The End of the Continuous Enrollment Period in Montana
Beginning in April 2023, the State of Montana, like other states, will begin a year-long...
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Vaccines for Children Program: Early Legislative History and Future Innovations
Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, Florence Tyler, and Marsha Simon, SM, PhD Executive SummaryCongress passed the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (...
Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Sara Rosenbaum, and Rebecca MorrisExecutive SummaryDuring its upcoming term, the United States Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in Health and Hospital...
Data Note: Findings from 28 months of Data from HRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Survey
Jessica Sharac, Colleen Bedenbough, Feygele Jacobs, and Peter ShinThis data note provides an overview of findings from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Health Center COVID-...
The Value Proposition: Evidence of the Health and Economic Contributions of Community Health Centers
Leighton Ku, Jessica Sharac, Rebecca Morris, Feygele Jacobs, Peter Shin, Erin Brantley, Sara RosenbaumExecutive Summary Community health centers are the backbone of safety net...
Peter Shin, Sara Rosenbaum, Rebecca Morris, Kay Johnson, and Feygele JacobsExecutive Summary The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have a dramatic...
Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Feygele Jacobs, and Sara RosenbaumExecutive Summary Poverty, lack of safe, affordable housing, hunger and poor nutrition, exposure to domestic violence, and other social...
Jessica Sharac, Feygele Jacobs, Peter Shin, Sara RosenbaumExecutive Summary Community health centers have played a vital role during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the single largest source of...
Rebecca Morris, Jessica Sharac, Sara Rosenbaum, Feygele Jacobs, Peter ShinApproximately 6.2 million uninsured patients at community health centers could be hit with COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and...
Sara Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac and Feygele JacobsOn February 24th the Biden administration issued a proposed rule that would...
Coverage of Medical Nutrition for Children with Urea Cycle Disorders Varies by State
Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are genetic diseases that affect metabolism, and treatment requires either a liver transplant or medical management with a combination of drugs, low-protein...
Key COVID-19 Updates from Twenty Months of Health Center Survey Data
Jessica Sharac, Feygele Jacobs, Maria Casoni, Peter ShinHRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Survey Beginning in April 2020, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has conducted a Health...
Leighton Ku, PhD, MPHProfessor, Dept. of Health Policy and ManagementDirector, Center for Health Policy Research Erin Brantley, PhD, MPHDeputy Director, Center for Health Policy Research ...
Community Health Centers in 2020, the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has affected every aspect of the health care delivery system. In thousands of medically underserved rural and urban communities, community health centers played a...
Community health centers (CHCs) provide comprehensive primary health care in the nation’s most seriously medically underserved urban and rural communities. In 2020, CHCs served nearly 29...
Amicus Brief Tells Supreme Court Abortion is an Essential Component of Reproductive Health
One of over two dozen amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortions was signed by the American Public Health Association, The Guttmacher Institute, The...
Dora Hughes Joins Leadership Team at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Associate Research Professor Dora Hughes, MD, MPH, will join the senior leadership team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and will serve as Senior Advisor at the Center for Medicare...
By Rebecca Morris, Finn Dobkin, Jessica Sharac, Feygele Jacobs, Peter ShinThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, states have had vastly different experiences with case rates, restrictions, testing,...
The Future of the CDC Eviction Moratorium is Now Unclear
Morgan Handley and Sara RosenbaumOn May 5, 2021, in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Unites States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States District Court for the District of...
Community Health Center Accomplishments and Challenges, One Year in to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This brief reports the trends on key elements from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Health Center COVID-19 Survey over the past year, and highlights health centers’...
Faculty, staff, and alumni from the Milken Institute School of Public Health are mourning the loss of Rick Mauery, who was a valued part of our community for many years.
During the week of March 11th, 2021, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, data reported from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19...
This Data Note describes a new initiative by the Biden Administration to allocate COVID-19 vaccine supplies directly to community health centers. It also presents updated information on the number of...
Sara Rosenbaum, Rebecca Morris, Erin Brantley, and Leighton KuFebruary 8, 2021 ...
On January 19, 2021, the U.S. COVID-19 death toll reached 400,000 deaths. Data reported that week from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey...
Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are multi-sector, community-based partnerships that aim to address community health and social needs, and Community Health Centers (CHCs) provide important...
Community health centers operate in the poorest urban and rural communities that experience elevated health risks as well as a serious shortage of primary health care. Immigrants are...
As the nation endures the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey indicate that the...
As the nation entered the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey indicate that the...
With routine operations disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many community health centers rapidly pivoted to providing telehealth or virtual visits. In 2019, less than half (43 percent) of community...
This policy brief reports on the COVID-19 experience of the nation’s community health centers over a six-month period, utilizing data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s)...
COVID-19’s Impact on CHCs: Infographic
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the temporary closure of more than 2,000 Community Health Center (CHC) sites in April. While CHCs rallied to provide testing and essential care, and have worked hard to...
By Jessica Sharac, Peter Shin, Sara RosenbaumIn 2019, on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, federally-funded and look-alike community health centers served over 30 million medically underserved...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs the nation’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 180,000 and infections spiked in the Midwest, the latest Health...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs the nation’s seven-day average of daily deaths exceeded 1,000 for at least 24 days in a row, the latest Health...
By Sara Rosenbaum, Leighton Ku, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Maria VelasquezMissouri’s August 4th vote to adopt the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion for low-income adults...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs the nation reported the highest daily number of COVID-19 deaths since mid-May and surpassed 170,000 COVID-19...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsWith more than five million coronavirus cases now recorded nationwide, the latest Health Resources and Services...
New Resource Shows How Different States Address Primary Care in Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
Most Medicaid beneficiaries have health insurance coverage through managed care organizations (MCOs), so the contracts that state Medicaid programs negotiate with MCOs shape the care their low-income...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsWith more than 150,000 COVID-19 deaths now recorded nationwide, approximately one death per minute, the latest Health...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsWith four million coronavirus cases now recorded nationwide, and the highest number of hospitalized COVID19 patients...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs the daily U.S. COVID-19 case count exceeded a record-high of 77,000 and hospitals in several states have reached...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs coronavirus cases reported in the U.S. surpassed three million cases and several states’ hospitals are strained...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsWith coronavirus cases increasing in 39 states, the latest Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s)...
By Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Feygele JacobsAs U.S. daily COVID-19 infections reach record highs, the latest Health Resources and Services Administration’s (...
By Jessica Sharac, Rebecca Morris, James Hernandez, Maria Velasquez, Peter Shin, Sara Rosenbaum, Feygele JacobsAs half of all states reported an increase in weekly COVID-19 cases, including ten...
As more than half of all states reported an increase in their seven-day COVID-19 case averages, the latest Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly COVID-19 survey summary...
As states reopen and plan for an increase in pent-up demand for health care services, the latest Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly COVID-19 survey summary continues to...
State Provider Immunity Laws in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Alexander Somodevilla and Sara Rosenbaum1. IntroductionAs reported by the Washington Post, CMS recently found that nursing homes operated by Life Care Centers of America (“Life Care”)...
An Unexpected Education: Teaching Health Center Training in a Global Pandemic
In a few short weeks, newly trained primary care physicians and dentists will complete their residencies at the nation’s 56 Teaching Health Centers (THCs) and join a desperately needed cadre of...
As the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly reports on community health centers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic reaches its eighth week, certain trends and areas of...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released its seventh weekly summary of COVID-19 survey data on May 22nd, 2020. This weekly update is drawn from information provided by...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released its sixth weekly summary of COVID-19 survey data on May 15th, 2020. This weekly update is drawn from information provided by...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released its fifth weekly summary of COVID-19 survey data on May 6th, 2020. This weekly update is drawn from information provided by responding...
Telehealth has grown from a promising innovation to become essential during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community health centers’ ability to put telehealth to use can provide important insight into how...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released its 4th weekly summary of COVID-19 survey data on May 1st, 2020. This weekly summary is drawn from information provided by responding...
This fall, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in California et al. v Texas et al. The Court will decide whether the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) “individual mandate” remains...
Key Updates from the Health Center COVID-19 Survey: Week 3
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released its third weekly summary of COVID-19 survey data on April 24, 2020. This weekly summary is drawn from information provided by...
In recent days, multiple stories about COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on African Americans have emerged, and from these stories, it is becoming increasingly clear that the nation’s medically...
The increasing number of reports on the racial and ethnic disparity in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, particularly for African Americans, highlights the need not only for greater...
The COVID-19 stimulus legislation includes some financial relief for community health centers, including small business protections in which most health centers with less than 500 workers will be...
By Jessica Sharac, Peter Shin, Maria Velasquez, and Sara RosenbaumGeiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative UpdateMarch 24, 2020Keeping community health care providers...
