Posting only irregularly on BlueSky. Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wschpero/

Very excited that Hannah Maniates from the National Association of Medicaid Directors will be joining us for our next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Nov. 12. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...

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We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data. See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Links to resources in thread below ⬇️ 1/N

🚨📝 New CHPC memo out now! This brief titled, “State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment” synthesizes a recent study by CHPC/Weill Cornell faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewen. 📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG

For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants. In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social

Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM

States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.

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➡️ Please spread the word: The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF). The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality. weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

For many years, the Clark Center at Chicago Booth has regularly surveyed leading economists to assess consensus on timely economic policy issues. We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy. 1/N ⬇️

📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD

During debate on the OBBBA, I realized we know very little about health care needs and use in the adult Medicaid expansion population. We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap: ⬇️ 1/N

Calling all health policy journalists: Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!

Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 11mo ago

⭐️ Dr. William Schpero will be an expert panelist and moderator in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy,” alongside Dr. Angelica Meinhofer. 📖 Read more about Dr. Schpero here: buff.ly/Ipgl1Ik 📌 Register now: buff.ly/PqOT9rD

Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at tim.connor@wisc.edu. For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at dan.sacks@wisc.edu

Postdoc, Postgrad, and Research Intern Vacancies

Browse Postoc and Research Intern vacancies at UW–Madison.

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📢 Calling all journalists 📢 Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom Register now:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CHPC Journalism Series: Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

In this session, two Cornell experts will identify key data resources for reporting on timely Medicaid policy topics, including: - Impact of emerging federal and state policy developments - Coverage trends...

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🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues? Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H

Please spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy. Details below:

Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Calling all journalists! Join us for the third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” Thursday, September 25th, 2025 | 2PM-3PM (EST) Register here: buff.ly/UXcTva4

My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.

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Please spread the word! Happening tomorrow.

Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Join us TOMORROW from 12:00-1:00pm for CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies,” on Zoom: buff.ly/xPrga33 Featuring Drs. Tyler Braun, Mark Unruh, Jiani Yu, Moderated by Dr. William Schpero.

Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth. The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis.bsky.social · last yr.

For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This portends another addition to the Cape Cod house that is subsidies for the safety net: Medicare DSH, Medicaid DSH, the Critical Access Hospital program, 340B, etc. All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.

Adrianna McIntyre@adrianna.bsky.social · last yr.

This proposal reads like "high-risk pools, but for rural hospitals" to me High-risk pools never worked as well as people wanted, and I worry that a rural hospital slush fund would face many of the same challenges (underfunding, limited access, etc)

What happens when states expand school Medicaid? Our new study @jamahealthforum.bsky.social finds that the receipt of school-based health services rises significantly among children affected by parental opioid use disorder, following early state expansions. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children With Parental Opioid Use Disorder

This cohort study estimates the early effects of state school Medicaid expansions on the receipt of Medicaid-funded school-based health services among children who have experienced parental opioid use...

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Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social

Jamila Michener@povertyscholar.bsky.social · last yr.

It is a hard, but important time to be thinking and talking collectively about Medicaid. Join us next week (June 12th) for a historically grounded, future facing discussion.

JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25

Very timely -> happening now! ~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...

William Schpero@wschpero.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill. Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social) But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed? New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story... Thread below 👇

Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill. Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it. Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)

Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM

A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U...

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Please spread the word!

Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Calling all journalists! Join us for the second session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies” Tuesday, July 29 at 12:00–1:30 PM ET on Zoom Register now: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Happening today!

William Schpero@wschpero.bsky.social · last yr.

Please help spread the word! We @chpc-cornell.bsky.social want to be of service to journalists who cover health policy. We are thus excited to launch our Data-Driven Journalism Series, in which CHPC experts will walk through data resources for reporting on timely health policy topics. Details ⬇️

Important, timely new findings on the effects of Medicaid expansion under the ACA from Wyse and Meyer (Dartmouth): 1. *Lives saved*: 21% reduction in the mortality hazard of new enrollees. 2. *Cost-effective*: $179,000 per life-year saved. Read more: www.nber.org/papers/w33719

Has value-based care been more successful than we thought? See our new work @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... And the thoughtful accompanying editorial from Ouayogodé and Colla: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Long-Term Spending of Accountable Care Organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program

This longitudinal study examines long-term changes in health care spending among patients attributed to accountable care organizations within the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

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What constitutes the modal primary care practice? In service of ongoing work characterizing the outpatient delivery system, we tried to figure it out. New paper now at JAMA Health Forum, with @ambond.bsky.social and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social et al. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Changes in Primary Care Practice Setting and Practice Type for Medicare Beneficiaries

This cross-sectional study examined changes in practice setting and practice type in 2012 vs 2022 among patients with traditional Medicare coverage.

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