This $2,283,522 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support research to evaluate the impact of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policy on improving integrated care and health outcomes for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries.
Specifically, the study will examine the effects of CMS' "80% rule" that stopped renewing contracts with Medicare Advantage plans where 80% or more of enrollees are dual...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants program, awarded a $3,231,590 Project Grant to Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The award, effective September 1, 2023, aims to leverage longitudinal survey and electronic health record data to examine the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child mental health, including new or worsening conditions and suicidal ideation/attempts. The study will quantify these outcomes,...
This $2,112,538 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), will fund research to compare the effectiveness of integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) versus non-integrated D-SNPs in improving health care access, quality, and outcomes for individuals with dementia. The grant will leverage nationwide linked Medicare-Medicaid administrative data from 2021-2023 to conduct three key analyses: 1)...
This Project Grant award of $2,297,026 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to study the effects of "long-term care integration" models, such as Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), on health outcomes for dually eligible individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The award will leverage Medicare and Medicaid claims data from 2018-2024 to evaluate the causal impacts of...
This federal Project Grant award of $802,551 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a 5-year mixed-methods research study on the impacts of increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for mental health services. The study aims to 1) assess how such rate increases affect provider participation and patient health outcomes, and 2) understand the factors that influence the effectiveness of these policy changes....
This $689,268 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)'s Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a service user-informed mixed-methods study on the implementation and impacts of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program in New York State. The study has three components: 1) Qualitative assessment of CCBHC implementation through interviews, clinic surveys, and administrative data; 2) Interviews and site visits to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support a study to examine mental health hospitalizations and follow-up care for autistic adults. The $151,500 award to Drexel University, beginning August 15, 2023, will utilize national hospitalization data and Medicaid claims to investigate the experiences and care patterns of this population. The goal is to inform service delivery...
This Project Grant award of $398,587 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) supports research to examine Medicare Advantage (MA) plan enrollment patterns and effects on utilization and outcomes for dual eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
The multi-year study, conducted by the Massachusetts General Hospital Research Management Division, will analyze longitudinal enrollment data to...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $2,139,997 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Washington. The grant, awarded on July 2, 2024, will fund a study to examine the extent of integrated behavioral health services at community health centers (CHCs) and how integration impacts access, quality, and health spending for Medicaid enrollees with mental illness. The research team will conduct a national survey of CHCs...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $975,499 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. The award, titled "PSYCHEMERGE: ADVANCING PRECISION PSYCHIATRY," aims to advance precision psychiatry research through a learning healthcare system framework. Key objectives include developing a nationwide federated transfer-learning...