USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy

Dr. Benjamin Hoffman (L) speaks with Nancy Minoui about 9 month old Marion Burgess, who suffers from a chronic heart condition, at an appointment at the Dornbecher Children's hospital in Portland, Oregon, U.S. December 6, 2017. Picture taken December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Natalie Behring - RC14A7754950

Indexing provision in HHS proposed marketplace regulations is not just bad policy, but could be vulnerable to legal challenge

Jason Levitis · Thursday, February 14, 2019

Dr. Larry Kwan speaks with an employee during a doctor's visit at a Cisco health clinic at Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, U.S., March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC187BA06000

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, December 20, 2018

An empty hallway is pictured in a hospital in Philadelphia.

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Friday, December 7, 2018

The entrance to the newly constructed Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital is shown in San Diego, California, U.S., April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1AF457C880

The Trump administration side-stepped rulemaking processes on the ACA’s State Innovation Waivers—and it could make their new section 1332 guidance invalid

Christen Linke Young

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A group of Doctors meet in the cardiac step-down area of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Patients check in at Clinica Sierra Vista's Lamont Community Health Center in Bakersfield, California October 20, 2009. Nowhere in the United States has more doctors at its beck and call than White Plains, one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. Nearly 3,000 miles (4,830 km) away, scaring up a doctor in Bakersfield, situated in California's economically battered Central Valley, is a lot harder. In fact, White Plains has more than twice the number of doctors per capita as Bakersfield, where needy patients until recently had to take a 2-hour bus trip to Fresno to see a diabetes treatment specialist. Picture taken October 20, 2009. To match Special Report USA-HEALTHCARE/DOCTORS REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) - GM1E5B60SNM01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Monday, November 5, 2018

The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building hours before U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver his his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E81P0HN101

Analyzing Senator Hassan’s binding arbitration approach to preventing surprise medical bills

Loren Adler, Paul B. Ginsburg, Mark Hall, Erin Trish, and Benjamin Chartock

Friday, October 19, 2018

An electronic patients chart is shown on the wall to a hospital room.

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Patient's prescriptions sit on a handwritten ledger in Dr. Byron Harbolt's Cathedral Canyon Clinic in Altamont, Tennessee July 14, 2013. Harbolt, 89, who charges as little as $15 for an office visit, sees patients six days a week in the rural clinic he opened in 1960. Photo taken July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Harrison McClary (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - RTX11NNB

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Friday, October 5, 2018

The U.S. Capitol is seen from behind trees.

Analyzing new bipartisan federal legislation limiting surprise medical bills

Loren Adler, Paul B. Ginsburg, Mark Hall, and Erin Trish

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Patients check in at Clinica Sierra Vista's Lamont Community Health Center in Bakersfield, California October 20, 2009. Nowhere in the United States has more doctors at its beck and call than White Plains, one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. Nearly 3,000 miles (4,830 km) away, scaring up a doctor in Bakersfield, situated in California's economically battered Central Valley, is a lot harder. In fact, White Plains has more than twice the number of doctors per capita as Bakersfield, where needy patients until recently had to take a 2-hour bus trip to Fresno to see a diabetes treatment specialist. Picture taken October 20, 2009. To match Special Report USA-HEALTHCARE/DOCTORS REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) - GM1E5B60SNM01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, September 20, 2018

An old women does not feel well at home and young nurse taking care about her

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Registered Nurse Rebecca Moak poses for a photo in trauma center of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013. Mississippi is one of at least 20 states that has decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, better known as "Obamacare". REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) - TM4E9A416PD01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, August 23, 2018

An elderly man gets his blood pressure taken

CMS’ positive step on site-neutral payments and the case for going further

Loren Adler, Andrés de Loera-Brust, Matthew Fiedler, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Will Palmisano

Friday, August 10, 2018

A radiologist examines X-rays of a patient at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille, southern France, April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE) - PM1E4480UAL01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Contributors

Dana Goldman

Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair - Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, & Economics - Sol Price School of Public Policy and USC School of Pharmacy

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Matthew Fiedler

Fellow - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Paul B. Ginsburg

Director - Center for Health Policy, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Mark Hall

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Steven M. Lieberman

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Stuart M. Butler

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Alice M. Rivlin

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Kavita Patel

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

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Dayna Bowen Matthew

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Loren Adler

Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Caitlin Brandt

Assistant Director and Senior Research Analyst - Center for Health Policy, Brookings

Will Palmisano

Senior Research Assistant - Center for Health Policy, Brookings

Sobin Lee

Senior Research Assistant - Center for Health Policy, Brookings

Erin Trish

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Neeraj Sood

Director of Research - Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, USC

Vice Dean for Research and Professor - USC Price School of Public Policy

Jason Doctor

Director of Health Informatics - USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics

Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy - Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management - USC Price School of Public Policy

Associate Professor - USC Price School of Public Policy

Geoffrey Joyce

Director of Health Policy - USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California

Chair of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics Department - USC School of Pharmacy

Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy - USC School of Pharmacy

Darius Lakdawalla

Director of Research - USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics

Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation - USC School of Pharmacy

Professor - USC Price School of Public Policy

About USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy

The Initiative is a partnership between the Center for Health Policy at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, and aims to inform the national health care debate with rigorous, evidence-based analysis leading to practical recommendations using the collaborative strengths of USC and Brookings.