.Keith Humphreys, Christina Andrews, and Richard Frank provide an excellent summary of the state of play--"Progress and Challenges in Medicaid-financed Care of Substance Use Disorder." ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

Count myself very lucky to work with this incredible student!

A commentary from Keith Humphreys Christina Andrews + Richard Frank reviews Medicaid, the single largest source of funding for substance use disorder care in the U.S. and what steps remain to be taken for it to better support the national response to SUDs bit.ly/4afaFhz

Check out our new piece in Addiction Journal examining what can be learned from the liberalization of cannabis to inform sound regulatory policy for psychedelics

Great article featuring our recent work on SUD treatment carve outs in Medicaid managed care. Kudos to the talented Allie F Silverman for leading the way!

We’re hiring again this year, so if you—or one of your trainees—will be on the market, please stop by the booth, find me at poster session B (#266), or DM me to learn more about the amazing people in our dept & the great work they’re doing to improve policy & practice! #ARM24

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🆕 #NIDA-funded study published in Health Affairs: Most States Allow Medicaid Managed Care Plans Discretion To Restrict Substance Use Disorder Treatment Benefits. University of South Carolina healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Our new Health Affairs paper is out! We find that many states do not prohibit Medicaid MCO plans from imposing requirements like prior authorization, mandatory drug testing, and concurrent psychotherapy for OUD treatment healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

🚨 Free webinar on #psychedelics policy--July 18 An 📈 # of states/localities are implementing/considering alts to prohibiting some psychedelics for nonclinical purposes What could these changes mean for Indigenous Peoples, veterans, others? Register 👇 rand.org/events/2024/07…

Had a fantastic time talking with Health Affairs' Alan Weil on this week's episode of ''A Health Podyssey.'' You can check it out here: share.transistor.fm/s/f5898232

Friends, please help us spread the word about this special issue on psychedelics and substance use disorder treatment!

Analysis Shelby led w/Colleen Grogan+their excellent NIDAnews-funded team on Kentucky Medicaid managed care is an important analysis of OUD services. Quasi-random plan assignment allows creative causal identification. Plans that cover more OUD treatments display higher rates of

Please help me spread the word about two tenure-track job openings available in health policy and management at the University of South Carolina! Priority deadline is coming up on *November 16*

So thrilled to see Olivia Hinds publish her first-authored paper! Check out her great work in leading on this important topic.

Great post doc opportunity at UChicago here 👇👇👇 Come work with our team!

I am so grateful to my colleagues and friends at the Arnold School of Public Health for granting me the Faculty Research Award this year! I am lucky to be part of such a great institution. Thanks to USC Health Services Policy & Management for providing me with the support and resources to do my best work.