Medicaid As A Public Health Responder: Washington State’s 1135 Waiver
By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez, Morgan Handley, Rebecca Morris, and Alexander SomodevillaIntroductionOn January 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary Alex...
Legislative Action Aims to Secure A Comprehensive Public Health Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Current as of March 19, 2020. This post is a work in progress and will be updated with new developments.By Maria Velasquez, Alexander Somodevilla and Morgan HandleyIntroductionThe federal...
Real-World Experience Propels MHA Students to Win Case Competition
Case competitions provide opportunities for health administration students to apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, and having real-world experience can give competitors an edge. That's one...
Public Charge at SCOTUS: The Gorsuch Concurrence and Sotomayor Dissent
By Alexander Somodevilla and Morgan HandleyThe Trump administration’s final rule “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” finalized in August of 2019, would expand the list of benefits that...
Blog: Medicaid in the 2021 White House Budget Proposal
By Sara Rosenbaum, Morgan Handley and Maria VelasquezAs usual, the President’s Budget for America’s Future, along with its appendices and the HHS documents, devotesmore ink to Medicaid than...
Community Health Centers Would Suffer under Federal Block Grants or Per-Capita Caps for Medicaid
Community health centers are an essential source of care for people in every state, including millions of those with Medicaid coverage. A new study estimates the magnitude of impacts on health...
By Jessica Sharac, Peter Shin, and Sara RosenbaumIn June 2019, we published an estimate of the impact of Medicaid work experiments in seven states, including Indiana. This analysis updates our...
Researchers Publish Health Affairs Blog
Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, and Alexander Somodevilla, JD, Senior Research Associate at Milken Institute School of Public Health,...
By Marsha SimonWhile Congressional freshmen have attracted much of the media coverage in the U.S. House of Representatives, another group of Democrats is exerting renewed influence—the Congressional...
By Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Sara Rosenbaum, and Maria Velasquez Highlights Health centers rely on Medicaid as a major source of operational funding. Based on estimates of Medicaid disenrollment by...
Blog: The Trump Administration's Final Public Charge Rule as a Public Health Threat
By Sara RosenbaumAlthough immigrants tend to be found in larger numbers across the U.S., in reality, they have become essential contributors to American communities from coast to coast. Today,...
Blog: The New Public Charge Rule Targets Immigrant Receipt of Public Benefits
By Alexander Somodevilla and Sara RosenbaumOn Aug. 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published the long-awaited public charge final rule titled “Inadmissibility on Public Charge...
Scientific Integrity Safeguards Needed for Reproductive Health
The Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health submitted a letter in support of the Scientific Integrity Act, and Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-Virginia) highlighted the letter and the concerns raised...
Blog: Survey Shows that "Public Charge" Rule Drives Immigrants Away From Medicaid and Medical Care
By Teodor Handarov and Alexander SomodevillaNearly half of community health centers participating in a survey conducted by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at...
An estimated 850,000 to 2.2 million people in the United States are living with Chronic Hepatitis B. Just one-third of people living with Chronic Hepatitis B are diagnosed. A research team from the...
Blog: The Power of Convening and Early Lessons from Accountable Communities for Health
By Clese Erikson, Dora Hughes, Janet Heinrich, Helen Mittmann and Jeffrey Levi BackgroundThere is growing recognition that advancing population health and health equity requires multi-sector...
Blog: Coverage of Thousands on the Line as Court of Appeals Reviews Kentucky’s Section 1115 Case
By Morgan Birdy and Teodor HandarovSixty-three public health scholars, including 10 deans of schools of public health, public policy, and public administration, recently filed two amicus curiae...
Blog: Medicaid Work Requirement Experiments Could Prove Costly for Thousands of Patients and Staff
By Jessica Sharac, Peter Shin, and Sara RosenbaumBetween 120,000 and 169,000 adult Medicaid health center patients across seven states could lose coverage for comprehensive and primary health care as...
Ali Moghtaderi, PhD, MBA, a professor of health policy and economics at the...
By Alexander Somodevilla, Maria Velasquez, and Sara RosenbaumIntroductionSection 1115 of the Social Security Act grants the Health and Human Services Secretary unique powers to approve and fund...
Strong GW Health Policy and Management Showing at AcademyHealth
Faculty, staff and students from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management presented cutting-edge research and policy...
By Sara Rosenbaum, Sara Rothenberg, Maria Velasquez, Leighton Ku, and Erin BrantleyFrom its earliest days, the Trump administration has signaled its intent to roll back Medicaid coverage for low...
Rachel Keller Landis argues that expanding the definition of child abuse to include neonatal abstinence syndrome is likely to harm infants.
Brief Calls on U.S. District Court to Strike Down New Hampshire’s Medicaid Work Experiment
The brief calls New Hampshire’s Medicaid work experiment “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and contrary to law.”
Rony Brauman, MD, the director of research at the MSF Foundation and professor at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester was the keynote speaker.
Professor Selected to Serve on AcademyHealth Education Council
Y. Tony Yang will serve for three years.
An analysis of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT’s proposed standards by Clare Pierce-Wrobel, MHSA.
How New Hampshire’s Medicaid Work Experiment Could Impact Community Health Centers
Medicaid revenues in the state’s community health centers could decline by up to $2.8 million, an analysis by Milken Institute SPH researchers shows.
Emerging Leaders in Agricultural Health Recognized
Awards highlight accomplishments of the new generation of health center leaders.
Blog: How a Health Administrator Aided in Constructing the World’s First LEED-Platinum Hospital
Robert Bonar, DrHA says that overseeing the design, construction and opening of the Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Tex. was a high point in his career.
Rosenbaum Parses the Expedited Appeal for Medicaid 1115 Work Experiments
In Health Affairs, Sara Rosenbaum shares her thoughts on what will happen in the appellate court.
Rosenbaum Assesses the Current State of Women’s Reproductive Health Protections
Efforts to strip women of core protections appear to be closing in from multiple political directions, she writes in the Milbank Quarterly.
Editorial on the Implications of the Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey
“Public health is at a crossroads,” according to an editorial published in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health. It was co-...
Brief Calls for Blocking Trump Administration’s Title X Gag Rule
The rule threatens health care access for millions, the 57 public health scholars who signed the brief agree.
2019 Geiger Gibson Program Distinguished Visitor Has Impacted Community Health Throughout the U.S.
John Silva, the president and CEO of the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center in western Massachusetts, is the George Washington University ...
Avi Dor, PhD of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health...
An Analysis of Laws Encouraging Children and Families to Choose Healthy Beverages
Y. Tony Yang’s analysis in Preventive Medicine looks at new laws in California, Baltimore and beyond.
Professor Named Editor of the Journal of Health Education
The Journal of Health Education Administration has named Leonard H. Friedman, PhD, FACHE, a professor of health management in the George Washington...
More Evidence That Community Health Centers Are Cost-effective
Study emulating randomized experiment design adds to body of knowledge documenting lower costs of using community health centers.
Professor Participates in Review of Germany’s RWI Institute for Economic Research
Lorens Helmchen served as a health economics subject matter expert for the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.
The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
The newly renamed institute honors Mullan’s lifelong goal of creating a more equitable distribution of health workforce resources.
Study Details Harassment of Women Veterans Seeking Healthcare at VA Sites
One of the first studies to systematically investigate harassment of female veterans at Veterans Affairs (VA) health centers found that one in four women...
Blog: The Ninth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s Passage
Sara Rosenbaum shares her thoughts.
David Chinitz of Hebrew University and Sara Rosenbaum of the Milken Institute School of Public Health share their observations.
Value of Training Physicians at Health Centers Pegged at $1.8 Billion in Public Program Savings
Policy issue brief examines cost-effectiveness of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program
Report Details Crucial Role Nurses Can Play in Addressing Unmet Health Needs of the 21st Century
Nurses today have the potential to help transform the health care system to tackle growing health problems that are deeply rooted in social and economic...
Blog: Protecting Scientific Integrity Would Help Public Health
The Scientific Integrity Act, introduced last week in the House and Senate, would require federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research to establish scientific integrity...
Melissa Goldstein Addresses Privacy Concerns in Human Research Regulations
Goldstein discusses updates to Common Rule for research with human participants.
Blog: Celebrating Rising Rankings
Both the Milken Institute School of Public Health and our department’s Master of Health Administration program are now ranked #12 in the country.
Sara Rosenbaum Comments on How Altering Civil Rights Laws Could Impact Health Policy
Implications for health policy are profound, according to Commonwealth Fund blog.
Report Identifies Ways that Medicaid Delivery and Payment Reform Can Impact Community Health Centers
Efforts underway in Massachusetts and New York are highlighted.
Blog: Welcome to GW Health Policy Management Matters!
We are delighted that you have found your way onto the new GW Health Policy Management Matters (GWHPMMatters.com) website! Our site is a source for insights and commentary about policy changes that...
