#ASHEcon2024 @Johan__Hansen shows that new migraine medication increases labor supply though reduced absenteeism.
#ASHEcon2024 #OmerDagan strategic interactions between ED and other departments can significantly reduce ED wait times. @danzeltzer
#ASHEcon2024 @Taehyun_Ethan_K finds that when father’s work hours decreased by 1hr, child’s education increase by 0.1 year. No effect in maternal hours.
#ASHEcon2024 @Hannah__Crook says how you define health care services determines what policy should target.
#ASHEcon2024 @VicBethel94 during COVID-19 pandemic we saw increase in opioid poisoning for teens which did not reverse with school openings or vaccines.
#ASHEcon2024 Stacy Zhang @SH_LA_AT shows that neighborhoods with higher immigrant density have better physical and mental health, and some health behaviors.
#ASHEcon2024 #MuazzamToshmatova shows that enforcement of Secure Communities reduced Medicaid enrollment by 2.3 percentage points among Hispanic citizens in US. This effect is attenuated in sanctuary city areas.
#ASHEcon2024 Vivian Ho @HealthEconTX & #DerekJenkins examine hospital CEO compensation 2012 and 2019. Interesting findings: (a) CEO compensation went up 30% while provider wages went up 5.4%; (b) hospital bed size most significant predictor of rising compensation;
#ASHEcon2024 @BenChartock leverages Clarify Health (TiC) data to evaluate the distribution of payment across professional and facility fees, inpatient and outpatient care. Shows very large variation in payments within payer, between geographies, etc...
#ASHEcon2024 #YangWang uses TiC data to examine distribution in commercial insurer relative to Medicare payment within hospital. A few results jump out: (a) BCBS has a larger share of lowest prices negotiated relative to other insurers. /1 @antonyhsu
#ASHEcon2024 selfies with the award winning @PankaBencsik and @AssumeNormality.
#ASHEcon2024 @monicajdeza shows that when Medicaid coverage contracted in Tennessee, this resulted in increased crime, particularly non-violent crime.
#ASHEcon2024 @JacobWhitman16 shows alcohol-to-go laws did not affect restaurant visits during COVID-19, but they did increase driving under influence traffic stops.
Good morning #ASHEcon2024!! Look out for sessions that include these awesome early career researchers! @SalpyKanimian and #DerekJenkins.
#ASHEcon2024 #HannahBae discusses the role of re-drawing of kidney transplant donation areas on organ discard rates. She finds a 3.8pp (17%) decrease in probability of organ discard when the areas are redrawn from state-county boundaries to fixed radius around donor hospital.
#ASHEcon2024 #YiranHan finds that changing nature of jobs creates increased income related disability inequality in US. She finds that eyesight is becoming a more important component of job performance which creates more differentiation btwn low & high income disabled.
Abstract to our paper titled "Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare"
Our paper on gaming Medicare payments is out AND I'm presenting it at #ASHEcon2024 today!
"Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare" @ambarlaforgia.bsky.social Atul Gupta
🔗 www.nber.org/papers/w32564
⏰ 1:45-3:15📍Torrey Pines 2
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#ASHEcon2024 #ShuoQi uses structural model to show that mental health counseling in adolescence yields positive labor market returns. However, these returns diminish as social and cognitive capital rises due to counseling selection. @TravisWhitacre
#ASHEcon2024 reception rounding off with #LucyXu, the @CornellBPP connection, again.
#ASHEcon2024 with #AggieShu
#ASHEcon2024 Grad students rule! @waynestate @universityofga
#ASHEcon2024 and of course #JayaniJayawardhana.
#ASHEcon2024 Adviser selfie part deux. @JacobWhitman16
#ASHEcon2024 @danzeltzer and #OmerDagan
#ASHEcon2024 the peripatetic @ClaudiaLPersico !
#ASHEcon2024 the inimitable @AboukRahi
#ASHEcon2024 selfie with Exec Director. @DavidSlusky
#ASHEcon2024 Selfie with advisor #DonKenkel.
#ASHEcon2024 the @CornellBPP connection @KosaliSimon @cawley_john
Find me at #ASHEcon2024 for a selfie!