Academy Health

Academy Health is a non-profit organization specializing in health services research, policy analysis, and data analytics that operates through its Academyhealth Division. The organization is registered in SAM.gov as a tax-exempt corporate entity and has maintained active federal contracting and grant status since August 2002. Academy Health serves as a principal dissemination platform for health services research, convening stakeholders across federal agencies, state Medicaid programs, and healthcare practitioners to translate research findings into actionable policy and clinical practice improvements.

Through federal contract awards, Academy Health has provided diverse services to multiple federal agencies across a wide spectrum of health-focused initiatives. The organization has consistently delivered workshops and symposia on research topics for the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 1, with multiple delivery orders valued between $80,000 and $842,500 spanning from 2021 through 2026. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Academy Health numerous contracts for data visualization services ($78,652 to $148,888), data collection ($99,219), and support for the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM), with contract values ranging from $20,000 to $78,652. Additional contract work includes a $100,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Department of Health and Human Services for Health DataPalooza implementation, and a $232,629 contract from the National Cancer Institute for the Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $25,000 purchase order for co-sponsorship of the 2024 Annual Research Meeting focused on quality improvement and health disparities. All identified prime contract awards carried no set-aside designations. Academy Health has also served as a subcontractor, receiving sub-award work from prime contractors including RAND Corporation, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and the National Opinion Research Center for projects such as supporting patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) implementation and CMS health care professional learning and action network initiatives.

Academy Health has received substantial federal grant funding to support research dissemination and stakeholder engagement initiatives. The organization holds a Project Grant from the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (awarded May 2024, completion April 2027) supporting the Annual Health Services Research Meeting and the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM), which convenes approximately 3,000 producers and users of health services research annually and aligns with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's mission to improve healthcare safety, quality, accessibility, equity, and affordability. A Cooperative Agreement from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (awarded September 2023, completion September 2025) supports the elimination of barriers to immunization through the Vaccine Information Sharing and Education Resource (VISER) Network, engaging Vaccine Access Cooperative members and Medicaid Medical Directors Network participants to improve immunization rates among vulnerable populations. Academy Health received a Project Grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (awarded August 2022, completion July 2027) focused on healthcare delivery system innovations for children with medical complexity. An additional Project Grant from the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (awarded August 2021, completion August 2022) addressed technology innovation in Medicaid programs through design thinking workshops convening state Medicaid medical directors. A Project Grant from the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (awarded July 2021, completion June 2024) supported Medicaid Medical Directors Network workshops held annually from 2021-2023. Academy Health has also received sub-grant awards, including work from the National Alliance of State & Territorial Aids Directors focusing on Medicaid policy and quality measure implementation (August 2024 and September 2021), and from the University of Pittsburgh addressing racial equity in opioid use disorder treatment in Medicaid (November 2022).

Academy Health holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1, valued at $4,000,000 with a ceiling date of June 30, 2027, awarded on July 1, 2022. This IDC provides the vehicle for implementing workshops and symposia on research topics to support the VA's mission of improving veteran care, outcomes, and experiences through evidence-based practices. Multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders have been issued against this contract, including orders for $721,000 (September 1, 2023), $711,000 (September 23, 2022), $246,000 (July 1, 2022), $80,000 (June 3, 2022), $120,000 (May 11, 2022), $310,000 (July 21, 2021), $100,000 (July 1, 2021), and most recently $842,500 (September 16, 2025). These delivery orders support workshops and symposia conducted in Washington, DC and Boston, with performance periods extending through September 2026. The contract demonstrates the federal government's reliance on Academy Health's expertise in health policy research, stakeholder convening, and research dissemination to advance healthcare outcomes across the Veterans Health Administration's research divisions.