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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.

Posted Oct 16, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Paying for Care

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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.

Posted Jul 23, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Paying for Care

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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.

Posted Jul 11, 2019

Topics Building Healthy Communities Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Paying for Care

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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.

Posted Jun 07, 2019

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Public & Population Health Paying for Care

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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.

Posted Jun 4, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Public & Population Health ARM

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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.

Posted Jun 3, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Access to Care Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid ARM

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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.

Posted May 23, 2019 By Megan Collado, M.P.H.

Topics Paying for Care Delivering Better Care Analytic Tools

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Engaging Consumers and Patients to Accelerate Alternative Payment Models and Benefit Designs

Anne Gauthier and Karen Adams of MITRE, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, highlight opportunities to improve care quality and reduce cost by involving consumers in designing alternative payment models.

Posted Apr 30, 2019 By Anne K. Gauthier, M.S. , Karen Adams

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Paying for Care Costs & Payments Membership National Health Policy Conference

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Moving Health "Upstream": Getting More from Return-on-Investment Evidence

AcademyHealth Senior Scholar Ed Hunter describes who is using return-on-investment evidence for public health spending, what’s keeping others from using it more, and four next steps to advance its use going forward.

Posted Apr 11, 2019 By Edward L. Hunter

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities

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AcademyHealth Member Research Included in JAMA Network Articles of the Year

The Journal of the American Medical Association recently shared their most-read studies of 2018, featuring research from two AcademyHealth members.

Posted Apr 9, 2019 By Emily Chun

Topics Paying for Care Costs & Payments Public & Population Health Membership