📢Please spread the word 📢 We're hiring a post-doctoral fellow at the Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative Georgetown University School of Health O'Neill Institute for an exciting set of projects on HIV and Inequality Policy and Politics. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37412329/p…

📢 New paper alert! Using a nationally representative survey, we find: 📌60% individuals do not trust pharma 📌distrust higher among individuals in poor health or without a usual source of care w/ Matthew Eisenberg & Neeraj Sood in JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

New paper out in Health Affairs led by Yang Wang with Sam Cox, Gerard Anderson, and Ge Bai ! Using hospital #pricetransparency data, we examine cash prices vs. commercial negotiated rates. Highlights in🧵 healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Medicare #PartD beneficiaries without low-income subsidies spent 2.5 times more out-of-pocket on ultra-expensive drugs compared to commercially insured patients aged 45-64 in 2019, according to this cohort study. ja.ma/3oxQkCi Mike DiStefano

In a recent paper, we compared out-of-pocket spending on ultra-expensive drugs by Part D and commercial insurance patients. On average, OOP costs were 2-3x higher in Part D. So-Yeon Kang BSPH / HPM CU Pharmacy JAMA Health Forum jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Dr. Anthony Fauci will serve as a Distinguished University Professor in Georgetown Medicine's Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, starting July 1. He will also hold an additional appointment in the university’s McCourt School. bit.ly/3COe1da

This study of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BCPI) Initiative programs finds hospitals are more likely to participate in value-based programs voluntarily if they have participated in similar programs previously, including indirectly via physicians. ja.ma/3wsrabU