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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

How For-Profit Hospitals Billed More Aggressively Than Nonprofits For Medicare Outlier Payments: A Case Study From the Early 2000s

For-Profits Were Also Likelier to Spend New Revenue on Executive Pay and Share Buybacks

By:
  • Atul Gupta, PhD
August 7, 2024

In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

To Help People on Medicare and Medicaid, We Must Pay Providers for Integrating Care

People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medicaid are Getting Much Needed Attention, An LDI Conference Shows

By:
  • J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN
  • and Gary Rettberg, MPP
August 6, 2024

In Their Own Words

Health Equity

Advancing Equity In Kidney Transplantation Through The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

LDI Fellows Discuss Equity in Health Affairs Forefront

By:
  • Yuvaram Reddy, MBBS, MPH
  • Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD
  • Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA, Gaurav Jain, MD, Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH, Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA
August 2, 2024

Blog Post

Health Equity

Why Latine Immigrants Say They Avoid Prenatal Care—And What Encourages Its Use

Community Members Suggest Ways to Increase Trust and Decrease Anxiety About Getting Care

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
July 31, 2024

News

Health Care Access & Coverage

Penn LDI/Health Affairs Conference Explores Dual Eligibles Care Integration

Latest Effort to Re-envision a Disjointed System That Shortchanges a Highly Vulnerable Patient Population

By:
  • Hoag Levins
July 30, 2024

In Their Own Words

Substance Use Disorder

This Telehealth System Could Be Scaled Up Statewide To Treat Opioid Use Disorder

This Model Is Cheaper And Easier To Use Than The ER, LDI Fellow Argues In New Op-Ed

By:
  • Jeanmarie Perrone, MD
July 29, 2024

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

6 Major Barriers That Stop Patients From Doing Home Dialysis

Patients, Caregivers, and Providers Explain Systemic Issues With Home Dialysis

By:
  • Mackenzie Bolas
July 29, 2024

Policy

Health Care Access & Coverage

The Impact of Repealing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Minimum Staffing Rule on Patient Outcomes

Memo: Presented to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren

By:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
  • Norma B. Coe, PhD
July 24, 2024

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Fears of Family Separation Deter Parents With Substance Use Disorder From Getting Needed Care

Policymakers Should Consider Reporting and Planning Procedures That Do Not Involve Child Protective Services

By:
  • Miles Meline, MBE
July 23, 2024

In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

A Federal Court Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care at Risk

The Braidwood Case Opens the Door For Others To Block PrEP and other Preventive Services

By:
  • Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD
  • and Lorraine Dean, ScD
July 22, 2024

Blog Post

Population Health

Why the CDC’s Environmental Justice Index Holds the Power to Improve Health

It’s the First National Database to Measure the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health 

By:
  • Timothy Nelin, MD, MSHP
July 17, 2024

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Three Ways to Fix Value-Based Payments

Changing the Health Care Reimbursement Model Could Improve Quality and Lower Costs

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
July 15, 2024

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