Cornell Health Policy Center
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The Cornell Health Policy Center is a partnership between Weill Cornell Medicine and the Brooks School of Public Policy, which serves as the locus of health policy impact, research, and training at Cornell.
🚨📝 New Cornell Health Policy Center memo out now! This brief titled “Trends in U.S. Nursing Home Ownership and Impacts on Quality of Care” synthesizes four studies on nursing home ownership by CHPC faculty members Dr. Mark Unruh, Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, & colleagues.
Read here: buff.ly/clUa3eO
Read here: buff.ly/clUa3eO
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨📝 New Cornell Health Policy Center memo out now! This brief titled “Trends in U.S. Nursing Home Ownership and Impacts on Quality of Care” synthesizes four studies on nursing home ownership by CHPC faculty members Dr. Mark Unruh, Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, & colleagues.
Read here: buff.ly/clUa3eO
Read here: buff.ly/clUa3eO
📣 Join us TODAY for a Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
🔗 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/MTnYiOJ
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
🔗 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/MTnYiOJ
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📣 Join us TODAY for a Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
🔗 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/MTnYiOJ
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
🔗 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/MTnYiOJ
📝 CHPC co-director Dr. Beth McGinty and faculty member Dr. Sallie Permar have a perspective piece out in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, "Medicaid Cuts and U.S. Children’s Health — Fixing a Broken System."
👉 Read the full piece here:
👉 Read the full piece here:
Medicaid Cuts and U.S. Children’s Health — Fixing a Broken System | NEJM
Children in the United States have faced rising rates of various health problems in recent years. New federal legislation could cause additional harm.
www.nejm.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📝 CHPC co-director Dr. Beth McGinty and faculty member Dr. Sallie Permar have a perspective piece out in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, "Medicaid Cuts and U.S. Children’s Health — Fixing a Broken System."
👉 Read the full piece here:
👉 Read the full piece here:
🎤 Join us for an upcoming Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin, MBA.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
👉 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/t4OD65G
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
👉 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/t4OD65G
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎤 Join us for an upcoming Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin, MBA.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
👉 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/t4OD65G
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
👉 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/t4OD65G
📌 Dr. Sarah Gutkind, Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues have a paper out in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine: "Racial and ethnic disparities in prehospital restraint use and sedation."
🔗 Read full publication: buff.ly/du5hJx8
🔗 Read full publication: buff.ly/du5hJx8
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📌 Dr. Sarah Gutkind, Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues have a paper out in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine: "Racial and ethnic disparities in prehospital restraint use and sedation."
🔗 Read full publication: buff.ly/du5hJx8
🔗 Read full publication: buff.ly/du5hJx8
📌 Between-program variation explains 38.6–48.3% of variation in take home methadone delivery.
👉 That's a key takeaway from "Developing and validating measures of take-home methadone with administrative data," a new paper by CHPC faculty member Dr. Yuhua Bao.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eH0Ecrl
👉 That's a key takeaway from "Developing and validating measures of take-home methadone with administrative data," a new paper by CHPC faculty member Dr. Yuhua Bao.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eH0Ecrl
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📌 Between-program variation explains 38.6–48.3% of variation in take home methadone delivery.
👉 That's a key takeaway from "Developing and validating measures of take-home methadone with administrative data," a new paper by CHPC faculty member Dr. Yuhua Bao.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eH0Ecrl
👉 That's a key takeaway from "Developing and validating measures of take-home methadone with administrative data," a new paper by CHPC faculty member Dr. Yuhua Bao.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eH0Ecrl
🫀 Dr. Jiani Yu has a paper out in JAMA Internal Medicine titled, "Mobile Integrated Health vs a Transitions of Care Coordinator for Patients Discharged After Heart Failure."
🔗 Read the full publication here: buff.ly/28CGyy9
🔗 Read the full publication here: buff.ly/28CGyy9
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🫀 Dr. Jiani Yu has a paper out in JAMA Internal Medicine titled, "Mobile Integrated Health vs a Transitions of Care Coordinator for Patients Discharged After Heart Failure."
🔗 Read the full publication here: buff.ly/28CGyy9
🔗 Read the full publication here: buff.ly/28CGyy9
⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23."
👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa
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👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa
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Pilot Grant Analysis Examines Prior Authorization Trends for MOUD in Private Insurance
Researchers observed a positive trend towards removing prior authorization requirements for MOUD.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23."
👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa
🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp
👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa
🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp
👉 See the Health Affairs Forefront summary of the Cornell Health Policy Center's most recent Insight Panel survey on Medicare Advantage for key takeaways and insights: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Experts Say Lowering MA Spending Would Reduce Supplemental Benefits, But They’re Split On Welfare Implications | Health Affairs Forefront
Three-quarters of respondents (76 percent) indicated that bringing per-enrollee MA spending to levels comparable with traditional Medicare would substantially reduce the supplemental benefits offered ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
👉 See the Health Affairs Forefront summary of the Cornell Health Policy Center's most recent Insight Panel survey on Medicare Advantage for key takeaways and insights: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
🚨 NEW Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel results released!
