An Historic Event: A Summary of CMS’s Inaugural Health Equity Conference
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held the first ever CMS Health Equity...
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New CHIR Report Assesses the Effectiveness of Policies in Improving Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations
It is hard to overstate the importance of primary care in ensuring robust health outcomes at the pop...
ACA Section 1557 as a Tool for Anti-racist Health Care
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has narrowed racial and ethnic health disparities. But significant gap...
How Insurers Can Advance Health Equity Under the Affordable Care Act
In a new post for the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, Katie Keith highlights several Af...
State “Easy Enrollment” Programs Gain Momentum, Lay Groundwork for Additional Efforts to Expand Coverage
The American Rescue Plan made health insurance more affordable, but covering the 30 million remain...
July Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
This month, CHIR's Mari Tikoyan read studies on the role of the Affordable Care Act in addressing he...
The COVID-19 Pandemic – Insurer Insights Into Challenges, Implications, and Lessons Learned
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed enormous pressure on virtually all facets of U....
May Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
This May, we explored studies assessing COVID-19’s effect on community health centers, data on rac...
Navigators Can Help Close Insurance Gaps Exacerbated by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for Navigators. To learn more about their experi...
January Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
To kick off 2020, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe reviews studies on out-of-network billing from hospital-based ...
January Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
For the January Research Round Up, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe goes over new research that examines the root...
January 2018 Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
In the past month, new research highlights the regressive effects of high health plan cost sharing. ...