Blog: Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Comments on Lawsuit to Block Trump Gag Rule
We at the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health remain gravely concerned about the public health consequences the Trump...
GW Professor Shares Insights on Factors that Make Cities Healthy
Y. Tony Yang was an advisor for rankings that peg Washington, DC in the #5 spot.
Analysis estimates that community health centers serve 22 percent of people in the U.S. living with HIV who are receiving care for their condition
Publication Details How Medical-Legal Partnerships Can Promote Public Health and Health Justice
Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are a powerful tool for promoting public health and health justice that can both improve low-income families’ health and effect policy change at the institutional...
Applicants Flock to New Health Policy PhD Program
The program is the first focused solely on health policy at the only school of public health in Washington, DC.
Parents of young children, caregivers for the disabled, seasonal workers and other poor people in rural areas of Montana would be most affected.
Five Traits Can Help Healthcare Leaders Prepare for an Uncertain Future
In an article published in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE’s) Chief Executive Officer, two health management experts from the George Washington University Milken...
GAO Finds that Some State Medicaid Programs Are Not Meeting Federal Health Coverage Requirements
Report identifies seven key factors that could pose challenges to women accessing abortions.
Approximately 731,000 women in the U.S. are at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies each month, according to a new estimate published by researchers at the University of California at San...
Investigating How Cases Where State Laws That Preempt Local Tobacco Laws Impact Adolescent Health
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the end of last year 32 U.S. states had laws that preempted more stringent control of tobacco at the local level. A researcher...
Graduates of For-Profit Nursing Schools Do Not Perform as Well on Nurse Licensure Test, Study Shows
Study raises questions about the for-profit nursing programs that have proliferated over the past decade.
Noted Public Health Researchers File Brief in Support of Kentucky Medicaid Work Challenge
Available on this website, the brief explains why 48 public health scholars are supporting a lawsuit challenging the Kentucky HEALTH work demonstration project.
Guidelines to Aid Providers in Inquiring about and Responding to Women’s Trauma
In response to the growing recognition of the role of trauma in physical and behavioral health conditions and the need or guidance on how to offer trauma-informed care, a group of trauma experts...
Blog: Critique of a Flawed Analysis about Medicaid Work Requirements
A deeply flawed analysis by the Buckeye Institute claims that requiring low-income Medicaid beneficiaries to work, a policy promoted by the Trump Administration, will increase their incomes....
Updated Estimate of Impacts of Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Experiment on Health Centers
As many as four in 10 adult Medicaid patients served by health centers would lose coverage and total patient care capacity could decline by up to 10 percent, study by Milken Institute SPH researchers...
A new study shows that pregnant sexual minority women are more likely to have unmet medical care needs owing to cost, frequent mental distress, depression, poor/fair health, activity limitations,...
A new report published exclusively in GWHealthPolicyMatters provides the most up-to-date estimates of how many Kentuckians will lose Medicaid coverage within one year of implementation of the state’s...
Study Details Improvements and Needs in Obesity Prevention and Treatment Coverage
The analysis of Medicaid and state employee health insurance plans shows major increases in coverage between 2009 and 2017, but also highlights treatment gaps.
GWHealthPolicyMatters will be publishing again on January 2, 2019
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Thoughts on the Growing Cost of Employer Insurance for Middle Income Families
Milken Institute SPH research professor Janet Heinrich shares her thoughts on the findings of a recent Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief.
Study Illuminates How Equity-Oriented Primary Health Care May Affect Health
A new study published in The Milbank Quarterly is noteworthy for identifying approaches to reduce health inequities through clinical care, particularly in a primary health care context....
Video: Including Sexual Assault and Violence Within the Context of Public Health
In a speech at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, Fatima Goss Graves talked about the public health implications of the #Me Too movement.
The Need for Evaluations of Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations that Restrict Eligibility
An Issue Brief published by the Commonwealth Fund suggests that information needed by policymakers may not be collected.
The Case for a Public Health Infrastructure Fund
By investing an additional $13 per person per year, the U.S. could create a public health infrastructure that comprehensively protects our nation’s health, experts say.
Suggestions for How to Improve Oversight of Vaccine Medical Exemptions
A Viewpoint published today in JAMA Pediatrics discusses concerns about exploitable loopholes in state vaccination exemption policies. In it, Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH of the George...
Milken Institute School of Public Health Researchers Urge Withdrawal of Public Charge Rule
The 26 public health, medicine, nursing and public policy scholars and practitioners from the George Washington University submitted an official comment to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security...
In a commentary posted on Take Care, a major blog site that caters to the congressional and legal communities, Sara Rosenbaum explained why ensuring that nearly 1,400 community health centers don’t...
An Argument in Favor of Influenza Vaccine Mandates for Young Children
In a Viewpoint published in JAMA Pediatrics, Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH makes a case for the value of influenza vaccine mandates for children between six months and five years of age,...
Encouraging Results from Evaluation of Camden Model Targeting Super Utilizers
Study by Mathematica Policy Research points to the potential of Camden model, which relies on a team of nurses, community health workers, social workers and others to support high cost patients in...
Proposed Public Charge Rule Likely to Have a Significant Impact on Community Health Centers
The analysis into how the rule could affect care at community health centers includes state-by-state estimates.
How Attitude Towards Pregnancy Matters When Women Select Contraception
To broaden understanding and knowledge about how women make decisions about contraception, a group of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh explored the relationship between pregnancy...
Study Suggests Medicaid Patients Value Physicians’ Recommendations Regarding Smoking Cessation
A new study finds that Medicaid patients who are smokers give better ratings to physicians and plans that offer more support and advice about cessation. The research suggests that both clinicians...
Report Describes Threats to the Use of Science in Government Decisions Regarding Public Health
A new report from a wide-ranging group of organizations that promote science-based policy making describes threats to the use of science in government decisions regarding public health and...
Noted Public Health Researchers File Brief in Support of Arkansas Medicaid Work Challenge
Forty public health scholars recently filed a public health “friend of the court” amicus brief in support of three Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries who are challenging the state’s Medicaid work...
Encouraging Signs about Small Employer and Worker Insurance Rates Under the ACA
Workers in jobs with historically low insurance rates have experienced an increase in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a study recently published by the Urban...
Data Raises Concerns About the Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements
A brief published by the Commonwealth Fund predicts the impact on adult Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky if work requirements go into effect. The authors estimate that as many as 118,000 adults...
The Funders Forum on Accountable Health at George Washington University (GW) has spearheaded the process of developing a common framework for...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released guidance granting states more flexibility to design alternatives to the Affordable Care...
In June 2018, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to implement a Medicaid work demonstration. Two recent blogs examined the enrollment and economic[1] impact of the work demonstration...
Policies that Reduce Air Pollution Could Have a Major Impact on Asthma Globally
Researchers say that policies which target known sources of air pollution, including automotive exhaust, could have a major impact on the global burden of asthma.
Blog: Listen to A Sherpa’s Guide to Innovation Podcast and Inspire Your Inner Innovator
Suggestions of podcasts that health administrators can listen to for ways to learn about innovation, brace for disruption—and much more.
New Institute Aims to Increase Health Equity in Health Workforce Education and Training
The Health Workforce Institute based at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health has received a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services...
The comments describe what the Milken Institute SPH researchers perceive to be the fundamental flaws with this (or any other) mandatory Medicaid work demonstration.
Low-income Adults in Medicaid Expansion States Report Better Access to Health Care, GAO Report Finds
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) adds to the growing evidence that some states' failure to expand Medicaid is leaving low income adults with unmet health needs....
Sara Rosenbaum Analyzes Impacts of New “Public Charge” Rule on Immigrants with Medicaid
The new analysis explains why the proposed "public charge" rule published last week by the Trump administration could affect millions of legal immigrants enrolled in Medicaid and would have a...
How Embedding Attorneys in Health Systems Can Help Patients and Underserved Communities
There are now more than 330 medical-legal partnerships across the U.S. Health systems are embedding attorneys in health systems to help individual patients and underserved communities, says Joel...
Sara Rosenbaum Shares Her Opinions on the Myths We Tell Ourselves About the Poor
The Expanding Work Requirements in Non-Cash Welfare Programs report released by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in July was one of the inspirations for a new opinion...
Systemic Supports Needed to Reinforce Opioid Legislation
The opioid legislation that President Trump is soon expected to sign into law has been widely hailed as a bipartisan success and a step forward for public health. But more needs to be done to...
GAO Report Details How State Medicaid Programs Cover Home and Community-based Care
As the U.S. population ages, the number of people needing long-term support services (LTSS) to help with routine daily activities has been growing and is expected to continue to increase. All...
Op-ed Protests Dismantling EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection
Milken Institute School of Public Health Dean Lynn R. Goldman is an author of the op-ed published in the New York Times.
Sara Rosenbaum Is One of Top 10 Most-cited Health Law Scholars
Depending upon which citations are used, Rosenbaum is either the country's 6th or 10th most highly cited health law scholar.