In this survey, health policy experts were asked to weigh in on Medicare Advantage. For key takeaways and trends, check out the CHPC website: buff.ly/YCsRiN0
In this survey, health policy experts were asked to weigh in on Medicare Advantage. For key takeaways and trends, check out the CHPC website: buff.ly/YCsRiN0
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 NEW Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel results released!
In this survey, health policy experts were asked to weigh in on Medicare Advantage. For key takeaways and trends, check out the CHPC website: buff.ly/YCsRiN0
In this survey, health policy experts were asked to weigh in on Medicare Advantage. For key takeaways and trends, check out the CHPC website: buff.ly/YCsRiN0
📣 It's not too late to join us THIS Thursday for a Weill Cornell Medicine Health Policy & Economics Speaker Series event: "Nudges vs. Navigation: Evidence From a Policy RCT to Promote Medicaid Retention," feat. Dr. Adrianna McIntyre.
🗓️ November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Join Zoom: buff.ly/E5bmarz
🗓️ November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Join Zoom: buff.ly/E5bmarz
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📣 It's not too late to join us THIS Thursday for a Weill Cornell Medicine Health Policy & Economics Speaker Series event: "Nudges vs. Navigation: Evidence From a Policy RCT to Promote Medicaid Retention," feat. Dr. Adrianna McIntyre.
🗓️ November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Join Zoom: buff.ly/E5bmarz
🗓️ November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Join Zoom: buff.ly/E5bmarz
Dr. Pragya Kakani has an editorial out in JAMA Health Forum titled, "The Purpose and Value of Editorial Content at JAMA Health Forum." Her piece describes the importance of including evidence-based opinion in academic journals to promote public trust in science.
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The Purpose and Value of Editorial Content at JAMA Health Forum
JAMA Health Forum’s mission1 is to publish rigorous, peer-reviewed research that advances scholarship in health policy and health services. At a time of both increasing public scrutiny of the…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dr. Pragya Kakani has an editorial out in JAMA Health Forum titled, "The Purpose and Value of Editorial Content at JAMA Health Forum." Her piece describes the importance of including evidence-based opinion in academic journals to promote public trust in science.
Read more:
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Dr. Arnab Ghosh, CHPC associate faculty member and assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has a paper out in JAMA Network titled, "Hurricane Exposure and Risk of Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes."
Read the full publication here:
Read the full publication here:
Hurricanes and Long-Term CVD
This cohort study examines the association between hurricane exposure and the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease events after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 among Medicare fee-for-service…
jamanetwork.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dr. Arnab Ghosh, CHPC associate faculty member and assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has a paper out in JAMA Network titled, "Hurricane Exposure and Risk of Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes."
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📣 Join us for a speaker series event, "Nudges vs. Navigation: Evidence From a Policy RCT to Promote Medicaid Retention," hosted by the Division of Health Policy and Economics at Weill Cornell Medicine!
Thursday, November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eEHEG-hN
Thursday, November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eEHEG-hN
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📣 Join us for a speaker series event, "Nudges vs. Navigation: Evidence From a Policy RCT to Promote Medicaid Retention," hosted by the Division of Health Policy and Economics at Weill Cornell Medicine!
Thursday, November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eEHEG-hN
Thursday, November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eEHEG-hN
📣 ICYMI: Conrad Bhamani, Manager at the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science and Cornell alum, gave a talk last week: "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry."
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/2ntcC1b
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/2ntcC1b
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📣 ICYMI: Conrad Bhamani, Manager at the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science and Cornell alum, gave a talk last week: "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry."
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/2ntcC1b
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/2ntcC1b
📌 Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun has a new paper out in Health Affairs: "Private Equity-Owned Hospices Report Highest Profits, Lowest Patient Care Spending Compared with Other Ownership Models."
Read the full publication here: buff.ly/YzRv1ln
Read the full publication here: buff.ly/YzRv1ln
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📌 Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun has a new paper out in Health Affairs: "Private Equity-Owned Hospices Report Highest Profits, Lowest Patient Care Spending Compared with Other Ownership Models."
Read the full publication here: buff.ly/YzRv1ln
Read the full publication here: buff.ly/YzRv1ln
⭐️💉 Congratulations to Dr. Sallie Permar for delivering the prestigious Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology hosted by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society! Her talk, “Eliminating Lifelong Disabilities Through Vaccination,” highlighted the power of vaccines to protect children's futures.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
⭐️💉 Congratulations to Dr. Sallie Permar for delivering the prestigious Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology hosted by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society! Her talk, “Eliminating Lifelong Disabilities Through Vaccination,” highlighted the power of vaccines to protect children's futures.
Join us TOMORROW for our CHPC Speaker Series event, "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry."
In this seminar, expert Conrad Bhamani will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act reformed how drug prices are set in the Medicare program.
