AcademyHealth Blog

Today, AcademyHealth submitted formal comments calling for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed OMB rule that would fundamentally change how the federal government awards and manages grants.

“Every day families ask, ‘What state should I live in?’” For families navigating intellectual and developmental disabilities, the answer can shape access to critical care. New research and lived experiences reveal how state-by-state differences in Medicaid HCBS waivers influence services, supports, and health outcomes.

HHS released a massive publicly available Medicaid provider-level dataset spanning six years of data (2018-2024) that features over $800 billion in claims as the Trump Administration pushes for transparency in its crusade against fraud.

In Work Interrupted: Voices from the Field, Dr. Debra Houry reflects on what happens when the work that defines you is suddenly upended. For many in health care and public health, work is inseparable from identity, so when it’s disrupted, the loss extends far beyond a title,

Dr. Robert J. Blendon helped shape both the field of health services research and one of AcademyHealth’s predecessor organizations. As a pioneering scholar of public opinion and health policy, founding leader of AHSR, and mentor to generations of researchers, his influence continues to be felt across health policy and research today.

Evidence-based decision-making requires accountability and infrastructure. AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights in a recent JAMA article the consequences of incorrect guidance and the role of HSR in learning from mistakes.

The communities most impacted by health policy are too often excluded from shaping it. Meanwhile, community-informed research is producing powerful evidence that rarely reaches the policy and legal spaces where decisions are made. Closing that gap is both an urgent challenge and one of the most important opportunities for advancing health equity today.

For many across public health and health services research, work has been abruptly interrupted, reshaping routines, identities, and a sense of stability. A job can be more than a role; it can be a source of purpose, belonging, and self‑worth, making that disruption deeply personal and disorienting. In Work Interrupted: Voices from the Field, we center reflections on loss, healing, and rebuilding, beginning with Elizabeth Cope’s powerful letter to those finding their footing again.

AcademyHealth's President and CEO released a statement calling on the House Appropriations Committee to rescind their FY27 Labor-HHS bill and try again to fund programs that power America’s innovation enterprise.