State Policies Linked to Uptake of HPV Vaccine
State policies play a significant role in the usage of vaccinations to prevent human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. Wayne Psek, MD, PhD, of...
Community Health Centers Continue to Show Major Growth
The numbers of patients served by the nation’s community health centers continues to increase significantly, according to a new study issued by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation...
Data on Veterans’ Use of Complementary Health Therapies
A new study published in Women’s Health Issues reports the results of an analysis of the use of complementary health therapies by 468,806 U.S. veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain...
Newly Released Census Figures Show Nearly 500,000 More Uninsured
New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 28.5 million people did not have health insurance in 2017. As officials note, the change – actually a slight uptick from the previous year –...
Report Documents Importance of Community Health Centers for Underserved Communities
A new report documents the increasingly visible role that community health centers are playing in the maturing, post-Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care market. Issued by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN...
Video: A Health Administrator’s Thoughts on Why Now Is a Great Time to Study Health Administration
Deneen Richmond, MHA is the vice president for Quality & Performance Improvement at Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading not-for-profit health system. She is also...
Evidence That Legal Reforms Which Reduce Malpractice Risk Decrease Defensive Medicine
One of the first studies to investigate how medical malpractice reforms such as damage caps affect specific clinical decisions provides strong evidence that caps have inspired physicians to reduce...
Blog: Learning About Health Management and Policy in Israel (3 of 3)
This is the third of three blogs about the experiences of 30 students in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University’s MHA@GW program during an immersion...
Speaking for the Record: The Public Health Implications of Medicaid Work Experiments
Sara Rosenbaum explains why she and 42 other health experts submitted an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit brought by a group of Medicaid enrollees challenging the Health and Human Services (HHS...
Blog: Learning About Health Management and Policy in Israel (2 of 3)
The MHA@GW students visited government and healthcare facilities in Jerusalem and the Negev Desert and discussed issues including health policy, long term care and dealing with mass casualties.
Table Details Data Hurdles to Implementing Remotely Monitored Devices in Cancer Treatment
Remotely monitored “wearable” devices are helping to pave the way for evidence-based therapy and to facilitate personalized healthcare through predictive health analytics and medicine. The...
Blog: Learning About Health Management and Policy in Israel
Students in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University’s MHA@GW program recently took a 5-day trip to Israel, a country and region that experiences intense...
GW Faculty and Staff Submit Comments to HHS on Proposed Title X “Gag” Rule
A group of 17 members of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health’s (GW Milken Institute SPH) faculty and staff submitted comments on July 26 in response to a...
The growing use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in the federal Title X family planning programs suggests more low-income women who want to avoid pregnancy are able to access one of...
Making a Case for the Individual Mandate in Washington, D.C.
George Washington University Professor Leighton Ku is a member of the executive board of Washington...
Video: Presentation on National Trends and Emerging Issues in the Healthcare Workforce
Professor Patricia Pittman, co-director of the GW Health Workforce Institute, was a panelist...
How Pay for Success May Work with Medicaid to Promote Public Health
New research provides insights into how the innovative “Pay for Success” (PFS) financing model could be used in interventions aimed at Medicaid populations. The analysis, one of the first...
New research that seeks to understand how hospital policies dictate what nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are allowed to do reveals that there is enormous variations across...
Insights into How Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh May Approach the ACA
GW's Sara Rosenbaum and other experts believe that if he is elected to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh’s decisions might please President Trump and his Republican colleagues in some instances and...
Blog: The New District of Columbia Policy to Protect Insurance Coverage
The District of Columbia recently took an important step to protect health insurance coverage by creating a District-specific health insurance requirement. This is in response to the unexpected...
Expert Commentary on Medicaid Work Requirements and the Kentucky Decision
In blogs in Health Affairs and the Commonwealth Fund and an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, as well as quoted comments in other news media, legal scholar and...
Data About Contraceptive Needs in the U.S. After the Affordable Care Act
In February 2016, the American Journal of Public Health published an article about contraceptive needs and costs in the United States after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act...
Research Predicting Effects of Block Grants on Medicaid Highlighted at AcademyHealth Meeting
New research presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting being held in Seattle this week predicts negative effects on health centers if proposed Medicaid financing changes of block grants...
New Research Sheds Light on Health Disparities
Five recent publications by Thomas LaVeist, PhD, offer new insights into equity and health, a...
Blog: Public Health Scholars Respond to a New Effort to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Last December’s tax law eliminated the tax penalty associated with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual shared responsibility penalty (or individual mandate). Although the mandate still...
After studies drew attention to gender disparities in cardiovascular care, many health insurers and provider groups adopted population health management tools, which identify at-risk plan members...
Last year the legislative effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed, and it seemed that the ACA’s most important protection – non-discriminatory access to health insurance for...
Major Growth in Use of Community Health Centers Throughout the U.S.
The number of patients using community health centers grew 33 percent between 2010 and 2016, according to researchers at the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative...
Implications of Rising Numbers of Nurse Practitioners
A new blog in Health Affairs analyzes recent data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) on the pipeline of new...
Blog: The Social Mission of Medical Education – A Reflection
This is a slightly edited version of the commencement address that Fitzhugh Mullan gave at the Yale School of Medicine on May 21, 2018.I spent the summer of 1965 in Holmes County, Mississippi. ...
Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on Arkansas Law Blocking Medication Induced Abortions on Women
Yesterday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a challenge to a controversial Arkansas law that blocks medication-induced abortions cleared the way for that law to go into effect....
Observations About the Trump Administration’s “Assault on Family Planning” by Sara Rosenbaum
Legal scholar and public health expert Sara Rosenbaum of the George Washington University’s...
How Policy Gaps Fail People Who Inject Drugs and Contract Endocarditis
Recent media reports suggest that healthcare providers around the country are grappling with how to respond to rising rates of endocarditis, a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria that...
Insights into the Department of Justice’s Response to Medicaid Work Requirements
A recent blog in Health Affairs by Sara Rosenbaum, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor...
Issue briefs published by the American Hospital Association (AHA) present a snapshot of current hospital and health system use of health information technology with policy context and...
Although U.S. unintended pregnancy rates have declined in recent years, racial/ethnic differences persist, and women who experience intimate partner violence may be at greater risk of unintended...
GAO Report Documents Achievements by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has met its goal of identifying, testing and improving new approaches to payment and delivery, according to a recently published review...
Rosenbaum Speaks Out on Important Health Policy Subjects
In recent weeks, Sara Rosenbaum of George Washington University’s...
“Of all of the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman,” observed Martin Luther King in 1966. An article published in the Washington Post and more...
Blog: A Business Model for Precision Medicine and Big Data
I am a featured speaker at the upcoming Precision Medicine Summit being put on in Washington, DC, by the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) on May 17 and 18. My talk is...
Despite considerable federal investment, graduate medical education (GME) financing is neither transparent for estimating residency training costs nor accountable for effectively producing a...
New Website Supports Accountable Communities for Health
As our health system turns toward addressing social determinants of health and other health-related social needs, the Funders Forum on Accountable Health...
Essentials of Health Justice, published on April 4 by Jones and Bartlett Learning, examines the social...
Insights into the Lawsuit Filed in Response to Medicaid Work Requirements
A recent blog in Health Affairs by Sara Rosenbaum, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor...
White Paper Addresses Public Health Impacts of State-Level Abortion Restrictions
A new white paper on the public health impacts of state-...
In a new commentary in the journal Women’s Health Issues, authors call for more funding to improve diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression in Latinas and African American...
Each year, an estimated 29 million adults aged 65 and older fall, and a recent study by researchers at the U.S....
The decision to close the District of Columbia’s United Medical Center, a public hospital, last December left residents in the city’s disadvantaged Wards 7 and 8 without a readily accessible...
In January of 2018, 16 Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the federal government’s legal...
Blog: New Skills for Chief Information Officers at Health Care Organizations
In recent years, the job description of a chief information officer (CIO) at a healthcare organization has evolved and moved well beyond technical desktop support and systems implementation. We are...
In 2015, the federal government spent $14.5 billion to fund graduate medical education training for physicians. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was responsible for...
Six months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria pummeled Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the regions’ twenty-three community health centers continue to play a crucial role in responding...
Policies that Help Medicaid Beneficiaries to Quit Smoking
At a time when American adults living below the poverty line are over 50 percent more likely to smoke than other citizens, health care services provided through Medicaid may make a real difference...
13 U.S. Emerging Community Health Leaders Recognized
Each year, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy at the George Washington University...
Legal and Ethical Architecture for Patient Centered Outcomes Research Data
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a legal and ethical framework and architecture for...
Title X and Barriers to Insurance Use for Confidential Family Planning Services
New study highlights how Title X’s important confidentiality protections impacts insurance use for family planning services despite growth of coverage through ACA.
