Webinar: Understanding the Costs and True Benefits of SDOH Investments
This webinar was part of series which seeks to promote serious evidence-based discussions related to costs, value, and allocation of health care spending.
Variability in Primary Care Physician Attitudes Toward Medicaid Work Requirement Exemption Requests Made by Patients With Depression
It is medically, ethically, and legally imperative that measures aimed at protecting vulnerable patients are not undermined by the burdensomeness of exemption procedures, or by physicians’ political or personal views.
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2021 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2021 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to COVID-19, the impact of Medicaid on access to care, using technology to improve patient experience, and more.
Commonwealth Fund Task Force Offers Recommendations for Health Care Delivery System Reform
The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform identified policy interventions for making the U.S. health care delivery system more affordable, equitable and higher quality.
Association Between State Medicaid Expansion and Emergency Access to Acute Care Hospitals in the United States
State decisions not to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could reduce emergency access to acute care hospitals.
Considering the Future Impact of COVID on Health Spending
As partners in the Going Below The Surface Forum, AcademyHealth and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) consider the drivers of health spending in the United States through salons focused on challenging questions – which may not have immediate or universally accepted answers – as we attempt to push the conversation beyond the usual stakeholder posturing.
The Provider Perspective: Can Cost-of-Care Screening Work in Clinical Settings?
Medical care providers recognize the importance of discussing cost of care issues with their patients but have struggled to incorporate these conversations into clinical practice. This second of two posts focuses on integrating cost of care discussions into the clinical flow.
The Patient Perspective: Can Screening for Cost of Care Issues be Normalized?
This is the first of a two-part series focused on the importance of screening for and addressing cost of care issues for patients and caregivers. It addresses both the obstacles and opportunities for incorporating cost of care discussions into clinical practice.
Medicaid’s Role in Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This publication is a part of a series in collaboration with Milbank Memorial Fund building on findings from AcademyHealth's Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network and focuses on the policy options states can leverage to impact the quality of OUD treatment for Medicaid enrollees.
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2020 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2020 Call for Abstracts includes examinations of relationships between insurance, care, and vulnerability as well as novel approaches and insights from evaluation.