Amanda Brodt, M.P.P., is a Director with AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, where she supports state health policymakers move evidence into practice. For nearly two decades she has directed the Medicaid Medical Directors Network (MMDN), a learning network focused on the development and use of evidence-based medicine, measurement and improvement of health care quality, and the redesign of health care delivery systems. With support from various funders and partners including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the MMDN synthesizes and disseminates policy relevant findings to policymakers who tend to need information quickly. Network members collaborate with one another and cross-sector state partners on improving immunization rates, advancing care coordination for CYSHCN, and promoting quality measurement and improvement in Medicaid and CHIP. The MMDN has provided policy analysis and collaboration to parties including The White House, Congressional staff, CMS, NIH, and various state agencies. She received her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Economics, and her M.P.P. from the University of Maryland.

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Program

Vaccine Information Sharing and Education Resource (VISER) Network

The Vaccine Information Sharing and Education Resource (VISER) Network, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a collaborative effort between AcademyHealth, the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM), and the National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) to provide immunization leaders with resources and promising practices for improving immunization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases across the lifespan.
Topics Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Paying for Care Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid
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Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)

With funding support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and the University of Pittsburgh are bringing together six Medicaid programs, their university research partners, nine doula programs, and Medicaid enrollees to leverage an innovative distributed research network to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity.