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2025
February 7, 2025 - AIR Health News
Paper Examines Trends in Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Ambulatory Care Before and After Pandemic... Other Health News... By the Numbers: About 1 in 20 adults ages 20 and older have coronary artery disease... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 24, 2025 - AIR Health News
Medicare Could Improve Care Quality, Reduce Costs with More Consistent Kidney Disease Screening... Other Health News... By the Numbers: Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood and/or platelets... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
2024
December 20, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR’s Top Health Policy Resources and Initiatives in 2024... Partnering with Communities for Evidence-Based Solutions in Health, Education, Workforce, and More
December 6, 2024 - AIR Health News
Susan Heil, Public Health and Health Care Systems Expert, Named Vice President in AIR's Health Division... Public Health News... Health Policy News... By the Numbers: 1 in 7 adults aged 65 and older meet federal physical activity guidelines... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 15, 2024 - AIR Health News
Fresh Evidence on Disparities in Maternal Health Care... Other Health News... By the Numbers: According to the American Heart Association, 9.7 million Americans have undiagnosed diabetes... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 1, 2024 - AIR Health News
Studying the Effects of Patient, Caregiver Engagement on Clinical Effectiveness Research... Other Health News... By the Numbers: An estimated 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2024... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 18, 2024 - AIR Health News
Call for Nominations: Join a Technical Expert Panel to Advise CMS on Electronic Clinical Quality Measures... Other Health News... By the Numbers: In 2022, the rate of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) was 100.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in the U.S.... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 4, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR to Support CMS Model to Improve Outcomes for Medicare and Medicaid Recipients with Mental Health or Substance Use Conditions... Meet Guido Cataife... Health Policy News... By the Numbers: 77% of health system IT employees are seeking new jobs or plan to do so in the coming year... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 20, 2024 - AIR Health News
Strengthening the Health Workforce... Suicide Prevention Awareness... Other Health News... By the Numbers: 46% of people who died by suicide had a diagnosed mental health condition.. Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 6, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR to Support Efforts to Strengthen U.S. System for Organ Donation and Transplantation... National Health News... By the Numbers: Nearly 20% of Americans live in rural areas and rely on hospitals as their only source for health care... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 23, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Awarded New Contracts to Support CMS Health Care Quality and Access Efforts... Medicaid Unwinding Update and Other Health News... By the Numbers: In 2022, children with disabilities were about three times more likely to experience chronic absenteeism than children without disabilities... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 9, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Contributes to AHRQ Report on Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions... CMS Policy and Other Health News... By the Numbers: At least 250,000 children who entered kindergarten during COVID-19 could be susceptible to diseases that are preventable with vaccines... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 26, 2024 - AIR Health News
MedPAC Releases New Report on Telehealth Conducted by AIR Experts... Health News... By the Numbers: Transgender adults face double the risk of developing cirrhosis, despite making up one percent of the U.S. population... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 12, 2024 - AIR Health News
New Literature Review Series on Racial Disparities in Maternal Health… AIR Health Experts at AcademyHealth... Health News... By the Numbers: According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 100,640 new melanomas will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2024… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 28, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Health Experts to Present at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting… Spotlight on Public Health and Other Health News... By the Numbers: More than 55 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer's or another dementia… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 14, 2024 - AIR Health News
The Impact of Telehealth Coverage on Quality of Care for Fee-For-Service Medicare Beneficiaries… Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Health and Other Health News... By the Numbers: The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among university students rose from 3.4 percent to 7.5 percent between 2017 and 2022… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 31, 2024 - AIR Health News
Evaluating Program That Addresses Diversity of Mental Health Workforce… Opioid and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 17, 2024 - AIR Health News
Timothy Hill is the New Leader of AIR’s Health Division… Federal Policy News… Other Health News... By the Numbers: 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 3, 2024 - AIR Health News
