#WATCH: LDI Executive Director Rachel M. Werner (Rachel Werner), former U.S. Senate Majority Leader William Frist (Bill Frist, M.D.), & LDI Fellow Mark Pauly of The Wharton School discuss sweeping new recommendations in a report from the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending.

New in Health Affairs led by @kjohnmcconnell with Kelsey Watson Esther Choo, MD MPH: healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl… We used national Medicaid data to evaluate regional variation in ED and ambulatory visits for mental health conditions

Health care prices went from tightly held secrets to the subject of public meetings in MA. 8 other states are trying to do the same thing to hold down health care costs. Today, we explore state efforts to slow down spending without hurting industry. tradeoffs.org/2023/02/09/sta…

Tough loss 4-0. Left the bases loaded twice. Back in action Tuesday April 11

Congrats to Bowdoin on their first NESCAC sweep of the season! Great couple wins against Trinity Softball. Got to catch the games online this afternoon. Bowdoin Softball

In NCSP student and addiction specialist Dr. Ashish Thrakrar's recent op-ed on LA Times... "If manufacturers set an affordable price, expanded access to naloxone could save countless lives. Expanded access to methadone would do the same." latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Read more on the Health Affairs Journal what NCSP alum Aditi Vasan Aditi Vasan, Class of 2021, and coauthors found, “Policies providing for continuity of (Medicaid) coverage may help increase access to and ensure stability in children’s health insurance.” healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Coming off a great weekend at the Pennsbury Invitational! I batted .417 with a .462 on-base percentage. On the road early this morning to the First Annual Battlefield Classic at GburgSoftball with Tufts Softball & Emory Softball. Hamilton College Softball Bowdoin Softball UofR Softball

Check out this op-ed in the Philly Inquirer by our alum Laura Sinko, PhD, MSHP, RN, CCTS-I, Laura Sinko PhD, MSHP, RN responding to the recent sexual harassment allegations against Lizzo. inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

Income supports exist for people whose health prevents them from working. But what supports are there for those whose health limits, but does not entirely prevent, their ability to work? Read more from LDI Senior Fellow @atheendar and Seth A. Berkowitz: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

Check out this latest article in Health Affairs on the work of our second-year scholar Jane Muir, PhD, APRN Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) on improving primary care through CMS' ‘Making Care Primary’ healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

#NEW: A study published in the JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine documents how a program at LDI enabled Penn academic researchers to increase media mentions of their work by 177%. Read more on our blog: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

NEW: LDI's Executive Director Rachel M. Werner (Rachel Werner) comments below on the recent news from HHS.gov and CMSGov about nursing home staffing. hhs.gov/about/news/202… #NursingHomeStaffing #EnhancingQuality

Policy makers have focused on advancing #health equity using race-neutral and race-conscious policy, but large disparities persist. Join us and Health Affairs for a virtual seminar that will explore racism-conscious policy and more. Register today! ldi.upenn.edu/events/health-…

Congrats to Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman, recipients of the 2023 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Their work paved the way for 2 mRNA vaccines, changing the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. We celebrate their success & this historic day across Penn Medicine.

THIS FRIDAY | "Health Equity and the Role of Racism-Conscious Policymaking," co-hosted with our friends at Penn LDI. Seminar features contributors to #TacklingStructuralRacismInHealth October issue. Join us Friday, Oct 6, 12pm-1pm ET. Register for free: bit.ly/4646Mu7

Our funded study on workplace violence getting promo at #ACEP23! Emergency Medicine Foundation ENA Penn LDI NCSP at Penn Anish Agarwal

Ring the damn bell 🔔

The Philadelphia Phillies can’t be stopped. #RedOctober | #RingTheBell

Health care CEOs face growing pressure to engage in social and political issues, but have mixed feelings on their role to do so. Read more from LDI Director of Policy, David Grande, and CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Kevin B. Mahoney: link.springer.com/article/10.100…