AcademyHealth Statement on President’s FY19 Budget Request
President’s request proposes significant and concerning changes to the nation’s scientific enterprise.
Mad About States
Key Design Considerations When Calculating Cost Savings for Population Health Management Programs in an Observational Setting
Medicare Payment Penalties and Safety Net Hospital Profitability: Minimal Impact on These Vulnerable Hospitals
Health Policy in 2018: Experts Tout State Innovation, Progress on Social Determinants, and Highlight Importance of Evidence in Policymaking
As the country and its leaders consider the future shape and scope of health care coverage, hundreds from across the health policy community converged at the National Health Policy Conference.
No Time to Rest For Those Producing and Using Evidence to Improve Health and Health Care
Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth President and CEO, opened the 2018 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference with the following remarks, encouraging attendees to find the areas of opportunity for progress in the year ahead.
New Research to Examine Markets, Medicaid and More
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded seven grants with broad relevance to current health reform debates. From analysis of insurer marketplace exits to the effects of Medicaid expansion on physicians’ capacity to meet rising demand, these studies will produce findings to inform a range of current and potential health policies in the U.S.
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations of Diverse Structures Achieve Comparable Quality and Cost Performance
AcademyHealth CEO Shares Opportunities for 2018 Health Policy Progress in Recent Health Affairs Blog
As we bear witness to all the change afoot, our challenge is to identify when – and for whom – a change is an improvement. For those of us who produce the evidence that help us determine this, there is no time to rest.