Understanding How Patients and Providers Perceive Kidney Transplant Option… Spotlight on Mental Health… Other Health News... By the Numbers: While most (74 percent) full-time employees believe it is appropriate to discuss mental health at work, fewer (58 percent) say they feel comfortable discussing their own mental health concerns at work… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 19, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR’s Timothy Hill Testifies at Congressional Hearing that Examined Medicare and Medicaid Payment Errors… Health Policy News… Other Health News... By the Numbers: In 2021, about 1 in 8 U.S. households with children experienced food insecurity… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 5, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Experts Explore Use of Community-Engaged Research in Public Health… Health News… By the Numbers: There are more than 178,000 alcohol-related deaths each year… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 22, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Joins National Academy of Medicine’s Health Workforce Well-Being Campaign… Efforts to Improve Kidney Health Care… COVID-19 Updates… Spotlight on Women's Health and Other Health News… By the Numbers: More than 37 million American adults are thought to have chronic kidney disease… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 8, 2024 - AIR Health News
AIR Researchers Weigh in on How Air Pollution Affects Mental Health… Vaccine News and Other Health News… By the Numbers: 1 in 5 cases of colorectal cancer now occur in people younger than 55… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
February 23, 2024 - AIR Health News
AHRQ Hosts Workshop on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: 1 person in the U.S. dies every 52 minutes as a direct result of an eating disorder… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
February 9, 2024 - AIR Health News
Meet the Expert: Karla López de Nava… Examining the Effects of Climate Change on Health and the Health Care Industry’s Role in Climate Change… Suicide and Mental Health… Other Health News… By the Numbers: Suicide rates among Black 10-24-year-olds increased 36.6 percent between 2018 and 2021… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 26, 2024 - AIR Health News
AHRQ Hosts Webinars on Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys (MEPS) Linking Conditions to Prescribed Medicines… Studying the Effects of Medicaid Policies on Maternal Health Equity… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: ACS estimates 13,820 new cervical cancer cases in 2024… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 12, 2024 - AIR Health News
Policy Recommendations to Advance the Role of Community Health Workers in Health Equity Efforts… Congressionally Mandated Report Details COVID-19 Effects on Population Health, Telehealth, and More… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: Over 2.2 million U.S. women ages 15-44 live in maternity care deserts… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
2023
December 15, 2023 - AIR Health News
AIR’s 2023 Evidence on Living, Learning, and Building Better Communities… Top Health Policy Resources and Initiatives in 2023
December 1, 2023 - AIR Health News
How to Address the U.S. Primary Care Shortage… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: 4,583,111 people selected a health plan through the Marketplace as of November 18th… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 17, 2023 - AIR Health News
Advancing Public Health in an Interconnected World… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: 1 in 8 military families used a food bank during COVID-19…Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 3, 2023 - AIR Health News
Studying Networks Helping to Connect the Health Research to Practice Pipeline… ACA Open Enrollment… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: More than 70% of Medicaid disenrollments have been due to procedural reasons… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 20, 2023 - AIR Health News
Incorporating Socioecological Strategies into Overdose and Substance Abuse Disorder Prevention… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: The prevalence of major depressive disorder among adolescents almost doubled between 2009 (8.1%) and 2019 (15.8%)… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 6, 2023 - AIR Health News
Studying Efforts to Address Primary Care Shortages in the U.S…. COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 16 million U.S. adults ages 55-74 have low literacy skills… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 22, 2023 - AIR Health News
Generating and Using Evidence to Build Climate Change Resilience… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: About 8 in 10 older adults struggle to use medical documents such as forms or charts… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 8, 2023 - AIR Health News
COVID-19 Updates… Methods in a Minute: Social Network Analysis… Other Health News... By the Numbers: 51.9% of women in federal prisons and 68.7% of women in state prisons have a history of mental health problems… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 25, 2023 - AIR Health News
Research Methods in a Minute: Learn about Mixed Methods… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Taking at least 4,000 steps a day can lower risk of heart disease and increase longevity… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 11, 2023 - AIR Health News
COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 38 percent of adults ages 55 to 74 reported having gotten screened for colon cancer in the past year… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 28, 2023 - AIR Health News
State of Medicaid… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Although data are limited, children accounted for three in ten (31%) Medicaid disenrollments in seven states reporting age breakouts… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 14, 2023 - AIR Health News
The Effects of Telehealth Expansion on Access, Quality, and Cost… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Almost 8 out of 10 Hispanic and Latino individuals with glaucoma don’t know they have it… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 30, 2023 - AIR Health News
