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Fantastic team dinner with the health policy research section BIDMC Smith Center Very fortunate to work with incredibly talented medical students, residents, & post-doctoral fellows whom are leading impactful research at the intersection of health policy, equity, & cardiology BIDMC CVI

#ACC25 is just around the corner! Our Health Policy team will be presenting timely research on the impact of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work!

How would expanding the Inflation Reduction Act’s spending cap to the privately-insured population impact out-of-pocket prescription drug costs? Daniel Johnson presents his work demonstrating >$2 billion in potential savings for patients BIDMC Smith Center Sarnoff Foundation #ACC25

That’s a wrap on #ACC25 with this exceptional group of BIDMC Smith Center research trainees and BIDMC CV Fellowship

Congrats to ⭐ Sarnoff Fellows Daniel Johnson and Frank Medina who presented their year-long research at this weekend's Sarnoff Conference Sarnoff Foundation with mentors Robert W. Yeh Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP @ericsecemskyMD

1/ In our latest JAMA, we find that ending the largest-ever pandemic-era increase in SNAP benefits (AKA emergency allotments💲) resulted in a 50% (!) ⬆️in food insecurity🥣and significant ⬆️in poor physical health among low-income Americans Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Congress has proposed deep cuts to SNAP, which provides food benefits to >40 million Americans Our new JAMA study finds that ⬇️SNAP benefits not only ⬆️ food insecurity, but also leads to significant ⬆️ poor physical health BIDMC Smith Center jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

After the end of emergency allotments, there were increases in food insecurity and poor physical health days among SNAP participants. ja.ma/3S35f2q Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP

Our new study in JAMA Cardiology finds that from 2013-2023, an increasing proportion of US adults were unaware that they had hypertension, especially young adults and women Huge thanks to 🌟 mentors Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP and Lucas Marinacci, MD jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

.AcademyHealth #ARM2025 begins this weekend! The Health Care Policy team, led by Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP, will be presenting their research on health care spending, health outcomes after private equity acquisitions of hospitals, & more! Come by and check out their fantastic work!

Our new JAMA Cardiology study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition. bit.ly/45an6MC

From 2013 to 2023, the proportion of US adults who were unaware of having hypertension increased, particularly in young adults and women. ja.ma/43NpOVT

At AcademyHealth #ARM2025, Daniel Johnson presents work evaluating the potential impact of expanding the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug out-of-pocket spending cap. Published in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In this national study, #heartfailure outcomes didn’t improve after private equity hospital acquisitions, despite lower-risk patients & more cardiac procedures. Transfer-outs nearly doubled for Black adults with HF jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #ARM25 #JACC Daniel Johnson Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP

In JACC Journals, we find shifts in🫀heart failure care after PE acquisition of US hospitals🏥: 👉↔️in mortality + revisit rates, despite⬇️ in clinical risk of patients 👉 ⬆️utilization of cardiac caths 👉 ~2x⬆️in rate of Black patients transferred out jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

In JACC Journals, we find that after private equity firms acquired hospitals, clinical risk ⬇️ & catheterizations ⬆️ among patients w/ heart failure, but outcomes didn't improve Big thanks to Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP & team Michael Liu, MD, MPhil Vicky Bartlett Andrew Oseran, MD MBA jacc.org/doi/full/10.10…

In JACC Journals, we find that heart failure outcomes didn't change after hospitals were acquired by private equity, despite admitting ⬇️ risk patients & ⬆ cardiac procedures. Transfer-outs doubled for Black adults Presented at #ARM25 Daniel Johnson bit.ly/43Z3NDS

Fellow Spotlight: Daniel (Daniel Johnson) is an MS4 at UChicago and is wrapping up his time as a Sarnoff Foundation Research Fellow in the Health Care Policy Research Section, conducting research with Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP Learn more about Daniel and his work: research.bidmc.org/rishi-wadhera/…