Sports betting has exploded in popularity, but experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the public health implications. @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social and @markmeiselbach.bsky.social discuss how to make online sports gambling safer. 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1006-public-...

New paper out with Andrew Anderson, @laurasamuel.bsky.social, and Kali Thomas in @jamahealthforum.bsky.social on "Medicare Advantage Part B Premium Givebacks and Enrollment" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @bsph-hpm.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social More below.

Medicare Advantage Part B Premium Givebacks and Enrollment

This study evaluates trends and expenditures in Medicare Advantage Part B premium givebacks and their association with plan enrollment.

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Major life update: this past week I was in Gouda, NL for the first cheese market of 2025 and came in second place in the guess-the-weight-of-the-cheese-wheels competition. This is probably my greatest cheese-related accomplishment.

Absolutely honored to win this year's James F. Burgess Methods Article-of-the-Year Award, along with @betsyqcliff.bsky.social @juliaedd.bsky.social and @markmeiselbach.bsky.social for our HSR article on deductible imputation in administrative claims datasets! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

CMAP Faculty Andrew Anderson, Catherine Ettman, @markmeiselbach.bsky.social, and @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social presented in Venice at the Mental Health Outcomes, Services, Economics, and Policy Research conference. An unforgettable experience and way to share policy research around the world!

@markmeiselbach.bsky.social and I have a new piece out in "The Conversation" discussing our JRI paper on the effect of the Peak Health Alliance on health care premiums. theconversation.com/lowering-the...

Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance

A health insurance alliance proved to lower costs for individuals and employers.

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New paper out with @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social at the Journal of Risk and Insurance titled "Banding together to lower the cost of health care? An empirical study of the Peak Health Alliance in Colorado." @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social #healthpolicy #econsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New paper out with @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social at the Journal of Risk and Insurance titled "Banding together to lower the cost of health care? An empirical study of the Peak Health Alliance in Colorado." @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social #healthpolicy #econsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Banding together to lower the cost of health care? An empirical study of the Peak Health Alliance in Colorado

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of Peak Health Alliance, a public–private initiative in Colorado aimed at lowering health care costs for employers and enrollees by increased bargaining power t...

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New Health Affairs Forefront piece out with Jean Abraham discussing the persistent long-term decline in the small group health insurance market. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Understanding The Long-Term Decline Of The Small-Group Health Insurance Market | Health Affairs Forefront

Continued increases in premiums and underlying health care prices have likely contributed to the declining small-group health insurance market. And hospital consolidation is a well-known contributor t...

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Provider directories remain really unreliable: "Most notably, the analysis showed only 13% of provider contact information in directories were accurate and up to 44% of providers were unable to be reached due to inaccurate information in the provider directory" www.insurance.pa.gov/Coverage/hea...

New letter our at @journalgim.bsky.social with Henry Larweh, Kali Thomas, and Andrew Anderson @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. We identify and characterize the growing list of MA "affinity plans", marketed for the needs of underserved beneficiaries. #healthpolicy link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Trends and Enrollment in Medicare Advantage “Affinity Plans” - Journal of General Internal Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine -

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Check out our work on the challenges accessing mental health provider using data from a very large secret shopper survey later today #APPAM2024

Enrollment in MA Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) has more than tripled over the past decade, but how different are these plans from standard MA plans? Grace McCormack, Rachel Wu, and I investigate this question in the context of provider networks. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/3B7KU...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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New Research with @colemandrake.bsky.social and @egolberstein.bsky.social We examine #ACA enrollment changes in GA after 1332 Reinsurance waiver. We find: A: Gross Premiums DOWN (GOOD) B: 250-400 FPL Enrollment Down (BAD) www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.... 1/N

New Health Affairs Forefront article, with Grace McCormack and Josephine Rohrer from USC, out discussing the issues plaguing mental health care access in the Medicare program. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Hello Bluesky! The fall edition of the ASHEcon newsletter is here w/5 great articles! 1) Brandyn Churchill wrote a nice summary of the ASHEcon 2023 opening plenary on the U.S. Constitution and Health Equity, moderated by Marcella Alsan & feat. Sam Halabi, Caitlin Myers, and Kitt Carpenter 1/5

O’s O’s sign up in Baltimore #baseball

Last night, my sister Devon was honored at the City Parks Foundation annual gala in Central Park with the People and Parks Award, for the partnership between @TYWLSBronx, the school she co-founded and is principal of, and City Parks. It was an amazing event, and I am unbelievably proud!

minimum wage increases raise the employment rates of older workers the labor supply of low-wage, retirement-age workers is particularly sensitive to labor market conditions: a 10% increase in minimum wages reduces retirement benefit claiming by the same amount as a 1pp drop in the unemployment rate

Duke Sanford School of Public Policy is hiring 3(!!) TT junior faculty and we are looking for a broad range of specialties/research areas. Please apply! polisky academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25832

Fascinating day spent with the #HopkinsBusinessOfHealthInitiative Such a stellar group of young scholars thinking hard about key problems @markmeiselbach.bsky.social @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social who else is over here? I loved learning from everybody

I was lucky to have an audience across platforms, so I'm happy to signal boost any job market candidate. Just tag me in your post and I will share/retweet.

Hi all! My name is Sarah Schutz, and I am an health economics PhD candidate at UPenn. My research interests include healthcare competition and the pharmaceutical industry. Using this site for research, but also Phillies updates and finding good eats. I’m also on the job market: sarahdschutz.com

Great to see so many of you here! Blue Sky indeed! That Elon guy sure is lame.

New here, so by way of intro: I'm a PhD candidate in Health Services Research at Brown University on the job market. I study opportunities to improve the value of health care spending (w/a focus on Medicare Advantage & commerical) and previously worked at the Mass HPC. hannahjames.me 🩺📊

Hi! I’m Roz, a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan in the Department of Health Management & Policy. I study policies and programs aimed to control US health care spending. I post about health economics & policy and occasionally the warriors. Oh! And I’m on the job market: roslyncmurray.com

Hello #econsky I’m here to talk about health economics and make dad jokes.

First post on Bluesky! Hi everyone - I am a health economist and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins BSPH. Generally used the other app for following economics, health policy, baseball, and Baltimore food stuff. Random Baltimore pic for #substance. Help me find my friends on here please!