Enhancing Community Health Workers' Role in Health Equity… Dobbs Decision One Year Later… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Abortions provided via telehealth increased by 85% in the 9 months following the Dobbs decision… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 16, 2023 - AIR Health News
AIR Launches Health Research & Policy Center… AIR Experts Contribute to Journal Articles… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Nearly 60 percent of LGBT older adults report feeling a lack of companionship; over 50 percent report feeling isolated from others… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 2, 2023 - AIR Health News
AIR Health Experts to Present at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting… Brief Examines Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly half of all admissions to a skilled nursing facility during the 2020 pandemic peak… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 19, 2023 - AIR Health News
Meet the Expert: Brandy Farrar… RADx-UP: “How To” COVID-19 Testing Videos… COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends and Other Health News… By the Numbers: 21% of U.S. Adults Missed a Medical Appointment Due to Limited Transportation Access… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 5, 2023 - AIR Health News
AIR’s Timothy Hill Appointed to MACPAC… Food Insecurity in the U.S… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: In 2021, 30 percent of female students in grades 9-12 seriously considered attempting suicide… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 21, 2023 - AIR Health News
Understanding Patient Perspectives of Symptoms Connected to Dialysis... Updates from the Courts on Abortion Medication and Preventive Care... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: About half of the 20 million new STI cases each year occur among young people ages 15-24... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 7, 2023 - AIR Health News
Understanding Health Equity for Afghan Refugees… Medicaid News and Updates... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News… By the Numbers: Medicaid covers more than 40% of births in the U.S.… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 24, 2023 - AIR Health News
Maternal and Infant Health… Conducting Focus Groups to Help Inform Development of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders… AIR's Tandrea Hilliard-Boone Co-Presents on Alumni Panel at East Carolina University… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: An estimated 15 million people will lose Medicaid coverage once states resume eligibility checks… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 10, 2023 - AIR Health News
Climate Change, Pollution, and Mental Health… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Federal spending on domestic and global health programs and services accounted for 30% of all federal spending in fiscal year 2022… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
February 24, 2023 - AIR Health News
Could Biosimilars Help Rein in Prescription Drug Costs?... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: The FDA is expected to approve 30 to 40 biosimilars by 2025 or 2030… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
February 10, 2023 - AIR Health News
Does Medicaid Expansion Affect Mortality Risk Among Adults?... COVID-19 Updates, the State of the Union, and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 673% more youths are expected to have Type 2 diabetes by 2060… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 27, 2023 - AIR Health News
AIR Will Provide Continued Operational Support for Federal Health Insurance Marketplace… Rheumatology Patients Comfortable with Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Providing Primary Care… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: More than 30 million beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 13, 2023 - AIR Health News
Examining the Pandemic’s Effect on Hypertension Medication Adherence for Medicare Beneficiaries… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 86 percent of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries adhered to their medications for hypertension in the early stages of the pandemic… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
2022
December 16, 2022 - AIR Health News
Lessons from 2022: How We Live, Learn, and Build Better Communities… Our Top Health Policy Resources and Initiatives in 2022… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
December 2, 2022 - AIR Health News
New Brief Examines Promises of Biosimilars and Efforts to Introduce Generic Alternatives… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Biologics are estimated to cost Medicate Part D approximately $12 billion annually… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 18, 2022 - AIR Health News
CMS Officials Seek to Bolster Investment in Value-Based Care… The CDC Released Updated Guidance for Opioid Prescribers… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: In 2019, one in seven people (14.3 percent) were unable to receive necessary dental care—or delayed treatment—due to cost… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
November 4, 2022 - AIR Health News
Advancing Perinatal Health Equity Through Medicaid Coverage of Doulas… COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Spending Drop for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: $2 Million. The amount doula care could save state Medicaid programs… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 21, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Creates Data Visualization Guide for NIH Program that Aims to Reduce COVID-19 Disparities… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Mental illness and substance use disorders are involved in 1 out of every 8 emergency department visits by a U.S. adult (estimated 12 million visits)… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
