Considering the neighborhood context: The relationship between food and housing insecurity and healthcare use among Virginia Medicaid expansion members
For a new article published by Health Services Research, several VCU Department of Health Policy faculty members, students, and alums collaborated with other faculty from the VCU School Of Public Health and several officials from the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to examine the relationships between healthcare use and food and housing insecurity […]
How Virginia Reformed Medicaid To Accelerate Access To Addiction Treatment
For a new article in Health Affairs, former Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) Chief Medical Officer Chethan Bachireddy and DMAS Senior Program Advisor Ashley Harrell collaborated with Department of Health Policy professor Andrew Barnes on an extensive article detailing the reforms made to Virginia Medicaid’s addiction treatment processes between 2017 and 2022. In the article, […]
Capturing MODRN EQUIP (Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs)
Department of Health Policy’s Dr. Andrew Barnes joins AcademyHealth and University of Pittsburgh to support evidence-based policymaking with a focus on transforming Medicaid-financed healthcare.
A Snapshot of Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)
Department of Health Policy faculty Dr. Andrew Barnes, Dr. Peter Cunningham, and Dr. Anika Hines join AcademyHealth and University of Pittsburgh to leverage an innovative distributed research network to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity and improve pregnancy and postpartum health outcomes in Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
Leaders discuss key strategies to increase payment parity in Virginia health care
Leaders from various health care silos discussed potential strategies to increase payment parity at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Virtual Colloquium Addressing Health Equity last week. A 2019 survey from the Virginia Center for Health Innovation found over 55% of surveyed adults in Virginia experienced health care affordability hardships in the last one to two years prior to the […]
Report: Virginia has significantly expanded access to treatment services through Medicaid
Participation in Virginia’s Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services benefit increased 79% between 2018 and 2019, according to a new report led by VCU researchers. (Getty Images) VCU researchers report a 79% increase in Virginia Medicaid members receiving services between 2018 and 2019 — a result of both Medicaid expansion and an increase in treatment services […]
Study: more Americans are receiving addiction treatment, but gaps persist
An analysis of 16.3 million Medicaid members aged 12 through 64 living in 11 states finds Black enrollees are less likely than white enrollees to be treated with medications for their opioid use disorder. (Getty Images) The largest analysis to date of opioid use disorder among Medicaid recipients finds Black enrollees are less likely than […]
