Christina Andrews
@c_m_andrews
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Associate Professor of Health Policy @USCArnoldSchool of Public Health; Medicaid, addiction, and financial barriers to treatment. Opinions are my own.
Columbia, SC
Joined June 2009
I am so grateful to my colleagues and friends at the Arnold School of Public Health for granting me the Faculty Research Award this year! I am lucky to be part of such a great institution. Thanks to @USC_HSPM for providing me with the support and resources to do my best work.
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Looking forward to talking about prior authorization with A. Mark Fendrick, Ravi Gupta, and Michael Anne Kyle at Health Affairs’ upcoming Insider Event, "Prior Authorization: Current State and Potential Reform," on September 23 from 1 pm – 2 pm ET. Sign up using the link below.
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Great post doc opportunity at UChicago here 👇👇👇 Come work with our team!
We at @UChicago are looking to hire a postdoc for the JCOIN Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center Policy Landscape Core. The postdoc will work with me, Colleen Grogran, and our MAARC PLC colleagues. Deets here https://t.co/LOXfzeCCJz
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So thrilled to see @oliviamhinds publish her first-authored paper! Check out her great work in leading on this important topic.
Super excited to share some of my latest work with @c_m_andrews, @m_westlake711 and Sophia Negaro. We find that most Medicaid health homes are referring out SUD treatment and many fail to comply with SUD screening and treatment co-location requirements. https://t.co/Ay2a0gUQI1
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Please help me spread the word about two tenure-track job openings available in health policy and management at the University of South Carolina! Priority deadline is coming up on *November 16*
🚨 Tenure-Track Job Alert! We are hiring for multiple faculty positions in @USC_HSPM @USCArnoldSchool. Links to each posting are in the comments for easy sharing. I encourage you to apply and also appreciate you helping to spread the word.
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Analysis Shelby led w/Colleen Grogan+their excellent @NIDAnews-funded team on Kentucky Medicaid managed care is an important analysis of OUD services. Quasi-random plan assignment allows creative causal identification. Plans that cover more OUD treatments display higher rates of
Shelby Robinson Steuart giving an amazing talk at the inaugural @UChicagoCHAS Davis lecture today on adolescent and young-adult opioid-related harms, and these relationships with Medicaid managed care.
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Friends, please help us spread the word about this special issue on psychedelics and substance use disorder treatment!
Find out more about our planned special issue on psychedelic-assisted treatment for SUD, including how to submit https://t.co/Ue7Dw53hjA
@WileyHealth
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Had a fantastic time talking with @Health_Affairs' Alan Weil on this week's episode of ''A Health Podyssey.'' You can check it out here:
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🚨 Free webinar on #psychedelics policy--July 18 An 📈 # of states/localities are implementing/considering alts to prohibiting some psychedelics for nonclinical purposes What could these changes mean for Indigenous Peoples, veterans, others? Register 👇 https://t.co/Gj0ONO7aOc
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Join the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute and RAND Drug Policy Research Center for a discussion about the use of psychedelics in the United States. Panelists will highlight the...
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🆕 #NIDA-funded study published in @Health_Affairs: Most States Allow Medicaid Managed Care Plans Discretion To Restrict Substance Use Disorder Treatment Benefits. @UofSC
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Managed care plans, which contract with states to cover three-quarters of Medicaid enrollees, play a crucial role in addressing the drug epidemic in the United States. However, substance use disorder...
JUST RELEASED: The July 2024 issue of Health Affairs on Medicare, COVID-19 & More is now available. Read the issue introduction from Editor in Chief, Alan Weil: https://t.co/EWIlT5BM3C
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Our new @Health_Affairs paper is out! We find that many states do not prohibit Medicaid MCO plans from imposing requirements like prior authorization, mandatory drug testing, and concurrent psychotherapy for OUD treatment https://t.co/vWIm1VGuwO
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Come join us!
Hey #ARM24 We’re talking Medicaid & SUD treatment access/outcomes today: MCOs, IMDs, 1115s & any other acronyms we can think of w/ the brilliant @maureentstewart @c_m_andrews Stephan Lindler. We promise to make sense of this alphabet soup! Join us @ 1:45pm in Room 318-320
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We’re hiring again this year, so if you—or one of your trainees—will be on the market, please stop by the booth, find me at poster session B (#266), or DM me to learn more about the amazing people in our dept & the great work they’re doing to improve policy & practice! #ARM24
Interested in a career in health services research, admin, policy, or public health? Visit our @USCArnoldSchool HSPM department booth at @AcademyHealth #ARM24 to learn more! #HealthcareCareers
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Great article featuring our recent work on SUD treatment carve outs in Medicaid managed care. Kudos to the talented @afsilverman for leading the way!
I'll use any opportunity I can to say my favorite quote: "If you've seen one Medicaid plan, you've seen one Medicaid plan." Check out this interview I did for @PsychiatricNews on Medicaid MCO carve outs for SUD treatments and medications https://t.co/Dj5eJt0SW6
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Check out our new piece in @AddictionJrnl examining what can be learned from the liberalization of cannabis to inform sound regulatory policy for psychedelics
Read the new #openaccess Addiction Opinion and Debate article by @c_m_andrews, Wayne Hall, @KeithNHumphreys and John Marsden - Crafting effective regulatory policies for psychedelics: What can be learned from the case of cannabis? https://t.co/XJHt1jV7Xn
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A commentary from @KeithNHumphreys @c_m_andrews + Richard Frank reviews Medicaid, the single largest source of funding for substance use disorder care in the U.S. and what steps remain to be taken for it to better support the national response to SUDs
psychiatryonline.org
PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
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Count myself very lucky to work with this incredible student!
May graduate pursues medical degree to advance health equity, global health. ⚖️🌏 Learn more about Anusha Ghosh ➡️ https://t.co/VoImYShvGi
#ForeverToThee24 #AlwaysAGamecock #WeArePublicHealth
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.@KeithNHumphreys, @c_m_andrews, and Richard Frank provide an excellent summary of the state of play--"Progress and Challenges in Medicaid-financed Care of Substance Use Disorder."
psychiatryonline.org
PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
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