October 7, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Will Continue to Support CMS’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths between 2017 and 2019 were determined to be preventable…Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 23, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Hosts Conversation with Disability Rights Advocate for National Disability Employment Awareness Month… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 1 in 3 older adults fall each year... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
September 9, 2022 - AIR Health News
Creating and Evaluating Web-Based Tools To Help Health Professionals Implement Evidence-Backed Practices... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-34... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 26, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Seeks Participants for Technical Expert Panel to Provide Input on QHP Enrollee Survey… Housing as a Social Determinant of Addiction… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 3.3 million Medicare beneficiaries will pay no more than 35$ for insulin under the Inflation Reduction Act… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
August 12, 2022 - AIR Health News
Telehealth for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: No Panacea for COVID-19 Pandemic Access Challenges… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 44% of all behavioral health visits by Medicare fee-for-services beneficiaries with ambulatory care sensitive conditions were conducted by telehealth during the pandemic… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 29, 2022 - AIR Health News
Recognizing National Minority Health Awareness Month… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 15, 2022 - AIR Health News
Listening to Consumers to Improve Coverage for Dually Eligible Individuals… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 20% of Medicare enrollees are “dually eligible”, also qualifying for Medicaid… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
July 1, 2022 - AIR Health News
Addressing Health Inequities in Kidney Care… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Medicare fee-for-service spending on beneficiaries with chronic kidney disease totaled $87.2 billion in 2019… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 17, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Experts Lead Workshop on Shared Measurement… Methods in a Minute: Meta-Analysis… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Only 6 percent of hospitals in the U.S. are fully complying with the Hospital Price Transparency Law… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
June 3, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR to Manage Federal Survey on Health Insurance Marketplaces and Plans… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: 50,000+ people enrolled in 295 Qualified Health Plans completed the Qualified Health Plan Enrollee Experience Survey in 2022… Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 20, 2022 - AIR Health News
The Criminal Legal System as a Social Determinant of Addiction… AIR Experts to Present at the 2022 AcademyHealth Virtual Annual Research Meeting… COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: Among U.S. youth aged 12-17 in 2019, 15.7% (or 3.8 million) had at least one major depressive episode in the past year... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
May 6, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Assists with Development of Landmark CMS Policy Aiming to Reduce Health Care Disparities Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease... Building Bridges to Equity: Four Perspectives on Helping All Students Thrive... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: More than 1 in 7, or 37 million people, are estimated to have Chronic Kidney Disease... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 22, 2022 - AIR Health News
Exploring the Use of Both Medication and Behavioral Health Care To Treat Opioid Use Disorder... Taking a Look at Employment as a Social Determinant of Addiction... COVID-19 Updates... CMS News... By the Numbers: Total overdose deaths 106,000 in the 12-month period from October 2021... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
April 8, 2022 - AIR Health News
Reflections on the 2nd Anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic... COVID-19 Updates and Other Health News... By the Numbers: A new GAO report estimates that long COVID has affected an estimated 7.7 million to 23 million Americans... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 25, 2022 - AIR Health News
Looking at Medicaid's Role in Treating, Preventing, and Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections... Working to Make Diverse Perspectives in Research, Policy, and Technical Assistance the Norm... COVID-19 News... CMS News... By the Numbers: Ten states have the highest bacterial STI burden in the U.S.... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
March 11, 2022 - AIR Health News
AIR Submits Response to CMS Request for Information on Kidney Care... AIR Webinar: Health Care Access and Quality as a Social Determinant of Addiction... COVID-19 News... CMS News... Health Equity Reports... By the Number: Nearly half of all patients with end-stage renal disease rely on Medicaid coverage at some point... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
February 25, 2022 - AIR Health News
New Report: Improving Substance Use Services for Youth... Commentary: Stronger Data Infrastructure Needed to Address Drug Overdose Crisis... COVID-19 News... CMS News, including: Millions Might Lose Medicaid Coverage when Pandemic Public Health Emergency Ends... By the Numbers: Of the 28 states with county coroners, 22 lack a state medical examiner... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 28, 2022 - AIR Health News
Building Bridges to Equity: Making Diverse Perspectives in Research, Policy, and Technical Assistance the Norm... COVID-19 News... ACA and Medicare Rules and Reports... By the Numbers: 20% of Medicare enrollees are "dually eligible," also qualifying for Medicaid... Upcoming events, trainings, and webinars
