Webinar: Navigating Low-Value Care: A Roadmap for Stakeholders
This webinar sought to define and deepen the understanding of low-value care and its importance to various stakeholders.
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.
Predicting the Impact of Transforming the Medicaid Program on Health Centers’ Revenues and Capacity to Serve Medically Underserved Communities
Recent federal proposals to use block grants or per capita caps to fund Medicaid would likely lead to cuts in Medicaid funding for health centers, which are an important source of care for Medicaid enrollees.
Arkansas Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirement: Community Response
This report sought to answer questions about the early experience of Arkansas as the first state to implement a work and community engagement requirement for Medicaid expansion enrollees.
Medicaid Demonstration Waivers with Housing Supports: An Interim Assessment
Using federal 1115 waivers, some state Medicaid programs are experimenting with housing supports for enrollees who are homeless or precariously housed as a way both to improve their health and reduce their medical expenditures.
The Role of Medicaid Financing and Coverage Benefits in the Delivery of PrEP Intervention Services
This issue brief, commissioned by AcademyHealth, identifies Medicaid benefits and financing mechanisms that could be used to improve uptake and delivery of PrEP medication and clinical care.
New Research Points to New Opportunities to Reduce Health Care Cost and Improve Value
Studies presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting examine the relationship between health spending and social spending and point to budget-neutral.
New Research Reveals Unintended Policy Effects on Use of Care and Costs
New studies presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting highlight the unintended consequences of Tennessee’s Fetal Assault Law and how cost-saving efforts may not achieve reduced spending in Medicare.
How Public Funders are Thinking about Research Impact Assessment and Considerations for Researchers
Understanding the uptake and use of health services research is a challenging endeavor for funders and researchers alike. This post highlights public funder perspectives on research impact assessment and offers considerations for researchers seeking to increase the impact of their work.