Register: buff.ly/iBfqwsT
In this seminar, expert Conrad Bhamani will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act reformed how drug prices are set in the Medicare program.
Register: buff.ly/iBfqwsT
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Join us TOMORROW for our CHPC Speaker Series event, "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry."
In this seminar, expert Conrad Bhamani will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act reformed how drug prices are set in the Medicare program.
Register: buff.ly/iBfqwsT
In this seminar, expert Conrad Bhamani will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act reformed how drug prices are set in the Medicare program.
Register: buff.ly/iBfqwsT
📣It's not too late to join us TOMORROW for our CHPC Speaker Series event: "Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens," featuring expert panelists Dr. Zoe Lindenfeld and Dr. Amanda Isabel Mauri.
Register for Zoom: buff.ly/4NtgbiU
Register for Zoom: buff.ly/4NtgbiU
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣It's not too late to join us TOMORROW for our CHPC Speaker Series event: "Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens," featuring expert panelists Dr. Zoe Lindenfeld and Dr. Amanda Isabel Mauri.
Register for Zoom: buff.ly/4NtgbiU
Register for Zoom: buff.ly/4NtgbiU
📣 It’s not too late to join us TOMORROW for a special seminar, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future.”
The panel will be moderated by Dhruv Khullar and feature nationally recognized experts: Michael Chernew, Sherry Glied, & Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA.
📌 Register: buff.ly/pJl5Jfp
The panel will be moderated by Dhruv Khullar and feature nationally recognized experts: Michael Chernew, Sherry Glied, & Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA.
📌 Register: buff.ly/pJl5Jfp
October 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
📣 It’s not too late to join us TOMORROW for a special seminar, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future.”
The panel will be moderated by Dhruv Khullar and feature nationally recognized experts: Michael Chernew, Sherry Glied, & Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA.
📌 Register: buff.ly/pJl5Jfp
The panel will be moderated by Dhruv Khullar and feature nationally recognized experts: Michael Chernew, Sherry Glied, & Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA.
📌 Register: buff.ly/pJl5Jfp
Dr. Amanda I. Mauri, Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Maryland, will be a speaker in our seminar, “Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens."
About Dr. Mauri: buff.ly/dAy7pLO
Register: buff.ly/28asM1M
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About Dr. Mauri: buff.ly/dAy7pLO
Register: buff.ly/28asM1M
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October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dr. Amanda I. Mauri, Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Maryland, will be a speaker in our seminar, “Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens."
About Dr. Mauri: buff.ly/dAy7pLO
Register: buff.ly/28asM1M
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About Dr. Mauri: buff.ly/dAy7pLO
Register: buff.ly/28asM1M
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Dr. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan, will be an expert panelist in our upcoming virtual panel, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future.”
About Dr. Jain: buff.ly/LtmPbhq
📌 Register: buff.ly/snmvxDK
️🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 from 4 PM–5 PM ET
About Dr. Jain: buff.ly/LtmPbhq
📌 Register: buff.ly/snmvxDK
️🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 from 4 PM–5 PM ET
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dr. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan, will be an expert panelist in our upcoming virtual panel, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future.”
About Dr. Jain: buff.ly/LtmPbhq
📌 Register: buff.ly/snmvxDK
️🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 from 4 PM–5 PM ET
About Dr. Jain: buff.ly/LtmPbhq
📌 Register: buff.ly/snmvxDK
️🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 from 4 PM–5 PM ET
🎤 Join us for our upcoming CHPC Speaker Series event: "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry." featuring Conrad Bhamani, Manager at the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science and Cornell alum.
Register Here: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register Here: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎤 Join us for our upcoming CHPC Speaker Series event: "How the Inflation Reduction Act is Changing the US Pharmaceutical Industry." featuring Conrad Bhamani, Manager at the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science and Cornell alum.
Register Here: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register Here: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📌 Dr. Sri Lekha Tummalapalli has a paper out in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, titled "Understanding Hospitalized Patients with ESKD Experiencing Homelessness in the United States."
📖 Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FwPXT9d
📖 Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FwPXT9d
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📌 Dr. Sri Lekha Tummalapalli has a paper out in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, titled "Understanding Hospitalized Patients with ESKD Experiencing Homelessness in the United States."
📖 Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FwPXT9d
📖 Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FwPXT9d
Dr. Zoe Lindenfeld, Assistant Professor of Health Administration at Rutgers University, will be a speaker in our upcoming seminar, “Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens"
About Dr. Lindenfeld: buff.ly/ceC9UUv
Register here: buff.ly/EAzxV2p
About Dr. Lindenfeld: buff.ly/ceC9UUv
Register here: buff.ly/EAzxV2p
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dr. Zoe Lindenfeld, Assistant Professor of Health Administration at Rutgers University, will be a speaker in our upcoming seminar, “Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens"
About Dr. Lindenfeld: buff.ly/ceC9UUv
Register here: buff.ly/EAzxV2p
About Dr. Lindenfeld: buff.ly/ceC9UUv
Register here: buff.ly/EAzxV2p