Health Policy & Workforce
As demographics change and healthcare systems merge and consolidate, the U.S. needs an agile workforce undergirded by responsive and innovative healthcare policies to improve health outcomes, equity, and quality. Abt’s policy and workforce experts help clients and partners comprehensively plan for—and solve—today’s most urgent healthcare priorities, including soaring costs, complex health conditions, and health-related social needs. Our research, data analysis, and technical assistance guide solutions like staffing models, quality indicators for long-term care facilities, and alternative payment models. We center equity in this work to address and remedy critical health services gaps.
Expertise
- Primary Care and Community Health
- Measure Development and Reporting
- Health Workforce Staffing
- Alternative Payment Models
- Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP Programs
- Quality Improvement
Clients Include
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Health Resources & Services Administration
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Our Work
Revitalized U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau's strategic plan through data collection and analysis to measure MCHB's impact
Support and payment analyses for a new CMS home infusion therapy benefit for intravenous immune globulin treatment
Co-authored paper representing first systemic effort to understand race, racism, and health inequities under the U.S. Prevention Services Task Force
Report on Burnout in Primary Care for administrators and leaders, with strategies to reduce administrative workloads and promote work-life balance
Technical assistance for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and partner states to deliver quality care
Analysis of which Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program models work best for support services, viral suppression, and outpatient care
Partnership with the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved to boost a pipeline program that places healthcare workers in remote and rural areas
Our Experts
Insights
Spotlight On: Supporting California’s Transformation of Medi-Cal
Abt is supporting California’s Medi-Cal CalAIM initiative by providing technical assistance to federal, state, local governments, CBOs, rural jurisdictions.
Dissemination and Evaluation Center
Approaches to link and retain vulnerable people living with HIV (PLWH) in HIV primary care are critical to ending the HIV epidemic. While evidence-informed interventions exist, they have not been broadly adopted. That’s why the Health Resources and…
Providing Technical Assistance to HRSA’s Sickle Cell Disease Programs
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood condition that affects an estimated 100,000 individuals in the United States, a disproportionate number of whom are Black and Hispanic Americans. While newborn screening for SCD occurs in every state, there…
Evaluating CMS’s InCK Model For Kids with Complex Health Needs
Improving healthcare quality while reducing costs is a goal Abt Global has been helping the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pursue for more than a decade through evaluations and more. CMS’s Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) payment and…
Promoting Equity in Implementation and Quality Improvement Procurements
In this paper, Abt Global describes five key design components to successfully promote equity through government-funded procurements.
Building Capacity to Address HIV-Related Stigma
HIV-related stigma creates barriers at multiple levels of the care continuum, from diagnosis to engagement to retention in care, leading to demographic and other disparities in care. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) created Ending…
Abt, HealthBegins, Preeclampsia Foundation Receive HRSA Contract to Advance Equitable Maternal Health Outcomes
HRSA has contracted Abt, HealthBegins, and the Preeclampsia Foundation’s MoMMA’s Voices program to help health centers implement innovative approaches to equitable maternal care.
Abt To Help HRSA Create a National Healthcare Workforce Institute, Strategies To Support Underserved Communities
To address health disparities, Abt and HRSA are creating a National Health Workforce Institute that trains healthcare workers within underserved communities.
Technical Assistance for Behavioral Health Workforce & Apprenticeship Programs
As evidenced by programs such as Justice40, the Biden Administration understands that some of the communities most in need of social services often receive the least support. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Health…