📢Calling all Medicaid researchers:. @kjohnmcconnell, @SarahHallGordon, @povertyscholar, + I are organizing a new virtual, bi-monthly seminar series - the Medicaid Insights Colloquium - to highlight current research and policy topics. Initial lineup of speakers + registration⬇️.

RT @WCMPopHealthSci: .@NY1 covered the “big, beautiful bill," passed by House Republicans, which could lead to nearly 8 million fewer peopl….

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

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

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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 @JAMAHealthForum , with @amy_m_bond and @DhruvKhullar et al. Link⬇️

Please help spread the word!. We at the Cornell Health Policy Center are excited to launch our Data-Driven Journalism Series, in which CHPC experts will walk through key data resources for reporting on timely health policy topics. First session:

RT @C_Garthwaite: As you consider potential Medicaid cuts, it seems good to think about incidence. My work with @ProfNoto and @talgross s….

RT @WCMPopHealthSci: Dr. Karen E. Joynt Maddox will be presenting at our next Grand Rounds! Dr. Maddox joins us from @BarnesJewish, @WashUP….

RT @jamie_daw: For 38 years, the PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mo….

cc @ChatterjeePaula @PennLDI @PennDGIM @HKellett . Many thanks to @Arnold_Ventures for supporting this work!.

This all has important implications for how we think about defining and (at times) supporting at-risk hospitals. It also highlights the need for better data on alternative revenue sources driving asset growth at wealthier institutions. Article link:

3. Markets generally have both poor and wealthy hospitals; over the 20 years, high-asset hospitals remained high-asset and low-asset hospitals remained low-asset. Overall, we find hospitals have a pattern of cumulative advantage or disadvantage in hospital financing.

2. This growth in assets significantly outpaced usual drivers of financial performance like patient revenue. Alternative sources of revenue -- many of which we don't have great data on -- gained in importance over this time period, particularly for wealthier hospitals.

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.

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Please join us for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Feb. 12 featuring the incomparable @jwswallace @YaleHPM on how managed care manages care:. "The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid". Register at link in reply.

RT @macpacgov: Our newest brief examines the effect of #Medicaid payment changes on access to physician services and highlights potential o….