Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Publication

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.

Posted Jan 16, 2020

Topics Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

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.

Posted Jan 13, 2020 By Susan Kennedy, M.P.P., M.S.W.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sharing Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

Cross-state Medicaid Data Provides New Insights into the Opioid Epidemic

The University of Pittsburgh, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Kaiser Family Foundation leveraged the AcademyHealth’s Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network to profile the epidemic in six states along several measures not available in public data.

Posted Dec 23, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Past Event

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.

Date & Time December 17, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET Location Online

Topics Paying for Care Costs & Payments Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

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.

Posted Dec 2, 2019 By Marybeth Musumeci, J.D, Priya Chidambaram

Topics Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

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.

Posted Oct 30, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

Blog Post

Evaluation of Iowa’s 1115 Waiver Highlights Importance of Communication, Instrument Testing

Recent AcademyHealth webinar presenter and behavioral scientist Natoshia Askelson reflects on the evaluation of Iowa’s Healthy Behavior Program 1115 Waiver.

Posted Sep 18, 2019 By Natoshia M. Askelson, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Access to Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

Eleven States Partner to Examine Medicaid Strategies to Combat Opioid Use Disorder

Cross-state analysis is often hindered by data sharing challenges. A new Medicaid Distributed Research Network seeks to advance knowledge through the use of a Common Data Model.

Posted Sep 10, 2019 By Julie Donohue, Ph.D., Rachel Ruback

Topics Using Health Data Data Sources Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid

Blog Post

Recent Governmental Actions on Medicaid Waivers Present a Diverse Implementation Landscape

As states continue to propose, implement, and evaluate new Medicaid demonstrations, AcademyHealth reviews recent developments related to Medicaid expansion funding, work requirements, and hospital reimbursement.

Posted Sep 6, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care

Blog Post

How Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Can Help Address Complex Delivery Challenges

AcademyHealth recently convened a group of eight state Medicaid programs and public health stakeholders to examine why an effective HIV prevention treatment is underused, why clinical care guidelines are underutilized, and how intra-agency collaborations could improve its delivery and use.

Posted Jul 17, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Quality Improvement Public & Population Health