Privately Insured Women Increased Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception After ACA, Study Finds
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most private insurance plans have been required to cover all FDA-approved forms of contraception without cost-sharing since the 2013 plan year. An analysis of...
Event: The Future of EU and US Health Care Systems
The health care systems of developed economies are facing similar pressures from the combined impact of technology, demographic change and globalization. An event at George Washington University'...
Blog: Intrapreneurship and Innovation from Within
Health information technology specialists and managers need to know about intrapreneurship, the ability to act like an entrepreneur from within an organization.
State Medicaid Programs’ Coverage for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception is Uneven, Study Finds
State Medicaid programs must cover family planning services, but wide variation in specific policies around payment and training means low-income women's access to some of the most effective...
As health care organizations seek to address unmet social needs of their patients to improve health care quality, equity, and health outcomes, medical-legal partnership offers a practical...
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many low-income women could only receive Medicaid coverage if they were pregnant or parenting young children. The ACA’s Medicaid expansion has reduced...
Training Leaders to Ensure Equity in the Health Workforce
The 16 professionals from around the world who were selected as 2018...
Podcast by Sara Rosenbaum on Medicaid Work Requirements
In the weeks that have passed since the Trump administration invited states to begin attaching work requirements to Medicaid, George Washington University ...
To Counter Pain and Opioid Use in Women, Commentary Recommends a Physical Activity Research Agenda
In a new commentary in the journal Women’s Health Issues, a group of researchers notes that as many as one-third of U.S. and Canadian women suffer from chronic pain, and commonly...
New Data on the Cost-shifting Debate Published in the National Bureau of Economic Research
New research published by the nonprofit, nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research provides new data on a longstanding debate in health economics and health policy: whether or not...
Blog: Terminating the DACA Program Would Harm Health and the States
Stymied by years of Congressional gridlock concerning immigration reform, in 2014 President Obama used executive action to create the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to provide...
Support for Community Health Center Funding
The U.S. Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act early last Friday morning to extend funding for community health centers for two more years, ending months of uncertainty for the nation’s nearly...
A Case for Continuing to Fund Title X
“Title X family planning clinics play a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and preventive health services,” according to the Department of Health and Human...
The creation of a new health company by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway has major potential implications to the existing healthcare business model. I am hopeful that these three well-...
Investigating How States’ Vaccination Exemption Laws Affect Vaccination Rates
Childhood vaccines play a major role in minimizing the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease. While all states accommodate medical vaccine exemptions, certain states also allow for waivers on...
Rosenbaum Blogs in Health Affairs on Efforts to Exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
A State Medicaid Directors Letter from the Trump administration effectively invites states to try to push Planned Parenthood out of their Medicaid programs, according to a new blog by George...
States Including DC Considering Individual Mandates
Washington, DC, is among the states that began considering implementing individual responsibility mandates to require citizens to purchase health insurance after the Affordable Care Act’s mandate...
Rosenbaum Speaks Out on Medicaid Work Requirements
The Trump administration’s invitation for states to attach work requirements to Medicaid has been the topic of a flurry of media stories in recent weeks. George Washington University...
Community health centers have been providing crucial health care services to low-income Americans for more than 50 years. Health centers now have more than 10,000 sites in rural and...
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently published a short “insight” report, Policy Options to Increase Physician Training Education in...
Video: Leighton Ku Shares Thoughts on What’s Next for the ACA in Sinclair TV News Broadcast
Leighton Ku, director of the George Washington University's...
One Man’s Impact on Nursing Home Administration
Harvey Wertlieb was a health care entrepreneur whose companies owned and operated nursing homes, hospital units and other facilities in the Washington area. His positive experiences...
Rosenbaum Blogs in Health Affairs on Medicaid 1115 and Work Requirements
In a timely blog in Health Affairs, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Professor ...
Blog: It Makes More Sense to Strengthen SHOP Than to Expand Association Health Plans
The Trump Administration has just proposed a new rule which seeks to expand the scope of Association Health Plans (AHPs), arrangements in which small businesses can pool together to get the...
Video: Considering Health Equity from the Perspective of Occupational Health
David Michaels is keenly interested in the relationships between income, wealth, and equality with public health. Until a year ago, Michaels served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for...
Blog: More Evidence Pointing to the Need for Strong Health Data Security
More than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent) have experienced some form of a cybersecurity attack, according to recent research by Accenture and the American Medical Association. This study,...
Study Shows Gender Differences in the Use of Parks in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
Study in the journal Women’s Health Issues suggests addressing safety concerns might get more women to use public parks
Why Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Should Not Be Cut
In the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, Sara Rosenbaum, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, makes a case for staving...
What happened at a hospital in Las Vegas after the mass shooting on the evening of October 1st has convinced the hospital’s chief executive officer to expand disaster training exercises.
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Two Women’s Health Issues Manuscripts Share Gibbs Leadership Prize
The Editorial Board of Women's Health Issues recently announced that the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best papers published in Women's Health Issues...
Ethics and Governance Analysis of Final Revisions to the Common Rule
The Obama Administration’s recent revision of the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the Common Rule, raises the questions of how we, as a society, should best...
As the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine points out in a recent report, Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative, the U.S. biopharmaceutical sector has been...
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health joined colleagues at the National Partnership for Women Families and the Union of Concerned Scientists in submitting comments on a Trump Administration rule...
Importance of Upcoming Court Decisions Regarding Planned Parenthood
In a New England Journal of Medicine Perspective, Sara Rosenbaum explains the significance of the Does v. Gillespie case.
The Ramifications of Repealing the Individual Mandate
Repealing the mandate "remains a cynical effort to fund tax cuts for the wealthy by making health insurance less affordable.”
Health Care in Retail Settings: An Expert Panel Discussion
The number of retail health clinics is widely expected to continuing growing.
Another Plea for Funding the Children’s Health Insurance Program
In a Commonwealth Fund blog, Sara Rosenbaum, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law...
The Senate’s Tax Reform Bill Puts Public Health at Risk
In a sneak attack akin to Pearl Harbor, the Senate sought to deal a death blow to health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act by its last minute addition of the repeal of the individual...
Community Health Center Funding Cliff Could Cause More Than A Hundred Thousand Jobs To Be Lost
If the Community Health Center Fund is not restored, millions of patients served by community health centers may lose access to crucial health care and up to 161,000 jobs could be...
GAO Recommendations for Tracking Growth of “Internet of Things” Will Also Benefit Telehealth Devices
The sensitive and important nature of the medical data that telehealth devices collect makes the GAO’s recommendations significant for this sector.
In a commentary in the journal Women’s Health Issues, a high-profile group of physicians and researchers who specialize in women’s health call on the public and providers to mobilize...
Presentation on Hospitals’ Role in Improving Community Health
Hospitals can play a key role in improving community health, GW Milken Institute School of Public Health Researcher Maureen Byrnes told attendees at the American Society of Law, Medicine...
16 Professionals Tapped as Health Equity Fellows
"We are delighted with the experience, diversity, and mission commitment of this class of Leaders for Health Equity Fellows." – Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, the Co-Director of the George Washington...
Different Cancer Risks for Women and Men with Adverse Childhood Experiences, Study Finds
The latest Editor's Choice study in Women's Health Issues addresses the cancer risks faced by men and women who experience eight different adverse childhood events.
Sara Rosenbaum’s Observations on CHIP Funding and Changes to Medicaid 1115 Policy
Recent commentaries and article discuss the basis for and implications of the Medicaid changes and the need for CHIP funding.
Publication Reviews Literature on Accountable Communities for Health
A National Academy of Medicine discussion paper identifies a common set of principles driving the growing number of initiatives promoting Accountable Communities for Health to improve population and...
Substance Use Events and What Declaring a Public Health Emergency Over the Opioid Crisis Means
GW's events on opioid use and Professor Jeff Levi's explanation of what President Trump’s declaration that our nation’s opioid crisis is a public health emergency means
Secure, stable health center funding urgently needed to protect the public’s health, says new report
Pharma Gifts to Providers Result in More Branded, Expensive Prescriptions
Gifts of any size had an effect on prescribing, and larger gifts elicited a larger impact, according to study findings.
The panelists are from behavioral science, design, public health, and finance/ management consulting backgrounds, but their work transcends their training.
Blog Comments on Doctors of Osteopathic Medicines’ Growing Share of the Physician Workforce
In a blog published in Health Affairs, Edward Salsberg and...
The Impacts of the Trump Administration’s ACA Decisions on Public Health
With news of at least the beginnings of a bipartisan Senate deal to at least temporarily stabilize the health insurance marketplace, it’s time to take stock of what will happen if Congress does not...
Policies that Address Gender-based Health Disparities
When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) funded community coalitions across the country to address gender-based health disparities, the...