January 14, 2022 - AIR Health News
COVID-19 News... CMS issues 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters... New consumer protections against surprise medical bills take effect... Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule addresses provider networks, dual-eligible special needs plans, other standards... By the Numbers: 65% of rural U.S. counties have low-to-no prescribing capacity for opioid use disorder treatment... January Events: Health Policy Roundups - Federal Policy Analysis and Priorities, Alliance for Health Policy and Recent Trends in Coverage Enrollment and Affordability, Alliance for Health Policy
2021
December 3, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
COVID-19 cases and vaccines... Geographical disparities in access to opioid treatment... Efforts to address health care workforce shortages... Record-breaking overdose deaths
November 19, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
COVID-19 vaccination efforts... Trends in employer-sponsored health benefits... Georgia’s 1332 waiver
November 5, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
COVID-19 case and vaccine updates... President Biden’s budget blueprint... Medicare penalties for readmissions
October 22, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
COVID-19 case updates... News about vaccine boosters... Increase in Social Security benefits... Resources to manage chronic pain... Plain language research summaries
September 10, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Health care workers and food insecurity... Milestones in COVID-19 cases and vaccination... New HHS climate office
August 20, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
IMPAQ's new report on dually eligible beneficiaries... Milestones in COVID-19 cases and vaccination... Updates on the 2021 special enrollment period
August 6, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Milestones in COVID-19 cases and vaccination… Public-and private-sector policies on vaccination… Strategies to address opioid use
July 23, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Increasing COVID-19 cases... New sign-ups for ACA plans... Hospitals’ compliance with the federal price transparency rule
July 9, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
The race between the national COVID-19 vaccination effort and the delta variant... New CMS and state rules to combat consumer medical costs
June 18, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
The status of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination goal... Nevada’s new public health insurance option
June 4, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Progress in COVID-19 vaccination efforts... COVID-19 health implications... A new health equity tracker
May 21, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Reopening updates... New COVID-19 guidelines... A boost in ACA enrollment
May 7, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Global COVID-19 updates... Progress on vaccination in the United States... Biden administration efforts in the first 100 days
April 23, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
New COVID-19 vaccination milestones... Concerns around vaccine hesitancy... Price transparency guidance from CMS
April 9, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
COVID-19’s widespread impacts... Updates on vaccination efforts and efficacy... New ACA subsidies
March 26, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Progress in COVID-19 vaccination efforts... Reopening updates... New reports from MedPAC and MACPAC to Congress
March 12, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
States’ plans to reopen... Potential ACA expansions... An effort to end structural racism in medical research
February 26, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
The latest COVID-19 updates in the U.S.... New findings about vaccine efficacy... The Biden administration’s health appointees
February 12, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
Progress and challenges in COVID-19 vaccination efforts... Efforts to expand access to health insurance... How health care professionals are coping during the ongoing pandemic
January 29, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
The Biden administration’s COVID-19 plans... Related executive actions in the new president’s first week
January 15, 2021 - IMPAQ Health News
New milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic... Developments in health equity... The Biden administration’s health policy goals
2020
December 4, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Efforts to mitigate rising rates of COVID-19... How a Biden administration might address health reform... persistent health equity issues... The latest health policy rules and reports
November 13, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Challenges to the ACA... Efforts to curb rising rates of COVID-19 and the latest health policy rules and reports… Q&A with AIR researchers on the impact of rising rates of depression and anxiety in families, schools, and communities
October 30, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
AIR researcher David Hayes-Bautista shares a counter-narrative on Latino health disparities IMPAQ and Weitzman Institute researchers examine the impacts of COVID-19 in Health Professional Shortage Areas
October 16, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Health equity... The state of health care coverage during and after the pandemic... The latest efforts to address the impacts of COVID-19
October 2, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Health equity... New Medicaid studies and expansions... Threats to the ACA... and the latest efforts to address the impacts of COVID-19. Don’t miss the new whitepaper from Ernst & Young featuring IMPAQ President Adaeze Enekwechi’s insights on the business case for health equity.
