Quality Improvement | AcademyHealth

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Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Examining Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP)

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Building Healthy Communities Health Equity

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Managing and Learning from Payment and Delivery System Reform

From 2012-2015, AcademyHealth worked with nine RWJF payment reform grantees that are implementing innovative payment reform projects to drive high-value health care in their communities. By providing technical assistance and fostering a learning network, AcademyHealth supported their work and informed strategic conversations among these grantees and other RWJF grantees working to implement payment reform.

Topics Quality Improvement

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Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) Coordinating Center

AcademyHealth, in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital, FamilyVoices, the University of California San Francisco, Patient Advocate Foundation, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, is leading a Coordinating Center to support five Health Resources & Services Administration (HSRA)-funded demonstration sites to optimize the health and well-being for children with medical complexity and their families while also achieving health equity for these populations.

Topics Data Sharing Quality Improvement Access to Care

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Medicaid and CHIP Quality eXchange (MAC QX)

In collaboration with Mathematica, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute convenes the Medicaid Medical Director Network and the Medicaid and CHIP Quality eXchange to promote quality measurement and improvement in Medicaid and CHIP.

Topics Quality Improvement Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care

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Defining Patient-Centered Metrics for Low Value Care

Phase I: Establishing Priorities

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute

AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) aims to increase the use of relevant, timely and translatable evidence in state policymaking to improve health and health care quality, outcomes, equity, accessibility and affordability.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Quality Improvement Using Health Data

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Advancing Research to Reduce Low-Value Care

This program is no longer current. Please see our page on Advancing Research on High-Value, Equitable Care for up-to-date information about our activities.

Topics Paying for Care Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care

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Examining the Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Medicaid Enrollees

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, leverage the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network to produce a comprehensive assessment of OUD treatment performance in 13 state Medicaid programs.

Topics Data Sharing Using Health Data Quality Improvement Data Sources