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📢In a new study out today JAMA, we ask: How hard is it to access psychiatric care in Medicaid across four of the largest US cities (Chicago, LA, NYC, and Phoenix)? We conducted a secret shopper study to find out. ➡️jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 1/N

Join HPM Professor @HealthEcon_Dan at National Academies Public Report Release Webinar on August 8th to discuss the current challenges in increasing the behavioral health care workforce's ability to help publicly insured populations. Register for this event: events.nationalacademies.org/43352_08-2024_…

Congratulations to Matthew Eisenberg and Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy! This team will certainly make a policy impact on the important public health issue of suicide prevention through their exceptional research. Thank you JHU American Health!

The insights from the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative Nexus panel on cultivating trust in our health system with panelists Former US Sen. Richard Burr, Lauren A Taylor, and @EconDarden and moderator Melinda B. Buntin continue to echo in the hallways. Some takeaways in thread. hbhi.jhu.edu/news/cultivati…

Neat new paper out led by Jane Zhu in #HAScholar Insurance acceptance and cash pay rates for psychotherapy in the US doi.org/10.1093/haschl… Thread

“In healthcare delivery, value is defined by people on the ground.” But Daniel Polsky notes that out-of-pocket spending only makes up 10% of the total spend - the rest comes from third party payers. Discussions of value must focus on the prices third parties negotiate.

As my feed fills with RFK Jr doom, I choose to just watch this clip over and over again. nytimes.com/video/world/as…

We are not in Kansas anymore. politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

📢 My new paper in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine identifies 5000+ private equity acquisitions in behavioral health in the last decade. In eleven states, 1 in 4 providers are affiliated with PE.. more on this soon! Thx to coauthors Christopher Whaley Erin Fuse Brown Jonathan Cantor RAND

Viewpoint: Integrating engineering with medicine is fostering a new generation of "physicianeers" who are uniquely equipped to innovate and solve complex healthcare problems. ja.ma/4gCVMcR

We have new work led by Katherine Miller and mentor Daniel Polsky in Health Affairs Scholar on the role of for-profit programs and private equity in PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly): academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…

"Consider us a friend," a UnitedHealth doctor says in a TV ad (designed to look like a news segment) encouraging seniors to get annual wellness visits. What goes unsaid: UnitedHealth wants those visits so it can generate lucrative billing codes. statnews.com/2025/02/03/med…

The Academy for Transformative Health Care Leadership is a groundbreaking new leadership development program combining industry-leading business education with world class health care leadership expertise. A collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Medicine & Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, this six-month

Congratulations to MBA graduates Elham “Hasti” Jamshidi and Deanna Portero, who have been named among Poets&Quants Best and Brightest! bit.ly/3Z3XwVG

Conversations On The Business of Health! Friday, May 16 12:00 PM Eastern Join Emilia Simeonova & me for our last HBHI webinar for this academic year with four outstanding panelists to discuss early cancer detection and diagnostic technologies. #PaulBillings #JordanGreen

"Primary care is the least expensive, most efficient, and most effective way to deliver care.” — Senator Whitehouse Last week, CHSPM and Hopkins Business of Health Initiative convened experts to explore the future of primary care our event "Primary Care Reform: Aligning Payment, Policy, and Innovation".

This chart is the best summary of the Big Ugly Bill.