I was fortunate to be invited to attend and participate in a recent closed session conference at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on Precision Medicine, Wearable Technology and Big Data...
Politicians, practitioners and experts agree that the health care workforce in the United States is inadequate to meet the primary care needs of our nation. There are simply not enough doctors,...
Presentation on Striving for Health Justice Amid Health Reform Uncertainty
Associate Professor Joel Teitelbaum, who directs the Milken Institute School of Public Health...
Even as debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act extended into September and ultimately reached what may prove to be a temporary lull, researchers at George Washington...
May You Live in Interesting Times: The Challenges of Health Policy Analysis in a Turbulent Period
A purported Chinese curse -- “May you live in interesting times” -- seems apt for this current chaotic period of American public policy. (It appears that the quote does not actually have Chinese...
The Affordable Care Act: A Great Unraveling? A Talk by Sara Rosenbaum
Nationally recognized expert Sara Rosenbaum’s talk provides a wealth of information about the ACA’s history and impacts.
Graham-Cassidy Proposal Would Eliminate 345,000 Jobs in U.S. by 2026
A new analysis of the Graham-Cassidy legislation suggests that it would trigger the loss of 345,000 jobs by the year 2026. The Graham-Cassidy proposal is the latest Congressional effort to repeal...
Important Data on Clinical Nonlicensed Personnel Published by GW Health Workforce Researchers
Clinical nonlicensed personnel comprise a large portion of the U.S. health care workforce, yet almost no research has examined their staffing levels in U.S. hospitals. Professor...
Report, Infographic Detail What is at Risk if Federal Community Health Center Funding Ceases
A critical federal fund for community health centers is due to expire at the end of the current federal fiscal year on September 30. If Congress fails to renew the funding, these...
Safeguarding Patient Data is a Key Component of Patient Care
The healthcare sector of the economy has traditionally lagged behind other sectors in terms of technology use and the infrastructure it requires. Unwanted publicity over cyber-attacks and data...
In a new article published in Academic Medicine by Dr. Zohray Talib of GW’s School of Medicine, a team of researchers led by Professor Marsha Regenstein at the Milken Institute School of...
Health Policy and Management Research Professor Janet Phoenix, MD, MPH, called upon on...
Cuts to Aid and Advertising Related to ACA Discussed in Major News Publications
The implications of yesterday’s announcement of severe cuts to funds that help Americans sign up for health coverage and learn about the insurances’ availability were discussed in...
NEJM Analyzes Public Opinion Polls on the Future of the ACA
NEJM Analyzes Public Opinion Polls on the Future of the ACA
NEJM Analyzes Public Opinion Polls on the Future of the ACA
NEJM Analyzes Public Opinion Polls on the Future of the ACA
A Rare Opportunity to Hear What Medicaid Recipients Think About Requiring Work for Medicaid Coverage
Arguments for and against Medicaid work requirements have been...
ACA Helped Reduce Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, Commonwealth Fund Analysis Finds
An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund "shows that the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance coverage provisions have helped the U.S. make progress toward ensuring that everyone,...
Jeff Levi Coauthors Health Affairs Blog on Funding for Local Public Health
The health of a community’s citizens is arguably one of its most valuable assets, argues Professor Jeff...
Blog: Ending Healthcare Payments: Bursting the Balloon or Just Squeezing It?
President Trump has threatened to cancel federal health insurance payments called “cost-sharing reductions.”
CBO Report Projecting the Effects of Stopping Cost-sharing Reductions to Insurers
A report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the effect of terminating federal payments to insurers to cover costs incurred...
District of Columbia Health Benefits Exchange Authority Working Group Being Chaired by HPM Professor
Professor Leighton Ku is chairing a working group for the District of Columbia Health...
Inoculating Healthcare Businesses with Enterprise Resilience
At a time when the nationwide debate over Health Reform has no clear endpoint, executives in the health related sectors should take a pragmatic approach and guide their organizations to prepare and...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Documents ACA's Role in Helping Women
Between 2010 and 2016, the number of U.S. women without health insurance dropped nearly in half from 19 million to 11 million—or 20% to 11% of the population—according to a recent...
Leighton Ku and Sara Rosenbaum Communicate About Health Reform Impacts
As Congressional consideration of efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act proceed, Health Policy and Management faculty Leighton Ku and Sara Rosenbaum have been busy communicating...
Sara Rosenbaum Quoted in Washington Post Story During “Skinny Bill” Debate
The so-called “Skinny Bill” debated by the Senate as a means of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act would make “enormous” changes to both private and public insurance, GW Health Policy...
Publication on Information Sharing in Medical-Legal Partnerships by Jane Hyatt Thorpe and HPM Team
A GW Health Policy and Management team led by the department’s vice chair, Associate Professor Jane...
Why Embracing Resilience Will Help Whatever Happens Next in the Repeal/Replace Debate
So the Senate Republicans failed to pass legislation that would repeal and replace Obamacare. What now? Even if the House and Senate take a break from their efforts to repeal and replace the...
Proposals to End Medicaid Expansions Threaten Support to Address the Opioid Crisis
A new analysis by GW Health Policy and Management researchers concludes that Medicaid expansions are helping states cope with the rising toll taken by the opioid crisis. It also suggests that...
Ku’s Study is Focus of Washington Post Story on Economic Impacts from Repealing the ACA
Studies conducted by GW Health Policy and Management Professor Leighton Ku with other HPM staffers are mentioned in a Washington Post “Wonkblog” story published on July 25 while...
Sara Rosenbaum Serves as a Fact Checker for National Public Radio Story on Medicaid Claim by Trump
Professor Sara Rosenbaum was one of the experts interviewed in a National Public Radio spot titled...
Sara Rosenbaum Blogs on Hidden Surprises in the Senate’s Health Care Bill
In a blog published in Health Affairs on July 13, HPM Professor Sara Rosenbaum and Stan Dorn, a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute, provide eye-opening...
Washington Post Quotes GWHPM Study on Economic Impacts from Repealing the ACA
In an article titled “Health care push has sweeping economic consequences,” the Washington Post’s “Finance 202” newsletter mentioned the Commonwealth...
Zika Threat Spurs Southern States to Address Family Planning
Zika Threat Spurs Southern States to Address Family Planning
Video: Sara Rosenbaum on How Medicaid is Working
Professor Sara Rosenbaum was one of the experts asked by MedPageToday to answer the question, "Is Medicaid working?" View her response...
Politico Quotes GWHPM Study on Job Losses Associated with the Senate’s Health Care Bill
An article titled “Health vote slides as GOP senators lose momentum” in Politico on July 7 quoted the...
Better Care Reconciliation Act Could Cause Loss of Nearly 1.5 Million Jobs by 2026
Almost Every State Will See Fewer Jobs and Weaker Economies
CBO Report on Longer-Term Effects of BCRA on Medicaid Spending
Medicaid spending under the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would be 26 percent lower in 2026 than it would be under the agency’s extended baseline, according to a report published by the...
CRS Report Comparing the AHCA and the BCRA
A report released today by the Congressional Research Service compares how the House of Representatives’ H.R. 1628 and the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would repeal or modify...
Sara Rosenbaum Quoted On Cost of Existing U.S. Heath Care System
On June 30, Health Policy and Management Professor Sara Rosenbaum was one of the experts National Public Radio interviewed in a spot titled, “Obamacare Has Problems. The Senate Health Care Bill...
HPM Presentations at AcademyHealth Conference
Ten GW Health Policy and Management students, staff, faculty and affiliates gave presentations or posters at the AcademyHealth annual research meeting for health services and health...
CBO Report with Cost Estimates for Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, a Senate amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1628, would increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026...
Texas Medicaid Family Planning Proposal Threatens Women’s Access to Preventive Care
A Texas 1115 Medicaid family planning demonstration proposal that would tie coverage to an exclusion of Planned Parenthood would severely constrain access for covered women, thereby defeating,...
Susan Wood and Ruth Lopert Participate in PharmedOut Conference
Associate Professor Susan Wood and Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert spoke at the ...
“Within a decade, almost a million fewer people would have jobs."
NBC News Publishes Ku’s Predictions for Impacts of the American Health Care Act
On the day that Professor Leighton Ku and his GW Health Policy and Management team published their predictions for the economic consequences of the American Health Care Act, NBC News...
Rosenbaum and Ku Are Quoted About Medicaid in Texas
Rosenbaum and Ku Are Quoted About Medicaid in Texas
CMS Data on Health Care Spending by State
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released data on health care spending by state today. It shows that while most states experienced faster growth in 2014 due to Medicaid expansion...
Susan Wood Receives Barbara Seamen Award for Activism in Women’s Health
Associate Professor and Director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Susan Wood was honored with...
CRS Report on the ACA Prevention and Public Health Fund
This report released today by the Congressional Research Service provides background on the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which is intended to support an “expanded and sustained national...
