Healthcare Innovation September 9, 2024
AHRQ will be funding state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to fund the creation of state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives to accelerate the implementation and dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) into healthcare delivery through improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice, and to reduce healthcare disparities, especially among people who receive Medicaid, are uninsured, and/or are medically underserved.
AHRQ will award up to 15 grants to establish and support state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives, over five years. To support an initial initiative focused on behavioral health, cooperatives will:
• Engage key stakeholders such as Medicaid; Medicaid managed care organizations; clinicians and staff from safety-net healthcare delivery organizations; and patients, families, and caregivers who receive care...