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Masami Tabata-Kelly
@tabata-kelly.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary health services and aging researcher trained in medical anthropology, health workforce studies, and social policy, passionate about advancing health equity and justice in serious illness care.
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Expanding Medicaid under the ACA has had financial benefits for hospitals, including:
- Fewer uninsured patients, more Medicaid patients, or both
- Reductions in uncompensated care
- Increases in revenues and operating margins
- Fewer hospital closures
5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Hospitals | KFF
We explain the role of Medicaid for hospitals, including how much spending on hospital care comes from Medicaid, the share of births covered by the program, and how Medicaid expansion has impacted hos...
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March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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As AI continues to transform the work of HSR professionals, AcademyHealth is committed to helping our field keep pace. Check out new AcademyHealth resources that explore priority challenges and opportunities, along with potential next steps. https://buff.ly/4g5q4nk
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We also find that most Americans are worried that people covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (sometimes called Obamacare), in the future won’t get the same benefits that are available today.
January 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Our latest poll assesses how the public prioritizes potential health actions the new Trump administration and Congress could take.
January 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A multicomponent primary #palliative care intervention did not have an effect on hospital admission in older adults with serious, life-limiting illness.

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#MedSky
January 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A study led by @mskcancercenter.bsky.social's Corita Grudzen and NYU Grossman's Keith Goldfeld evaluated whether providing #palliativecare training to emergency department teams would decrease the number of hospitalizations of older, seriously ill adults. @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
January 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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A scoping review of hospital-based geriatric-centered interventions on trauma surgery services. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 29, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Our study of 5,000+ US physicians found that higher engagement in addressing social needs was associated with higher burnout. This underscores the need for compassionate systems and cross-sector collaboration to support physicians in this work. tinyurl.com/yfhm8n86
#MedSky #HealthPolicySky
Physician Engagement in Addressing Health-Related Social Needs and Burnout
This cross-sectional study examines physician characteristics associated with engagement in addressing patients’ health-related social needs and whether this engagement is associated with burnout.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM