Since January 1, 2014, consumers and small businesses have had access to new health insurance Marketplaces (or Exchanges). Consumers in every state and the District of Columbia are able to buy qualified health plans available through their state’s Marketplace. This report describes the results of AIR consumer website usability testing, ...
Karen Frazier is a senior researcher at AIR with nearly a decade of experience in health services and communication research. Much of her work focuses on managing projects and tasks related to assessing access to care, especially vulnerable populations; eliminating health disparities; and engaging patients, families, and communities in healthcare, ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
Guido Cataife is a vice president and the program area lead for the Evaluation, Methods, and Analytics program area within the Health Division at AIR. He oversees a portfolio of approximately 20 projects with a focus on health economics. This includes the operations of health care payment and delivery models, ...
The final report of an ongoing series of reports based on data collected for the Teacher Assignment and Student Work Study for the evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s high school grants. We first review findings on redesigned schools from our previous research and summarize key findings from ...
AIR’s work to increase the transparency of evidence based information for consumers includes creating plain language materials to explain the evidence-based formulary decision process.
Dia Jackson supports states, school districts, and educators with multi-tiered systems of support and special education best practices. In this Q&A she talks about how she uses evidence to help teachers understand student needs and why it's important to study education and equity in tandem.
Defining overall quality measures of physician performance with respect to chronic disease management and preventive care for older adults and to define strategies for quality improvement and physician recognition programs.
On October 24, 2022, AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) presented the final webinar in its series on the social determinants of addiction. The webinar addressed the thoughtful and unanswered questions we have heard from webinar attendees over the course of the series. We will also ...
Bullying is on the decline, but evidence is mounting that it is even more toxic for children and adolescents than previously thought. In this commentary, David Osher suggests the need for an interim strategy until anti-bullying efforts are in full force, such as the infusion approach, which integrates anti-bullying initiatives ...