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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
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Sustaining our important work
This year the health services research community, universities, and academic health systems are experiencing significant uncertainty regarding federal funding and other policy decisions which challenge our core values and impact our ability to sustain our important work, with some researchers facing more direct impacts than others.
On behalf of IHPI members, I am working closely with Eileen Kostanecki, IHPI’s Director of Policy Engagement & External Relations, to communicate with internal leaders and key external stakeholders, including policymakers, about the crucial importance of continued funding for health services research. As one example, we recently sent a letter to members of our Michigan congressional delegation and to Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. communicating the importance of AHRQ-funded work by IHPI researchers to improve health care value and patient safety for all Americans.
Within the Institute, IHPI’s Managing Director Trish Meyer and I have been meeting with IHPI faculty groups including our Institute Leadership Team, Early Career Faculty Advisory Council, and Center & Program Faculty Directors to discuss how we can best support our IHPI research community in light of new and evolving challenges.
To this end, I encourage all IHPI members to register to attend the Annual IHPI Member Forum on Wednesday, April 9 from 12:00−3:30 in the NCRC Dining Hall. The theme of this year’s event is “Moving Forward Together: Strategies for Sustaining Impact During Uncertain Times.” We look forward to coming together to share ideas and community-strengthening strategies, with an unwavering resolve to continue our mission to foster innovative and interdisciplinary research to inform policies and practices that improve health care and health for individuals, families, and communities. I hope to see you there!
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NEWS TO NOTE
Timely news and information
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Wednesday, April 9
12:00–3:30 p.m. | NCRC, Building 18, Dining Hall
| | | Andrew Admon, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of internal medicine, has been appointed a co-director of the National Clinician Scholars Program at IHPI. In this role, he will mentor scholars in health policy, the sociocultural determinants of health, and methods relevant to health research, and serve as NCSP liaison to the VA Health System. | | | | |
IHPI is now on Bluesky! Follow us @um-ihpi.bsky.social for the latest research news and to connect with fellow health services researchers.
Register for our virtual Bluesky 101 Workshop on April 23 from 12:00–1:00 p.m. to learn best practices for using this platform to share your work.
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OUR EXPERTS
Groundbreaking research, innovation, and intellectual energy
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Michigan’s work requirement for Medicaid expansion enrollees was in effect from January to March 2020 before it was halted by a federal court. This new policy brief highlights data based on surveys and interviews with enrollees and analysis of statewide employment data from 2016–2018 to understand the impact of Medicaid on enrollees’ health and employment. The bottom line: Medicaid coverage itself is associated with positive employment outcomes for enrollees, but health barriers to work remain for some.
| | | Akbar K. Waljee, M.D., M.Sc., professor of learning health sciences, has been appointed as the Leslie D. Yamada and Tachi Yamada, M.D. Executive Director of the Center for Global Health Equity. Waljee succeeds Joseph C. Kolars, M.D., the center's inaugural director | | | | Twelve IHPI members from various disciplines will participate in the third annual Impact Accelerator Policy and Communications Training Program this May, to learn strategies for effectively communicating and maximizing the impact of their research. | | | |
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LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Education, training, grants, and skill-building
| | Summer Academies: Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society | | | |
Application Deadline: May 12
9-month program from September 2025 – May 2026
Apply Here
IHPI is pleased to partner with the U-M Medical School Mentored Research Academy: R01 Boot Camp to offer a health services research track in their highly successful R01 Boot Camp program. This multifaceted mentoring program is open to all IHPI early and mid-career faculty members developing their first R01 or R01 equivalent grant proposal, regardless of their school or college appointment.
Contact Jason Wolfe, IHPI Program Manager for Education & Career Development, with questions.
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SAVE THE DATES
Events that connect and engage
| | On March 18, Molly Candon, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, shared her Emerging Scholars Exchange Program presentation at IHPI. She discussed recent trends in treatments among patients with chronic low back pain, and how insurance plans could be redesigned to improve access to comprehensive pain care. | | | Supporting Community: A2-Advance Spring Clothing Drive | | | |
Underway now through April 7
Benefiting The House by the Side of the Road & The Corner Health Center
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New Items
Select new items from Amazon list
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Gently Used or New Drop Off Locations
U-M Loading Docks:
NCRC-2800 Plymouth Rd. Dock 90
MSRB-1150 W. Medical Ctr Dr Dock 6
U-M Arbor Lakes, Bldg 3 near kitchen
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Annual Meeting, June 15–18, 2025
Interested in joining a community dedicated to making better medical decisions? The Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) is coming to Ann Arbor. Join the society for cutting-edge discussions of how medical decision-making research can inform and improve clinical practice.
Clinical Crosstalk Sessions, June 18
The Society for Medical Decision Making is hosting four interactive Clinician Crosstalk panel discussions on medical decision making in practice that seek to build connections between practicing clinicians of all types and decision-making experts. These special sessions are free and open to all. Register to attend in person or via livestream.
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IHPI Coffee Shop
Tuesday, May 13 | 9:30–10:30 a.m.
NCRC Ground Floor, Between Bldgs 14 and 16
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IN THE NEWS
Our members making headlines
| | Published as preprints ahead of peer review because of their timely nature, two studies led by Chad Ellimoottil, M.D., M.S., associate professor of urology, show that widespread use of telehealth has not driven up the total number of visits to diagnose or manage health conditions, and that post-visit total costs were lower for patients who started with a telehealth visit. | | | Medicare reimbursement codes for hernia procedures are often tied to disease severity and acuity, and in 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made significant changes to these coding guidelines tied to the reimbursement for anterior abdominal hernia repair. Dana Telem, M.D., M.P.H., professor of surgery, led a team of researchers to examine the association between hernia coding changes and the documented hernia size in a state of Michigan hernia data registry. | |
| | Nearly 3 out of every 4 older Americans have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, according to the U-M National Poll on Healthy Aging. And living through such an event appears to make a big difference in how they view the potential impact of climate change on their health. In all, 70% of people age 50 and older who had experienced an extreme weather event in the past two years expressed concern about climate change and their health, compared with 26% of those who had not lived through such an event. | | | |
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NEW MEMBERS
Welcome to IHPI
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About IHPI
The Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation is the nation’s largest university-based community of health services researchers.
Our mission is to foster innovative, interdisciplinary research to inform policies and practices that advance the equity, quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare, and improve health for individuals, families, and communities.
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