Behavioral health problems are widely known to affect one in five people in the Unites States, with 75% of lifetime cases of mental illness beginning by age 24. A 2015 Institute of Medicine report, Unleashing the Power of Prevention, calls for reducing the prevalence of behavioral health problems among young ...
AIR conducted a literature review and focus groups to identify a reliable and valid Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to document health outcomes for patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMD).
Kelly Wells is a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR, with almost two decades of direct experience providing training and technical assistance to state and local education and mental health agencies to develop a comprehensive approach to school mental health. Wells currently leads all the training and technical assistance (TTA) ...
Rekha Varghese is a managing researcher and deputy lead for the Evaluation, Methods and Analytics Program Area of the AIR Health Division. She is a health economist with more than 20 years of experience in domestic and international program evaluation and policy analysis. She has subject matter expertise in Medicare ...
A team of public health experts from AIR will participate in the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, being held November 12-15, 2023, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. This year’s conference theme, Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges, aligns closely with AIR’s commitment ...
Designed to improve medication use and outcomes and reduce the risk of adverse events for Medicare beneficiaries, medication therapy management (MTM) programs were included as a quality improvement requirement under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. AIR helped the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implement a new performance-based ...
Uttara Balakrishnan is a senior research economist at AIR with over ten years of experience designing, implementing, and reviewing complex and challenging mixed methods impact and performance evaluations and formative research in developing countries using quantitative and qualitative methods. She specializes in quantitative methods and has extensive expertise in econometric ...
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
Health policy researchers from IMPAQ and AIR have been tracking and analyzing the rapid advancements in telehealth delivery and accessibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief explores how policymakers, providers, and payers can increase access to telehealth for diverse patient populations; navigate issues of digital literacy; expand broadband access; and ...