Health policy research, program evaluations, backbone support, and more.
We work side-by-side with clients to explore and remedy health policy and practice challenges.
Evidence-based recommendations to inform policy and practice.
Facilitating integration between health, mental health, and social service providers.
Backbone support to help multi-partner collaboratives achieve shared goals.
From Research to Reality: Connecting Policy and Practice
In 2025, CHRT managed 25 projects, welcomed 17 new health policy fellows, created 11 publications on pressing policy challenges, and much more.
Most importantly, we worked to address pressing issues effecting the health and wellbeing of people and communities. Our team worked on issues like:
- Assessing pandemic preparedness in the US
- Countering public health misinformation
- Coordinating health and social services
- Strengthening maternal well-being
- Expanding access to behavioral health services
To see our work in these areas and many others, explore our impact report.
CHRT works side by side with local, state, and national health policy and practice leaders.
We offer mixed methods research, backbone support, program evaluations, and actionable recommendations.
Uncompensated Care in Michigan
In 2024, Michigan hospitals provided more than $600 million in uncompensated care, which includes both charity care provided to patients in need and bad debt arising from unpaid medical bills. As Michiganders lose health insurance due to federal policy changes, the amount of uncompensated care that hospitals provide will increase, placing pressure on hospital budgets. What is uncompensated care, and why do hospitals provide it? Uncompensated care is the sum of …
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Michigan Medicaid losses: why community-based organizations are essential to keeping 355,000 residents covered
Lisa Braddix, chief health equity officer for the Southeastern Michigan Health Association, published an opinion piece in Bridge Michigan arguing that community-based organizations (CBOs) must be funded to help Michigan residents navigate sweeping changes to Medicaid. Braddix is a 2026 CHRT Health Policy Fellow whose experience in the fellowship supported her work on the op-ed, In the piece, Braddix highlights how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — signed in July …
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CHRT executive director, Joshua Traylor, speaks at Protect MI Care press conference
On April 28, our executive director, Joshua Traylor, spoke at a Protect MI Care press conference. The press conference at Care Free Medical called on the Michigan Legislature to fully fund Medicaid in the state budget and protect the program from federal cuts. The event brought together health care providers, policy researchers, workforce development leaders, and state officials to make the case that Medicaid is essential infrastructure, not a line item to be cu …
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