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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

In The Media The Washington Post

The Business of Caring for Older Americans is in a Deepening Crisis

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
December 7, 2025
Penn LDI Insights on Policy

Policy

Analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program

Memo: Response to Request for Analysis

By:
  • Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
December 4, 2025
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Blog Post

Health Equity

New National Study Finds Doctors Paid Less for Treating Black and Hispanic Patients

Physicians Were Paid About 10% Less for Visits Involving Black and Hispanic Patients, With Pediatric Gaps Reaching 15%, According to a First-of-Its-Kind LDI Analysis

By:
  • Christine Weeks
December 1, 2025

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

After Fifteen Years, is Value-Based Care Succeeding?

Penn LDI Debates the Pros and Cons of Payment Reform

By:
  • Hoag Levins
November 13, 2025
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Blog Post

Understanding the Evidence: SNAP and Health

Six Studies That Highlight How Losing SNAP Can Raise Food Insecurity and Affect Health

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
November 5, 2025

News

Penn LDI Raises $5.5 Million in Landmark Davis Family Gift Initiative

Includes $1 Million in Donations to Meet a Matching Challenge

By:
  • Hoag Levins
November 5, 2025

Brief

Health Care Access & Coverage

Less Postacute Care for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Does Not Mean Worse Health

Research Brief: Shorter Stays in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Less Home Health Didn’t Lead to Worse Outcomes, Pointing to Opportunities for Traditional Medicare

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
October 30, 2025

News

Population Health

Contradictions That Confuse Federal Food Policies

Announcing Bold New Goals While Crippling the Infrastructure Needed to Achieve Them

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 27, 2025

In The Media Forbes

Lousy Medicare Insurance Is Worsening Outcomes For All Patients

Work Cited

Featured Fellows:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
  • Norma B. Coe, PhD
October 13, 2025

In The Media Bloomberg

This Shutdown Fight Has Life-or-Death Consequences

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
October 1, 2025

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

The Price of Obamacare Subsidies Loss: Millions Uninsured, Thousands at Greater Risk

Penn LDI/Tradeoffs Panel Discussion Eyes Impact of December Congressional Cutoff

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 29, 2025

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