September 18, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Health equity... New Medicaid studies and regulations... The latest efforts to address the impacts of COVID-19.
September 4, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Racial and ethnic health disparities... The sunset of many cost-sharing waivers... The FDA’s emergency approval of rapid COVID-19 tests… IMPAQ’s latest advanced analytics journal article… AIR webinar on the “core components” research approach to evidence-based programming
August 21, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Racial and ethnic health disparities... The expansion of telehealth... The impact of COVID-19 on the start of the school year… IMPAQ’s presentations at the NAHDO Annual Conference and our AIR colleagues’ insights on patient-centered measure development
August 7, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
IMPAQ experts share the latest news on racial and ethnic health disparities... The expansion of telehealth... Surprise billing related to COVID-19... Upcoming opportunities to hear IMPAQ President Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi speak out on issues of health equity
July 24, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Racial and ethnic health disparities... COVID-19 vaccines and treatments... The expansion of telehealth... Original COVID-19 coverage from IMPAQ experts, including a publicly available dashboard for exploring the latest updates in the vast COVID-19 clinical trials landscape
June 26, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Reports on racial and ethnic health disparities and the impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ community, along with relevant rules and insights… IMPAQ Medicaid experts Tim Hill and Melissa Hafner on how the pandemic will create the perfect storm for the Medicaid system
June 12, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The intersection of COVID-19 and movements for social justice… Racial and ethnic disparities of the pandemic… The growing mental health crisis
May 29, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The psychological toll of COVID-19… Testing and contact tracing efforts… The possible effects on Medicaid providers and beneficiaries
May 15, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The latest on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts… The impact of the pandemic on mental health… How the virus continues to hit marginalized communities the hardest
May 1, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The racial and ethnic disparities of the pandemic, job and health insurance loss, and shifts in hospital operations due to COVID-19
April 17, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The latest U.S. response to COVID-19… New research demonstrating how the pandemic is disproportionally affecting communities of color… An article from IMPAQ experts analyzing past senate responses to public health crises
April 3, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The U.S. government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a $2.2 trillion stimulus package to stabilize the economy… New guidance on social distancing through the end of April
March 20, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The U.S. government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including several CMS announcements regarding insurance and benefits… A new IMPAQ study on whether coverage limitations on opioid alternatives increase opioid prescription rates
March 6, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
A Yale study pointing to potential savings under Medicare for All… A Commonwealth Fund report on the impact of the ACA 10 years later… An update on COVID-19
February 21, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
The first maternal mortality report released by NCHS in over 10 years… Evidence that pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) rebates drive up drug list prices… IMPAQ's new study on the effectiveness of naloxone access laws in preventing opioid overdose deaths
February 7, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
CMS' Proposed 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameter Rule Why chain pharmacies may increase risks to patients… How new price transparency rules are pushing hospitals and insurers to reveal hidden costs.
January 24, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
Privacy concerns sparked by a new data sharing rule from HHS… ACA Highlights for the start of 2020… IMPAQ President Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi's latest blog post on addressing implicit bias in health care
January 10, 2020 - IMPAQ Health News
How the ACA Marketplace fared in 2019 with the removal of the Individual Mandate… The disappointing results of Health Super-Utilizer Intervention… How hidden flaws in some electronic health records and alleged cover-ups may pose a threat to patients
2019
December 20, 2019 - IMPAQ Health News
A federal appeals court ruling against the ACA's individual mandate… New provisions in a year-end spending bill affecting health care… Research showing that a 2016 IRS insurance letter saved lives