AIR has been awarded a five-year contract to continue to provide support to a federal program that rewards clinicians that provide high-value, high-quality care for Medicare enrollees. AIR will support clinicians’ participation in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for ...
The Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program is designed to help unemployment insurance claimants return to work more quickly. AIR, in partnership with Actus Policy Research, is working with two states—North Carolina and Wisconsin—to design and execute rigorous evaluations of their RESEA programs. ...
A national evaluation of 10 CMS demonstration grants designed to improve the recruitment and retention of the direct service workforce (DSWs) who provide home- and community-based services to the elderly and people with disabilities found confirmation of high turnover and difficulty in hiring primarily due to low pay relative to ...
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is working with AIR to provide gold standard service to travelers with disabilities. Through AIR’s interactive online training, customer service personnel learn about disability law, gain a deeper understanding of the needs of travelers with disabilities, and roleplay respectful etiquette for serving these customers. ...
Dr. Dwayne Norris, a vice president at the AIR, has been appointed to serve a five-year term as a public member of the Board of Examiners for the U.S. Foreign Service.
People with disabilities who receive high-quality education and health care are better positioned to enter the workforce and participate in their communities. They are prepared to benefit not only themselves, but their families, employers, and communities. AIR’s diverse portfolio of work on disability issues provides both expertise and resources to ...
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Quality Payment Program (QPP) in 2015 to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula and to reward clinicians who provide high-value, high-quality care to Medicare patients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the first year of the ...
In collaboration with our partners, government leaders, and field experts, AIR has worked to strengthen the evidence base, provide evidence-backed equity resources, and support equal access to programs that can help people and communities thrive.
Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, CMS awarded 20 states planning grants to increase their capacity to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid individuals. Building on work that started as part of the ARP National Evaluation, AIR summarized awardee state use of planning grants through a ...
Behavioral insights draw on psychology, cognitive science, social science, and research to understand how people make decisions. In this video, AIR Principal Researcher Samia Amin explains why the use of behavioral insights has become increasingly important in the public sector.