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A new Tradeoffs podcast captures one family’s journey through the complicated, bureaucratic jungle of the bifurcated coverage system for dual eligibles. Describes the problem clearly, why we are where we are, and potential fixes. Check it out! tradeoffs.org/2023/09/21/dua…

Join us on October 17th, 2023, at 6:30 PM PST for a crucial discussion on #HealthEquity for #AsianAmericans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (#AANHPIs) with Dr. Howard K. Koh from Harvard Health Policy and Management. Register Now: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Excited to share our new study evaluating the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. AHCaH is delivering high quality care to medically complex and socially vulnerable patients Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery Harvard Health Policy and Management Ariadne Labs David Levine

We are hiring a Research Assistant to join our team 🤸‍♂️ Projects focused on teamwork and process improvement in healthcare delivery. Looking for someone who is organized, eager, communicative and curious. Will fill quickly -- apply today! Harvard Health Policy and Management sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

Feeling heard at work matters. But when do people feel heard (or not)? We conducted interviews with nurses to find out. Two different types of issues: -->walls (outright dismissal) -->voids (ideas get lost in the system). Both can be overcome, but with different tactics

Institutional efforts to address legacies of #slavery and their implications for health care systems. We discuss in new JAMA Health Forum article led by the brilliant Dr. Sara Bleich Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Health Policy and Management and Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

We are looking for post-doctoral fellows to join us at Harvard Health Policy and Management Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! Research areas include: 1. Medicare Advantage 2. Dual Eligibles 3. New Medicare APMs 4. Quality/Equity/Social Risk 5. PE/consolidation If interested, pls email CV to [email protected]

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New JAMA Internal Medicine paper with Brian McGarry Ashvin Gandhi Jiamin Yin and Afroze Chughtai Harvard Health Policy and Management! We explored if COVID+ hospital admissions to nursing homes early in the pandemic led to COVID outbreaks. Much discussed but never studied! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… brief thread

Our new JAMA Health Forum systematic review out today! Key question: Do integrated care programs (ICPs) for dual-eligibles work? Check out thread of key findings on spending, utilization, quality/outcomes by lead Eric T. Roberts Penn LDI Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

There’s an emergence of Medicare Advantage plans aggressively enrolling Veterans. (e.g., “Honor Plan, Patriot Plan”) Our new Health Affairs study highlights why we think this is a troubling trend leading to billions in wasteful federal spending. healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl… 🧵 1/5

Special Needs Plans (SNPs) in Medicare Advantage are all growing — including Chronic Condition SNPs (C-SNPs). In new Health Affairs study, we document their growth — and raise concern about them increasingly going after dual-eligibles. healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Avoidable mortality has worsened for all US states while other high-income countries show improvement. And while other countries seem to gain health with more spending, US states do not. Our new JAMA Internal Medicine study led by @IPapanicolas out today 1/3 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

How are MA plans recruiting a favorable group of veterans that get most of their care paid by VA and not by MA? 1. Make it cheap to enroll (offer $0 premiums & cash backs) 2. Offer no Part D drug coverage (rare for MA) New JAMA Health Forum study jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

New @nejm.org study with alarming results: The wealthiest Americans do not live as long as the wealthiest in other countries. In fact, mortality among the wealthiest Americans appeared to be similar to people in the poorest quartile in parts of Europe. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

What happens when low-income Medicare beneficiaries lose subsidized drug coverage (aka the Part D Low Income Subsidy)? Unfortunately, they are much more likely to die. And these deaths are likely preventable . Our new NEJM study out today nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

The true cost of the reconciliation bill will be measured in lives—over 50,000 per year. It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick. Eric T. Roberts and I discuss in MSNBC NBC News Harvard Health Policy and Management Penn LDI msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

In their new Forefront article, Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH, Eric T. Roberts, Jessica Phelan, and Kenton Johnston from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Penn Medicine, and WashU discuss how, as CMS sets its agenda under new leadership, there are critical opportunities to develop integrated care models for