Second Edition of Leonard Friedman’s 101 Careers in Healthcare Management to be Released This Summer
The second edition of Professor Leonard Friedman‘s book, ...
Sara Rosenbaum Named One of the Nation’s Most-Cited Health Law Scholars
Professor Sara Rosenbaum was listed as the 15th most-cited health law scholar in an...
CRS Report on H.R. 1628: The American Health Care Act (AHCA)
This report released today by the Congressional Research Service is about the version of the AHCA as passed by the House on May 4, 2017 (which incorporated eight amendments referenced in H.Res....
Policy Brief on Preventive Services in Medicaid
Professor Leighton Ku and MPH student Victoria Thompson authored the report, “...
GAO Report on the Nation's Physician Workforce
Despite physician shortages in rural areas and continued projected deficits of physicians in such areas, federal efforts to increase graduate medical education in rural areas and primary care were...
CBO Report with Cost Estimates for H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017
In 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under H.R. 1628 than under current law, according to an estimate published today by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the...
GAO Report on Actions Needed to Address the Challenges of Responding to Zika Virus Disease Outbreaks
Knowledge about Zika virus epidemiology has increased in the past year, including information about Zika virus disease incidence and distribution of cases, and its associated adverse health...
Leighton Ku Speaks on the Future of Medicaid
Professor Leighton Ku was a featured speaker at a May 19 symposium on “Obamacare After...
Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Risks Differ for Men, Women, and Transgender Individuals
New study shows 56% of transgender participants had been violently attacked while homeless
HPM Comparative Health Policy Discussion Features Olivier Bogillot
Olivier Bogillot, PhD, Sanofi and former Deputy Advisor for Healthcare and Social Affairs, Presidency of the French Republic, was a featured speaker at an HPM Comparative Health Policy Discussion...
Melissa Goldstein Participates in GWSPH Business of Public Health Seminar Series
Teaching Associate Professor Melissa Goldstein participated in the panel on “Predictive...
Milken Institute School of Public Health Names 2017 Geiger Gibson Program Distinguished Visitor
Geiger Gibson Program Distinguished Visitors represent the nation’s most talented health center leaders.
Ruth Lopert Speaks at World Bank Roundtable
Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert participated in a World Bank roundtable entitled “Killing them softly: How wasteful spending, is harming patients and health budgets, and the need for new...
A new three-year gift from the RCHN Community Health Foundation, of more than $1 million, will support the Geiger Gibson Program at the Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Ruth Lopert Speaks at Algerian Ministry of Health Roundtable
Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert participated in a roundtable on “Regulation & Control of Biologics & Biosimilars” in Algiers. The event was convened by the Algerian Ministry...
Anne Markus and CHAMPS Study Team Published in Pediatrics
Associate Professor Anne Markus and the rest of the Community Healthcare for Asthma Management and...
GW Health Workforce Institute Hosts ‘Health Workforce Needs in a Time of Transformation’ Conference
The GW Health Workforce Institute (GWHWI) hosted a conference titled, “Health Workforce Needs in a Time of Transformation,” on May 3,...
Sam Hanna Featured on GW Public Health Online Blog
Teaching Instructor and HealthInformatics@GW Program Director Sam Hanna authored, “...
Naomi Seiler Presents at SYNChronicity Conference
Associate Research Professor Naomi Seiler presented research findings on alternative...
The Milken Institute School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Managment hosted a...
Health centers could be significantly impacted by changes in funding to federal programs that provide health care for low-income and medically underserved people, new research shows.
HPM Students Win Prize in Cleveland Clinic Case Competition
Three students in the MHA program of the Milken Institute School of Public Health’s...
Lorens Helmchen Joins International Journal of Health Economics and Management Editorial Board
Associate Professor Lorens Helmchen has joined the editorial board of the International Journal of Health Economics and Management. The journal focuses on health care systems and the...
HPM Lecture: Health Sector Leadership Competencies for an Unknowable Future
Leonard Friedman, Professor of Health Policy and Management and MHA Programs Director, spoke at a HPM event, "Health Sector Leadership Competencies for an Unknowable Future." Preparation of...
New Report Forecasts Major Shortfall in Community Health Center Revenues
A new report by researchers at the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative is forecasting that ...
Melissa Goldstein Speaks at University of Maryland Law School
Teaching Associate Professor Melissa Goldstein was invited to participate in a roundtable...
Melissa Goldstein Speaks at Conference on Innovations in Workplace and Community Wellness
Associate Professor Melissa Goldstein spoke at a conference on Innovations in Workplace...
Event Video: The Affordable Care Act: What Comes Next?
On April 4, 2017, the Milken Institute School of Public Health hosted a symposium to discuss the future of health reform, including the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act and...
Ruth Lopert Speaks at Académie Nationale de Pharmacie and University of Strasbourg
Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert gave an invited lecture to the French Académie Nationale de Pharmacie in Paris on March 29 on “Valuing Innovation in Medicines” and an invited lecture and masterclass...
Erin Brantley Presents at National Conference on Tobacco or Health
Senior Research Associate Erin Brantley presented “Linking Data to Uncover Medicaid’s Role in Cessation” at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas, on March 22. The study is...
One in 4 health centers nationwide reports that health care capacity could drop by at least 5000 patients.
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes in Academic Pediatrics
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "ACES and Child Health Policy: The Enduring Case for EPSDT," published...
GW Health Workforce Institute Unveils Report on the U.S. Health Workforce
The GW Health Workforce Institute has unveiled a report that synthesizes new findings on the U.S. health workforce from six research centers and a technical center, all funded by the Health...
Event Video: Future of Medicaid and the Health Safety Net
On March 21, 2017, the GW Milken Institute SPH's Department of Health Policy and Management held an event titled "Future of Medicaid and the Health Safety Net" featuring Professor Leighton Ku....
Melissa Goldstein Invited to Attend Susan G. Komen Big Data for Breast Cancer West Coast Conference
Associate Professor Melissa Goldstein was invited to attend Big Data for Breast Cancer West...
Katie Horton and Naomi Seiler Present at National League of Cities’ Annual Conference
Research Professor Katie Horton and Associate Research Professor...
Janet Phoenix Presents at National League of Cities Conference
Assistant Research Professor Janet A. Phoenix gave a presentation on “Health and Housing” as part...
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes on Health Insurance and Coverage of Evidence-Based Care
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "...
Health Policy and Management Students Win Awards at GW Research Day
The work of Health Policy and Management (HPM) students and staff earned top honors at GW’s Health and Medicine Research Day. The annual event is dedicated to highlighting the breadth of research...
Leighton Ku and Erin Brantley Co-author Health Affairs Blog
Professor Leighton Ku and Senior Research Associate...
Brian Bruen and HPM Team Author Report for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) published a summary report on state Medicaid programs’ management on high-cost Hepatitis C medications, which was authored by several...
Avi Dor Coauthors Publication in Medical Care
Professor Avi Dor is a coauthor of a "Identifying Specific Combinations of Multimorbidity that Contribute to Health Care Resource Utilization: An Analytic Approach," published in Medical Care...
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes on Contraception as a Health Insurance Right
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "...
Lorens Helmchen Co-authors JAMA Surgery Article
Associate Professor Lorens Helmchen co-authored, “...
HPM Team Publishes On Electronic Records and Community Health Center Productivity
A GW team including Xiaoli Wu, Leighton Ku, ...
HPM Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the first author of an Issue Brief on how repealing...
Jacobs Institute Releases White Paper on Pregnant Women and Substance Use
The Bridging the Divide project at the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health has released a new white paper on pregnant women and substance use, which is designed as a resource for policymakers,...
A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist investigated racial and ethnic disparities in health status and behaviors among persons with very high...
Healthcare Leadership Council Releases Jane Hyatt Thorpe and Elizabeth Gray’s White Paper
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Jane Hyatt Thorpe and Research Scientist...
Event Video: Public Health and Population Health in an Evolving Health System
On February 14, 2017, the GW Milken Institute SPH's Department of Health Policy and Management held an event titled "Public Health and Population Health in an Evolving Health System" featuring...
LaVeist’s Research Investigates Role of Religion, Other Factors in Coping with Prostate Cancer
The sources that men use and desire when coping with prostate cancer was the topic of a recent publication in the American Journal of Men’s Health by Health Policy and...
Associate Research Professor Lara Cartwright-Smith, Research Scientist Elizabeth...
Sara Rosenbaum and Jane Hyatt Thorpe Guest Edit Winter Edition of Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Professor Sara Rosenbaum and Associate Professor ...
Ruth Lopert Authors Chapter in Pharmaceutical Policy Textbook
Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert authored a chapter in a new textbook of pharmaceutical policy, “Pharmaceutical Policy in Bulgaria,” in ...
