Posting only irregularly on BlueSky. Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wschpero/

Very excited that Hannah Maniates from the National Association of Medicaid Directors will be joining us for our next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Nov. 12. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data. See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Links to resources in thread below ⬇️ 1/N

🚨📝 New CHPC memo out now! This brief titled, “State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment” synthesizes a recent study by CHPC/Weill Cornell faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewen. 📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG

For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants. In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social

➡️ Please spread the word: The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF). The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality. weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

For many years, the Clark Center at Chicago Booth has regularly surveyed leading economists to assess consensus on timely economic policy issues. We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy. 1/N ⬇️

📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD

During debate on the OBBBA, I realized we know very little about health care needs and use in the adult Medicaid expansion population. We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap: ⬇️ 1/N

Calling all health policy journalists: Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!

Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at [email protected]. For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]

📢 Calling all journalists 📢 Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom Register now:

🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues? Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H

Please spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy. Details below:

My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Please spread the word! Happening tomorrow.

Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth. The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...

This portends another addition to the Cape Cod house that is subsidies for the safety net: Medicare DSH, Medicaid DSH, the Critical Access Hospital program, 340B, etc. All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.

What happens when states expand school Medicaid? Our new study @jamahealthforum.bsky.social finds that the receipt of school-based health services rises significantly among children affected by parental opioid use disorder, following early state expansions. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social

JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25

Very timely -> happening now! ~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...

Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social) But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed? New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story... Thread below 👇

Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill. Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it. Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)

Please spread the word!

Happening today!

Important, timely new findings on the effects of Medicaid expansion under the ACA from Wyse and Meyer (Dartmouth): 1. *Lives saved*: 21% reduction in the mortality hazard of new enrollees. 2. *Cost-effective*: $179,000 per life-year saved. Read more: www.nber.org/papers/w33719

Has value-based care been more successful than we thought? See our new work @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... And the thoughtful accompanying editorial from Ouayogodé and Colla: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

What constitutes the modal primary care practice? In service of ongoing work characterizing the outpatient delivery system, we tried to figure it out. New paper now at JAMA Health Forum, with @ambond.bsky.social and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social et al. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Delighted to welcome the one and only @emmasandoe.bsky.social to the Medicaid Insights Colloquium today at 2 PM ET. Her talk: "Insights from Coast to Coast: Weaving Together the Best in State Policy through Research” Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

NYC Health Econ Day is coming May 9 @ NYU Wagner! We'll have 6 great papers + lots of time to chat. Folks in the greater NYC area are invited! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info: www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

Please help spread the word! We @chpc-cornell.bsky.social want to be of service to journalists who cover health policy. We are thus excited to launch our Data-Driven Journalism Series, in which CHPC experts will walk through data resources for reporting on timely health policy topics. Details ⬇️

Psyched to welcome the Cornell Health Policy Center to Bluesky!

Healthcare jobs have grown 2x faster than the overall labor market since 1980 Healthcare overtook retail to become largest industry by employment in 2009 New working paper w/ @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @kevinrinz.bsky.social and @victoriaudalova.bsky.social on the rise of healthcare jobs

Thank you @ashecon.bsky.social for highlighting our new Cornell Health Policy Center!

Inbox: Medicaid at 60 issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped. How timely. 😭 But seriously, read the amazing scholarship in this issue for in-depth understanding of the program's past, present, & future. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Going immediately on my health policy and econ EMBA syllabus: Mark Shepard has a brilliantly clear summary of the "State of Health Insurance in America" on the most recent @econofact.bsky.social podcast: econofact.org/podcast/the-...

For 38 years, PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. CDC has officially halted the 2024 PRAMS data collection for the participating 46 states and the future is uncertain.

In a new Health Affairs Scholar paper led by Steph Teeple, we begin to unpack the enormous rise in hospital assets we've seen in recent years. A few key facts: 1. Total assets held by US hospitals more than doubled 2000-2019, from $750 billion to $1.6 trillion.

Please join us for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Feb. 12 featuring the incomparable @jacobwswallace.bsky.social on how managed care manages care: "The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid" Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Excited to share results from a 4-year first-ever RCT across US jails. We (Crystal Yang & I) find that death rates are much higher in jails than officially reported & health care accreditation improves staff coordination, quality & save lives. www.nber.org/papers/w33357

🚨 NYC Health Econ Day is coming back May 9, 2025 @ NYU Wagner! Health economists (+ adjacent fields) in the greater NYC area are invited. Submit by March 14, 2025. Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Sunita Desai, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

Happening at 1PM today! Come hear Jenny Kenney for post-election thoughts on where Medicaid research needs to go. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out our team's latest T-MSIS publication, showing well-child visit rates among Black and white Medicaid-enrolled children were far below recommended levels in 2019, and they dropped even lower in 2020.

Come be a postdoc with our incredible Health Policy and Economics division at Weill Cornell in NYC! We have 4 open positions focusing on Medicare/Medicaid, Aging, Substance Use, and Data-Driven Policy. See details in postings here: phs.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/ope...

🚨We are very excited to launch the Cornell Health Policy Center (CHPC), a cross-campus collaboration b/w Weill Cornell and the Cornell Brooks School focused on catalyzing research and training for impact. ➡️Announcement: news.cornell.edu/stories/2024... ➡️Website: publicpolicy.cornell.edu/chpc/

📢Please help spread the word: We are hiring a post-doc in health policy and economics at Weill Cornell. This person will work with me on Medicaid delivery system research and w/ @ambond.bsky.social / Dhruv Khullar on MA. Details: phs.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/car... Reach out with questions!

This policy change from CMS will do much to degrade the quality and timeliness of health policy research in the US. While I understand the security concerns that motivated it, there has to be a middle ground that will efficiently balance security and access.

iHEA is accepting nominations for the annual student paper prize through January 18. This is a great opportunity to recognize fantastic work by early career researchers. Details here: healtheconomics.org/awards/