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AHRQ news and events are announced in our press office's Enewsletter. This Enewsletter is usually sent out weekly.
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No. AHRQ does not have information on specific insurance companies or policies. Your State Insurance Department or Commission will have information about insurance companies in your area. AHRQ does provide data to help our sister Agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, provide information to help compare the quality of hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, and other health care providers.
For more information, go to the Medicare Compare page.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests may be submitted by mail, fax, or email. The request must be in writing.
For more detailed instructions on how to submit a FOIA request, go to http://www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/instruct.html.
Agency records that are not within the public domain can be requested under FOIA. For more information, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/index.htmll.
Information on AHRQ-funded grants is available from the agency's Project Research Online Database. You can search by Category, Request for Applications/Program Announcement (RFA/PA) number, State, principal investigator's name, and keywords. You will also be able to view the abstract. Go to: https://prod.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/.
If you want additional information pertaining to a particular funded grant, you will need to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. For instructions on how to submit a FOIA request, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/instruct.html.
The Senior Official for Privacy for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is Tim Erny, Office of Management Services/Division of Information Technology.
For contact information, go to: https://www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/privacy/infosecurity.html.
AHRQ is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its website is maintained as a public service to provide practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues. We collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Senior Official for Privacy is responsible for maintaining this information.
For the system of record notices for AHRQ, go to: https://www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/privacy/index.html.
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