FEATURE STORIES

Lessons From a Global Hospital Budget System

Research by Austin Kilaru and colleagues finds that the Maryland All-Payer Model (MDAPM) transformed the way the state's hospitals were paid, and has the potential to guide the transition to more sustainable, value-based financial models.

Do Letters Increase Health Insurance Enrollment? 

Personalized letters increased enrollment in ACA Marketplace health insurance, particularly among underserved populations, according to research by Daniel J. Hopkins and collaborators at the Office of Evaluation Science.

Social Isolation and Anxiety

Yeji Hwang and Nancy Hodgson found that older adults with cognitive impairment felt lonely and anxious when socially alienated.

How Consumers Describe Racism in Health Care

Jason Tong, Raina Merchant, and Rachel Kelz expand upon previous work to further examine how health care consumers perceive and report racism in hospital settings

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VIRTUAL SEMINAR RECAP

Reducing Opioid

Overdose Deaths

In our latest virtual seminar, a panel of experts discussed the impact of the pandemic on the opioid epidemic and outlined approaches for reducing overdose deaths.

EVENTS

Implications of Medicare Policy for Older Adult Functioning and Care

Wednesday, March 16
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Emerging Scholars Exchange Program with Geoffrey Hoffman, PhD, MPH

Open to Penn affiliates only.
Co-sponsored with Penn Nursing

Natural Experiments in Health Care

Friday, March 18
12:00–1:20 p.m. ET

Research Seminar with Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD

Co-hosted with the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)

Addressing Structural Racism in Medicaid to Promote Health Equity

Friday, April 15
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Conversation with Cara James, PhD, Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, and Emma Sandoe, PhD, MPH. Moderated by Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.

Samuel P. Martin, III, MD Memorial Lecture with Alicia Fernandez, MD

Friday, April 22
12:00–1:20 p.m. ET

Open to Penn affiliates only. 
Co-hosted by the Division of General Internal Medicine, and the National Clinician Scholars Program.

IN THE MEDIA

“Florida's Decision on Covid Vaccines for Healthy Kids Adds to Confusion and Distrust.” Alison Buttenheim. STAT

“Colonoscopy Isn't the Only Way to Screen for Colon Cancer. Here are Your Options.” Shivan Mehta. Philadelphia Inquirer

“The Coronavirus's Next Move.” Angela Shen. The Atlantic

“How Factory Robots Led to Human Deaths.” Atheendar Venkataramani. Futurity

“Nearly 4 Million U.S. Children Were Pushed Into Poverty When the Child Tax Credit Expansion Ended.” Pilar Gonalons-Pons. Philadelphia Inquirer

PUBLICATIONS

“Weaving Equity Into the Fabric of Medical Research.” Krisda H. Chaiyachati, Rinad S. Beidas, Meghan B. Lane-Fall, Katharine A. Rendle, Rachel C. Shelton, Elinore J. Kaufman. Journal of General Internal Medicine

“The Effect of Clinician Feedback Interventions on Opioid Prescribing.” Amol S. Navathe, Joshua M. Liao, Xiaowei S. Yan, M. Kit Delgado, William M. Isenberg, Howard M. Landa, Barbara L. Bond, Dylan S. Small, Charles A. L. Rareshide, Zijun Shen, Rebecca S. Pepe, Farah Refai, Victor J. Lei, Kevin G. Volpp, Mitesh S. Patel. Health Affairs

“Skilled Nursing Facility Performance and Readmission Rates Under Value-Based Purchasing.” Robert E. Burke, Yao Xu, Liam Rose. JAMA Network Open

“Trends in Disenrollment and Reenrollment Within U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Plans, 2006—2018.” Hanming Fang, Molly Frean, Gosia Sylwestrzak, Benjamin Ukert. JAMA Network Open

“Racial Disparities in the Management of Emergency Department Patients Presenting with Psychiatric Disorders.” Utsha G. Khatri, M. Kit Delgado, Eugenia South, Ari Friedman. Annals of Epidemiology

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