and social determinants of health.
Targeting Justice-Involved Populations through 1115 Medicaid Waiver Initiatives: Implementation Experiences of Three States
Stakeholders in the three study states, Illinois, Texas and Washington, identified both pros and cons to conducting programs for justice-involved populations within the framework and requirements of a Section 1115 waiver.
Webinar: Stabilizing Individual Health Insurance Markets
As part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded project Research Insights, managed by AcademyHealth, this webinar identified the effects of a range of federal and state levers intended to strengthen the individual health insurance market’s infrastructure.
As Opioid Crisis Continues, New Report Points to State Options for Medicaid Coverage of Inpatient Behavioral Health Services
Recent AcademyHealth webinar presenter MaryBeth Musumeci and colleague Priya Chidambaram highlight findings from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report on patterns of Medicaid enrollee use of substance use disorder services and state waiver activity aimed at expanding services.
States Leverage Medicaid Waivers to Combat Health Challenges, Pilot Funding Approaches and Work Requirements
AcademyHealth reviews recent developments in state Medicaid pilots designed to test innovative alterations to existing Medicaid programs through Section 1115 waivers.