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Margaret Lowenstein

Increasing Access to

OUD Treatment

Two new studies from Margaret Lowenstein and colleagues describe strategies to increase treatment for opioid use disorder in the

emergency department. 

Evaluation and Management billing codes

Changing Provider Payment for Office Visits  

Research by Nate Apathy and colleagues reveals that new rules governing how providers use Evaluation and Management (E/M) billing codes changed how providers bill, but did not reduce provider burden.

Linda Aiken

Global Program Prevails During Pandemic

Linda Aiken discusses the challenges and successes of operating Magnet4Europe, a program designed to improve hospital working environments. 

Scott Lorch and Raina Merchant

LDI Fellows Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

Scott Lorch and Raina Merchant have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

EVENTS

Olatunde Johnson

Vaccination Equity
By Design

Tuesday, March 1
5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Conversation with Olatunde C.A. Johnson, JD 

 

This event is part of the 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, organized by the Penn Program on Regulation and co-sponsored by the Penn Law Office of Equity and Inclusion

Empty pill bottles

An Action Plan for Reducing Opioid Deaths 

Friday, March 4
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Seminar with Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Keith Humphreys, PhD, and Regina LaBelle, JD. Moderated by Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP.

 

Co-sponsored with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH)

Geoffrey Hoffman

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

Anupam Jena

Research Seminar with Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD

Friday, March 18
12:00–1:20 p.m. ET

 

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

 

IN THE MEDIA

“How Nurses Can Be at the Forefront of Battling Pandemic Misinformation.” Antonia Villarruel. WHYY

 

“After the FDA Issued Warnings About Antidepressants, Youth Suicides Rose and Mental Health Care Dropped.” Ross Koppel. The Conversation

 

“Nearly Two Years Into the Pandemic, Women Still Lag Behind Men in Job-Recovery Statistics.” Pilar Gonalons-Pons. Philly Voice

 

“C.D.C. Proposes New Guidelines for Treating Pain, Including Opioid Use.” Jeanmarie Perrone. New York Times

PUBLICATIONS

“The Impact of the Affordable Care Act: Evidence from California's Hospital Sector.” Mark Duggan, Atul Gupta, Emilie Jackson. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

 

“The Effectiveness Of Government Masking Mandates On COVID-19 County-Level Case Incidence Across The United States, 2020.” Jing Huang, Brian T. Fisher, Vicky Tam, Zi Wang, Lihai Song, Jiasheng Shi, Caroline La Rochelle, Xi Wang, Jeffrey S. Morris, Susan E. Coffin, and David M. Rubin. Health Affairs

 

“Effects of Medicare Advantage on Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Medicare Decedents.” Sungchul Park, Joan M. Teno, Lindsay White, Norma B. Coe. Health Services Research

 

“Association of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Clinical Outcomes After Open Cardiac Valve or Proximal Aortic Surgery.” Emily J. MacKay, Bo Zhang, John G. Augoustides, Peter W. Groeneveld, Nimesh D. Desai. JAMA Network Open

 

“U.S. Local Public Health Department Spending Between 2008 and 2016 did not Increase for Communities in Need.” Olivia Reszczynski, John Connolly, Kaitlyn Shultz, Sheila Kelly, Nandita Mitra, Jeffrey Hom, Atheendar Venkataramani, Krisda H. Chaiyachati. BMC Health Services Research

 

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