21 May 2025
New Health Affairs Publication
I'm delighted to share that "Site-Neutral Payment Reform: Little Impact on Outpatient Medicare Spending or Hospital-Physician Integration" has been published in Health Affairs. We studied the only federal site-neutral legislation ever implemented: Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. It was terrific to do this project with Ngoc, Gary, and Noor - one of the most rewarding projects I have undertaken for its policy relevance and its methodological approach. Read it here!
23 April 2025
"Site-Neutral Payments: A Quick Primer" with Senior Editor Meg Winchester of Health Affairs
Meg and I talked about opportunities for cost reductions and what the future of site-neutrality looks like. Lots of fun, and great audience questions! https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20250318.588983/full/
22 April 2025
Podcast interview with the American Journal of Managed Care
Brooke McCormick of AJMC and I discuss the paper written by me, Farbod Alinezhad, and Gary Young ("Impact of Hospital-Physician Integration on Medicare Patient Mix") - just published here - in a podcast that you can find on the AJMC website.
17 April 2025
ANOTHER Successful Dissertation Defense
It has been a pleasure to work with Alexandra Harris and to forge a Northeastern-to-Northwestern connection by serving on her committee - and to do so on my favorite topic! She picked up an R36 dissertation grant along the way and is headed to MedPAC. Congratulations to Alex for defending "The Effect of Hospital-Physician Vertical Integration on Costs, Quality, and Utilization for Insured Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions."
7 April 2025
Successful Dissertation Defense
Four years went by fast. It was an honor to chair this dissertation. A major congratulations to my advisee, Farbod Alinezhad, for his successful defense of his dissertation: "Vertical Integration in US Healthcare: Determinants, Consequences, and a Novel Diffusion-Based Method for Causal Inference."
This research will help the field better understand the impacts on patient care of having more physicians join hospitals, and his novel statistical method will help other researchers address causal inferences in this area. Way to go, Farbod!
26 March 2025
Academy of Management Best Paper Award!
What began as Ngoc Thai's third dissertation chapter grew into a strong study published in JAMA Network Open and has now been given the Best Paper designation for the AOM's 85th Annual Meeting. A major congratulations to Ngoc for this honor!
25 March 2025
Paper Accepted for Presentation at the Academy of Management
We are glad to report that we will present our research (pertaining to PhD advisee Ngoc Thai's publication mentioned below) at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
Great working with Ngoc, Gary, and Noor on this!
23 March 2025
Invited Expert for Health Affairs Insider Webinar
On April 23, I'll be talking with Health Affairs about site-neutral payment policy. Registration is available here:
Site-Neutral Payments: A Quick Primer | Health Affairs
Please email me if you would like a courtesy registration.
Publication with PhD Mentee
See our publication in JAMA Network Open on hospital-physician integration and cardiac patients. Patients are more likely to get cardiac rehab - a high-value service - when their cardiologists works for a hospital system.