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Premedical requirements are so antiquated. Eight years ago, Ed Miller, then dean of Johns Hopkins Medicine and I proposed modernizing them to include healthcare policy in Academic Medicine. It’s an idea that’s still relevant. And it’s an idea whose time has come.

BDP Melinda B. Buntin leads the Center for Health Systems and Policy Modeling. The Center aims to become a definitive source of information on the U.S. health sector and the policy levers that could bring better outcomes at lower costs in the future.

BDP Melinda B. Buntin was quoted in a Newsweek article about what a recession could mean for Medicare. Read the full quote here: newsweek.com/what-recession…

Years of increasingly aggressive risk‑coding in Medicare Advantage might now have the program on the chopping block in Republican reconciliation efforts. STAT gets some great first-hand stories from GOP House members: statnews.com/2025/04/08/rep…

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Health Forum: While tirzepatide and semaglutide offer significant long-term health benefits, this study's findings suggest that they are not cost-effective at current prices. ja.ma/3XTZ6sR

New publication of ideas I've been working on for almost as long as the slowdown in health care cost growth! With Ellen Meara and Carrie H. Colla

These estimates are usually close to each other, with CBO often projecting fewer years remaining than CMSGov. CBO recently added 17 years to their projected depletion date for the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the largest extension ever produced by CBO or CMS.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse delivered the keynote, followed by expert panels on the future of #PrimaryCare and the reforms needed to get there. Watch the full event: 🎥 Keynote: lnkd.in/exFd4sWc 🎥 Panel 1: lnkd.in/eJQx34rA 🎥 Panel 2: lnkd.in/ewB_AcnG

AcademyHealth is excited to announce the recipients of the #ARM25 awards, which recognize significant contributions to the fields of health services research and health policy. Learn more about the recipients here: academyhealth.org/node/24135

New data compares claim denial rates in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare, with breakouts by service category healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

New #Medicare site neutral payment policy work - I will be presenting it at AcademyHealth #ARM25 conference in Minneapolis and @ashecon in Nashville

🎉 Congrats to PhD student Sarah Clark Henderson for winning a Best Student Poster Award at #ARM25! AcademyHealth Her research explores how assets affect mental health among U.S. parents & non-parents. 🗓️ Catch her lightning talk: 🕧 Sat, June 7 | 12:30–1:45 PM

📢 Heading to AcademyHealth's #ARM25? Don't miss Dr. Melinda B. Buntin’s sessions on health workforce trends, #MedicareAdvantage, and new insights on #SiteNeutral payment policies just published in Health Affairs! Find the full schedule here: shorturl.at/ugzQi

🎉Dr. Schwartz was also the recipient of the Alice S. Her Emerging Leader Award at #ARM25. Read more about the award here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea… #LDIatARM25

📅Save The Date: On June 24th, PHTI Executive Director Caroline Pearson will join Michael McGarry for a conversation about PHTI's latest assessment of virtual solutions for anxiety and depression. Register for the virtual event: eventbrite.com/e/assessing-vi… #DigitalHealth #HealthTech

Please apply! & if you aren’t coming from a university background, tell us why you are motivated to join a research environment and how you developed and maintained connections with clients/partners/stakeholders in prior positions #HiringNow #healthpolicyjobs

@ashecon 2025 is underway in Nashville! Don’t miss Melinda B. Buntin’s sessions on key #HealthEconomics topics: 🔹 6/23: U.S. Health Care Spending: Will Slow Growth Continue? 🔹 6/24: Medicare #SiteNeutral Policies 🔹 6/25: Enrollment decision making in #MedicareAdvantage

We’re excited to welcome Paul D. Jacobs, PhD, to CHSPM as an Economist and Associate Scientist! With 20+ years in #HealthPolicy research, Paul brings deep expertise in #Medicare coverage, financing, and reform from his time at U.S. CBO and AHRQ.