Webinar: Power Up Your Analytics on the Privately Insured
This webinar served as a preview of the Health Care Cost Institute's expanded commercial claims dataset and its availability for research.
Webinar: Racism, COVID-19, and Housing
During this webinar, participants explored how the current pandemic and ongoing racial injustice contributes to housing inequity.
HSR Must Reject Racism, Turn Evidence into Action for All
In a statement following nationwide protests, AcademyHealth President and CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson calls on the field to address diversity and inclusion in the workforce, bias in data and methods, and support wider and better dissemination of evidence to uncover and address systemic issues that increase disparities and negatively impact health.
Can Racial Literacy for HSR Reduce the “Tsunami of Hate?”
Racist and inflammatory language as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a major cause of concern for the field of health services research (HSR).
Webinar: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Evaluation Practices
This webinar, hosted by West Virginia and Maryland researchers, focused on cross state analysis for SUD 1115 demonstration evaluations.
Webinar: Institution for Mental Disease (IMD) Evaluation Practices
This webinar served as a brief overview of the IMD 1115 demonstration.
Webinar: Community Engagement Evaluation Challenges
This webinar, hosted by Manatt, focused on CMS expectations and critical considerations for community engagement demonstrations.
New Research Examines Efforts in Medicaid to Address Social Needs
AcademyHealth is supporting seven grants funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seek to better understand how states and managed care organizations are working to identify and respond to Medicaid enrollees’ social needs.
Reinvigorating Public Health Systems Research in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leaders of the AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) Interest Group highlight opportunities for PHSR to respond to COVID-19 in the following areas: public health workforce, health equity, financing, structure, and informatics.
An Epidemic Within a Pandemic (and Vice Versa)
Two massive global public health problems exist simultaneously, Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19, both with no effective medical treatments. AcademyHealth members Jill Harrison and Rosa Baier reflect on the urgent need to generate high-quality evidence about non-drug interventions to inform clinical and policy decision making about dementia care that works in this new context.