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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Hospital Ads Raised ER Visits and Medicare Spending, Innovative LDI Study Says

For-Profit Hospitals Saw the Largest ER Gains, With Smaller Effects at Nonprofits

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
March 19, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Six Insights on Health Care Affordability From Penn LDI

LDI Fellows’ Research Quantifies the Effects of High Health Care Costs for Consumers and Shines Light on Several Drivers of High U.S. Health Care Costs

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
February 2, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Nursing Home Incentive Program Falls Flat, New Work Explains Potential Reasons

A Major Federal Value-Based Purchasing Program Was Designed to Cut Hospital Readmissions. LDI Fellows Say the Incentives Are Too Small to Drive Real Change

By:
  • Christine Weeks
December 9, 2025

News

Atul Gupta and Catherine Ishitani Win 2025 NIHCM Research Award

Cited for “Breaking New Ground” in the Field of Hospital Operations

By:
  • Hoag Levins
June 30, 2025

Brief

Health Care Payment and Financing

Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program Fails to Lower Hospital Readmissions

Research Brief: New Incentive Structures and Metrics May Improve Program Performance

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
June 12, 2025

In The Media WHYY

Private Equity’s Reach in Philadelphia Healthcare

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Atul Gupta, PhD
February 25, 2025

Blog Post

LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024

Topics of Interest Included Insights About Health Disparities and Implications of Health Policies

By:
  • Miles Meline, MBE
January 6, 2025

In The Media The New Yorker

The Gilded Age Of Medicine

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Atul Gupta, PhD
December 13, 2024

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Medicare Advantage: LDI Fellows’ Findings on the Largest Part of Medicare

A Digest of LDI Research on Equity, Costs, and Care in Medicare Advantage Over The Last Two Years

By:
  • Karl Stark
December 13, 2024

Brief

Health Care Access & Coverage

What Happens When a Multihospital System Buys an Independent Hospital? 

System Acquisitions Increase Prices, Reduce Staffing, and May Affect Quality

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
September 24, 2024
Woman in scrubs holding piggy bank.

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

Blog Post

LDI Research Blogs That Caught Your Attention in 2023

A Wide Range of Health Policy Issues Drew Interest

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
  • Mackenzie Bolas
January 3, 2024

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