Ruth Lopert Speaks at Annual Conference for G20 Governments
Adjunct Professor Ruth Lopert spoke at the 6th Annual High-Level Anti-Corruption Conference for G20 Governments, Business and Civil Society in Berlin on “...
Evolving U.S. Workforce is Central to Quality of Care, says New Research
The rapidly changing U.S. health care system and other forces continue to create a tremendous demand for an innovative and flexible health work force.
Ellen Lawton Co-authors American Journal of Public Health Article
Lead Research Scientist Ellen Lawton, along with Jack Tsai, PhD, and Darlene Jenkins, DrPH, co-authored, “Civil Legal...
Event Video: ACA Repeal and Replace (The Implications of Health Care Reform)
On January 17, the GW Milken Institute SPH's Department of Health Policy and Management held an event titled "ACA Repeal and Replace (The Implications of Health Care Reform)" featuring Professor...
Sara Rosenbaum Speaks on the ACA in the 115th Congress at GW
Sara Rosenbaum inaugurated the Department of Health Policy and Management's Health Policy Experts Series on January 17 with a talk titled "The ACA in the 115th Congress: Starting the Repeal and...
Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscript of 2016 in Women's Health Issues
The Editorial Board of Women’s Health Issues is pleased to announce that the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's...
Avi Dor Co-authors Publication in Cancer
Professor Avi Dor co-authored "Cancer preventive services,...
PhD Students and Leighton Ku Published in Health Affairs
HPM PhD students Xinxin Han and Eric Luo, and Professor Leighton Ku authored the article,...
Leighton Ku, Erika Steinmetz and Brian Bruen Published in Public Health Reports
Professor Leighton Ku, Senior Research Associate Erika Steinmetz and Lead Research Scientist...
Avi Dor Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Professor Avi Dor is the author of “...
HPM Team Led by Rosenbaum Publishes Issue Brief on the Future of Medicaid in the Commonwealth Fund
HPM Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the first author of an Issue Brief on the Future of Medicaid...
Women with fewer socioeconomic advantages are more likely to report having unintended pregnancies, but pregnancy intention is a complicated concept. The Editor’s Choice study in the latest issue...
Health Reform Repeal Could Cause 3 Million People to Lose Jobs and Trigger Broad Economic Disruption
All 50 States Would Suffer Job Loss and Sharp Reductions in Business Output, First-of-Its-Kind Report Says
Lorens Helmchen Published in Health Services Research
Associate Professor Lorens Helmchen co-authored, “Changes in Physician Practice Patterns after Implementation of a...
Acting under existing legislative authority and without new funding, the new Administration can give hospitals greater flexibility over tax-exempt spending while strengthening their role in building...
Leonard Friedman Presents at Association for Talent Development Healthcare Executive Summit
Professor Leonard Friedman presented at the Association for Talent Development Healthcare...
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes on Consequences of Supreme Court's NFIB v Sebelius Decision
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "...
GW Health Workforce Institute Publishes New England Journal of Medicine Article
Professor Fitzhugh Mullan, Edward Salsberg and Katie Weider (all with the GW Health Workforce...
HPM Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the first author of an Issue Brief published in the Commonwealth...
Study Led by LaVeist Documents Disparities Linked to Aging Among African Americans
A study of 619,130 African Americans and whites led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist and published in the Journal of Urban Health identified...
HPM Team Publishes in the Journal of Healthcare Management
Associate Professor Patricia "Polly" Pittman, Assistant Professor...
Video: Healthcare Informatics and the Affordable Care Act
In this video, HealthInformatics@GW Program Director Sam Hanna explains that healthcare informatics professionals have been involved in Affordable Care Act since its inception. ...
Thomas LaVeist Honored by the National Association of Health Services Executives
Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist received the Population Health Award from The National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) at its Regional Mixer, Conference & Gala on...
Lorens Helmchen Published in Journal of General Internal Medicine
Associate Professor Lorens Helmchen co-authored the article, “The CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home Program: Cost and...
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "...
Video: How Will Wearable Technology Impact Healthcare?
“Healthcare is being disrupted on a daily basis by new technologies” including wearable technologies, tele-health, and mobile health, HealthInformatics@GW Program Director Sam Hanna...
Analysis Suggests Funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program
Running the federal Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education program created in 2011 under the Affordable Care Act costs much more than it was funded by Congress in 2015, according...
Naomi Seiler Publishes in Public Health Reports
Naomi Seiler is the author of "Alcohol and Pregnancy: CDC's Health Advice and the Legal Rights of...
Video: What is Healthcare Informatics?
Healthcare informatics involves multiple disciplines to improve outcomes, reduce costs, improve quality and ultimately drive innovation in the healthcare industry, says HealthInformatics...
Sara Rosenbaum Publishes in Milbank Quarterly on Hospital Community Benefit Spending
Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the author of "...
Poorer Primarily Black Neighborhoods Have Higher Numbers of Places to Purchase Tobacco
A study published in the Public Health journal shows the previously established finding that neighborhoods with higher socio-economic status have fewer places to purchase...
HPM Professor Sara Rosenbaum is the first author of an Issue Brief on the Future of...
Thomas LaVeist Speaks at Seminar in Health Policy Dialogue Series
On May 18, the Health Policy Dialogue Series featured HPM Chair Thomas LaVeist, who presented...
Research Highlights Importance of Medical Mistrust in Care Provider Usage Differences
A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist shed light on the role that race differences and medical mistrust play in sources of health care chosen by...
Lorens Helmchen Publishes on Racial Disparities in Emergency General Surgery
Lorens Helmchen is a coauthor of "...
HPM Team Publishes in Journal of School Health
A team of HPM researchers including Professorial Lecturer Mary-Beth Malcarney,...
Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Timing
Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist was the lead author of a study published in the journal Cancer Control. He and his colleagues analyzed data...
Leonard Friedman Published in the Journal of Health Administration Education
Professor Leonard Friedman co-authored, “...
“Underserved communities need more healthcare providers, not fewer.” - Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Research Shows Impact of Social Environment on Health Disparities
Thomas LaVeist, Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair, is the lead author of a study published in Family and Community Health. The research involved men living...
Improving the Quality of Care at Hospitals that Serve Minorities
A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist explored the association between quality of care for surgical and pneumonia patients and the racial/ethnic...
How Community Characteristics Can Impact Blood Pressure Levels
A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist evaluated associations between community characteristics and blood pressure levels and prevalent...
LaVeist and Other Experts Argue for How to Achieve Health Equity by Design
Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist is one of three nationally known experts who authored a Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Narrowing Down the Role Played by Ethnicity in Obesity Among Hispanic Men
A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist made an important contribution by parsing out more details about the racial and ethnic identities of...
HPM Researchers Produce Document on Funding HIV/AIDS Services in Washington, DC
Naomi Seiler, Scott Dafflitto, Rosalind Fennell, ...
Professor Fitzhugh Mullan and Associate Research Professor ...
Academic Medicine Supplement Issue Dedicated to Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
The August 2014 issue of Academic Medicine will be accompanied by a supplement dedicated to the work of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) titled: “The Medical Education...
Leonard Friedman To Be Inducted Into Studer Group Hall of Fame
Interim Chair Leonard Friedman is one of five healthcare leaders that have been selected for induction into the Studer Group Fire Starter Hall of Fame. Studer Group is a Gulf...
HPM Team Publishes on Medicaid Reimbursement for Take-Home Naloxone
A team of HPM researchers including Associate Research Professor Naomi Seiler, Professor ...
GW Team Publishes on Medical School Mission Statements in Academic Medicine
A team of GW researchers including Fitzhugh Mullan, ...
HPM Team Publishes on Making the ACA Work for Young Gay Men
Jeffrey Crowley of GW's District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research,...
Leonard Friedman Named President Elect of NCHE Board of Directors
Program Director of the Master of Health Administration program, Leonard Friedman was recently elected president of the National Capital Healthcare Executives (NCHE) Board of Directors. NCHE is an...
HPM Team Publishes on Medicare Payment Rules and Telemedicine
A team of HPM researchers including Research Professor Katie Horton, Professorial Lecturer...
Professor Sara Rosenbaum and Associate Professor Jane Hyatt Thorpe are the authors a of “Understanding the Interaction Between EPSDT and Federal Health Information Privacy and...
HPM Researchers Publish in Public Health Reports
Mary-Beth Malcarney, Naomi Seiler and Katie Horton are the authors of “Using insurance laws to improve access to community-based...
The Role of Health Information Law in Health System Transformation
HPM Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor Jane Hyatt...
Lancet Perspective on Health Policy and Management Chair LaVeist’s Early Life and Influences
The epiphany moment that led to Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist’s recognition that “that sociological phenomena could actually be predictive of death” is...
Report on the Economic Burden of Health Inequalities in the United States
Health Policy and Management Chair and Professor Thomas LaVeist is the first author of a report commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a non-partisan, non-...