AcademyHealth CEO @aaronecarroll.bsky.social is featured in a new CNN story on access to no-cost preventive care. As Aaron told CNN, “No single specialist has deep expertise across all of them.” This shapes what care patients can access. Read the story: www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/h...

Following testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, we released a statement on the USPSTF and AHRQ. We welcome steps to restore the Task Force’s work, while underscoring that independence and fully functioning agencies are essential to preventive care. Read more: buff.ly/qm6o6eE

So far this morning I've read no less than 3 articles saying Kennedy plans to replace USPSTF members. Each links to the request for nominations posted yesterday. The notice was also WITHDRAWN yesterday. Convenient. Here's Politico's version of the story: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

It's not. (Y'all knew that.) AcademyHealth submitted testimony to the House last week, and similar to Senate last night. academyhealth.org/blog/2026-04... House deadline passed but you can join the fight for AHRQ and submit to the Senate here: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

In other news, if you know me, you know I love voting and poll workers. So it was great fun taking my newly minted 18 yo to cast his first vote today!

Health policy debates are full of dueling studies and conflicting claims. AcademyHealth's new series breaks down what we know, what we don't, and why smart people might disagree. The first edition looks at CAP's recent health cost proposal. See here academyhealth.org/publications...

The Trump administration will not be asking the Supreme Court to take up its fight to slash NIH support for research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/t...

The FY27 AHRQ organizational sign‑on letter is now open. We’re urging Congress to fund AHRQ at $500 million and ensure the agency has the staff needed to restart grantmaking and support core research. Organizations can sign here:

The alt text on these photos is {chef's kiss}

I had this exact conversation at our gathering. This ad gave me the chills in all the wrong ways.

What talent. What timeless message.

Strong endorse for this line of thinking. I worked the polls 2020-24 and learned SO MUCH about the existing safeguards. I love it, and can bore you with a full treatise on how Virginia's elections are secure. (I missed 2025 because life got in the way and I missed the deadline to renew my oath.)

Vladislav Bellous, winner of 2025 Health Datapalooza Challenge HealthOS: a new kind of operating system designed to build a single, unified picture of an individual's health by connecting their entire journey—from routine check-ups ➡️ deep molecular profile. #hdpalooza @academyhealth.bsky.social

Not my usual content, but this post, and the responses made me smile this morning.

AcademyHealth and partners just won a major legal victory: HHS will restore scores of federal public health webpages removed earlier this year. This win for evidence & transparency wouldn’t have been possible without our members sharing their stories. Read more: academyhealth.org/blog/2025-09...

Health care doesn’t need more buzzwords. It needs ideas that actually work in the real world. That’s what #hdpalooza is all about—figuring out how we move from innovation to implementation. I’ll be there this September. Want to join me? Register here: academyhealth.org/page/2025-hd...

BREAKING: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF expert panel that to some degree controls which preventative services are covered under insurance with its recommendations. No reason was given. More @statnews.com: 🩺 www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/u...

News: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF, the key expert panel that evaluates the nation’s preventative care recommendations. Via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/u...

When public health data disappear, lives are at risk. I wrote in Health Affairs about what we lose & why @AcademyHealth.bsky.social is fighting to restore access. Read more: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... Then text AcademyHealth to 44-321 to support our work. #PublicHealth #EvidenceMatters

From @aaronecarroll.bsky.social in Health Affairs: "When Public Data Disappear: What We Lose And Why It Matters" on AcademyHealth's lawsuit to restore access to critical datasets: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... Support our work! Make a donation today by texting AcademyHealth to 44-321.

We are 12 minutes in and I'm already in love with this session format. Three cheers to Amol and the speakers and to my colleagues who plan our agenda! #ARM25

Cara V. James and @katmcdavitt.bsky.social during the #ARM25 opening plenary highlight that it takes time to change people's minds, and your own mind, and we have to listen and build relationships

"Let's meet this moment not just with hope and humility but with bold determination. Together, we can and will shape a better, healthier world—grounded in trust, driven by evidence, and defined by - and accountable to - the communities we collectively serve."

As @aaronecarroll.bsky.social said during his opening remarks at #ARM25, you can support our work, including our advocacy effort and the Situation Report, by making a donation: academyhealth.org/page/support...

"I call on you to Focus on Impact: Keep real-world outcomes center-stage," @aaronecarroll.bsky.social says at #ARM25. Research isn't complete until evidence drives actual, meaningful change. Constantly reflect: "Who benefits, how do they benefit, where’s our evidence in action?"

"This isn’t a spectator moment. We all need to be bold, forward-looking, and unapologetic about not only the value of our field, but the need for it to evolve." #ARM25

"We act when evidence, transparency, or public health is on the line no matter who is in power." [email protected] at #ARM25 We have been responding to the current environment with strategy. This includes the Situation Report, our data lawsuit, and sharing resources with the field.

Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of Academy Health speaks in the opening plenary at #arm25 reminding people that the leading health services research group is nonpartisan, but that "does not mean passive" Members fight for improving health by elevating the health services profession.

After a cancelled flight yesterday, I’m boarding and headed to #ARM25 this morning. Would love to connect with our community onsite. Wanna visit? I’ll be in the booth tomorrow at 9 am!

New report from my colleagues looks at challenges and opportunities for our field, and how HSR, in particular, can play an important role in generating much needed evidence on the use and impact of AI—demonstrating what works, for whom, and in what contexts. academyhealth.org/blog/2025-01...

This is a fascinating thread 👇 👇 Now to go read the full article...

@andriaeisman.bsky.social moderating an excellent #DIScience24 panel about the pace of research & #impsci amid emergencies. Take aways: 1) Identify questions that are worth asking in emergencies 2) Build adaptive capacity 3) Effective actions > perfection 4) Early, no regret actions save lives

In opening remarks, Dr. David Chambers laid out the challenging pace of implementation science, while #AcademyHealth CEO @aaronecarroll.bsky.social laid out a path to more effective and efficient dissemination.

I'm excited to be be at #discience24 this week...will try and shake the dust off my skills for sharing content in (close to) real time and offer some observations.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Where are the #hdpalooza people? Can you help?

Where are my health economists?? Need someone with provider and/or corporate practice of medicine focus. Thanks in advance! #medsky

We urgently need to restore distinction between "political" and "partisan" ("party-political"). Science is political and must engage with Politics and Politicians if we want evidence-informed policies (a political, not scientific, choice). Like "Soviet physics", there is no partisan science.

I'm watching a webinar discussing these findings at this very moment. Incredibly interesting data, and I'm excited to spend some time with the full report.