New Shifts in Medicaid, HIV Funding, and NIH Research
Today’s issue offers updates on cuts to HIV prevention funding, NIH efforts to limit funding for research on the health effects of public policy, and Medicaid waiver restrictions.
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What Rural Communities Stand to Lose From AHRQ Grant Cancellations
At a time of growing concern about rural health access, several canceled AHRQ-funded projects were generating evidence to help communities overcome some of their most pressing challenges.
The Reasons Behind the AHRQ Grant Cancellations Fail to Meet the Agency’s Own Standards
The awards AHRQ did not continue are, by the agency's own standards, the rigorous and solution-oriented work it says it prioritizes.
What Researchers Told Us After Their AHRQ Grants Were Canceled
AcademyHealth asked affected researchers to share what AHRQ grant cancellations have meant for their work, revealing what patients, clinicians, and health systems stand to lose.
To Get Better Health Outcomes, We Need to Talk About Complexities, Not Just Simple Solutions
The newest Health Care Pain Points episode makes the case for conversations about health care that embrace complexity, acknowledge trade-offs, connect policy to people’s lives.
AHRQ Cuts and OMB Rule Threaten U.S. Research Enterprise
Today’s issue offers updates on the impact of the proposed OMB rule, AHRQ grant cancellations, and health tech developments on the future of health research and care delivery.
The Medical Frailty Crisis: How Rushed Implementation Threatens Medicaid's Most Vulnerable
AcademyHealth Research Associate Brianna Bragg examines how CMS’s interim final rule guiding implementation of Medicaid work requirements threatens coverage for vulnerable patients.
AcademyHealth Launches New Tracker on the Impact of AHRQ Grant Cancellations
AcademyHealth’s new resource offers a clear picture of the collective impact of dismantling the only federal agency focused on health services research.
The Problem Isn't That the Task Force Says "No." It's That Science Sometimes Does.
AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll explores the role of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and why prevention only works when the evidence shows it helps.
Pressure Points: Why the U.S. Spends More on Health Care and Gets Worse Results
In the newest Health Care Pain Points episode, Aaron Carroll breaks down the interacting drivers of high spending on health care.
Understanding the Downstream Effects of the AHRQ Grant Cancellations
Updates on the impact of AHRQ grant cancellations, state responses to proposed Medicaid funding reductions, and a federal court ruling limiting the use of an obscure provision to cut grant funding.
AHRQ Is Being Dismantled and the Consequences Will Reach Every Part of American Health Care
The field has rallied to support AHRQ with letters to Congress and HHS, lawsuits, a GAO investigation, and more.
AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know.
Researchers across the country have begun receiving official notices from AHRQ informing them that continuation funding for their grants will not be awarded.
A New CMS AI Office Signals a Shift in Federal Health Policy
From a new CMS office overseeing AI to continued uncertainty surrounding the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, federal policy decisions continue to shape how evidence informs care.
AcademyHealth Action Resource: Improving Research Communications (With a Little Help from AI)
A practical guide to using AI as your first draft partner, not your final say.
A Better Way to Explain Why U.S. Health Care Costs So Much
In the newest Health Care Pain Points episode, Aaron Carroll provides a clear, evidence-based explanation you can watch, use, and share.
AcademyHealth Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed OMB Research Rule
AcademyHealth's Situation Reports provide timely insights and comprehensive updates on pressing issues impacting health research and policy.
AI Is Both the Problem and the Promise for Health Communication
How AI Speeds Up the Spread of Information and Misinformation
Proposed Changes to the CDC Could Influence Scientific Independence
Legislative proposals and developments related to drug pricing, vaccine policy, scientific oversight, and more showcase concerns that politicization could outweigh evidence.
Time for a National Strategy to Prepare the Future Health Workforce on AI
In this piece, Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, explores how the U.S. can develop a national AI strategy for the health care workforce.
Why Health Care Wait Times Are Used as Political Talking Point
In the newest episode of our Pain Points YouTube series, AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll breaks down how wait times in American health care are politicized.