Appreciated the chance to discuss our research on hospital boards with Liz Kowalczyk The Boston Globe as well as many docs Mass General Brigham who reached out to learn more about our work, which seeks to describe the professional composition of boards of US hospitals
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2 papers out today on how private equity firms in health care exit their investments

Nishu Uppal & Zirui discuss SPACs as a way to go public

While Yashaswini Singh, PhD Jane Zhu show that physician practices bought by PE are usually sold to another PE firm x.com/ysingh_hopkins…

Yesterday, Darrick Hamilton, Victor Roy, MD PhD and I launched a new Health and Political Economy Project. Our mission is catalyzing action toward an economy enabling all people to have what they need to experience wellbeing.

Learn more and join our listserv: racepowerpolicy.org/hpep/

DEI in medicine is under attack.

California's medical board faces litigation over implicit bias policies, health systems are pausing DEI training, & far-right legislators seek to prevent med schools from teaching about structural racism & more.

This is bad news for anyone who…

Meet the new boss: Private equity firms have become major acquirers of #physician practices. PE firms collectively had 50% market share in 60 MSAs! 🤯

IMHO, #IRA will accelerate physician consolidation into #hospitals and PE firms

@Health_affairs ==> drugch.nl/3uO4pic

Our JAMA study explores how a new health equity adjustment will impact hospital performance in Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing program

Top-line: Safety-net hospitals will experience a net + ⬆️ of ≈$30 million in payment adjustments
bit.ly/3xbpovX BIDMC Smith Center

How can we build an economy enabling all people to have what they need to experience wellbeing?

Excited to announce a new Health & Political Economy Project to tackle such questions. Darrick Hamilton Victor Roy, MD PhD

Join us for our 4/2 launch event in NYC! bit.ly/newagendahealth

A strategy is spreading in Medicare Advantage — insurers are increasingly advertising specific plans to specific people based on identity.

We explore these emerging Medicare Advantage “Affinity Plans” in a new viewpoint.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… /1

🚨New NBER with Andrew Olenski on major hidden profits in the healthcare sector! Bear with me as I explain how nursing homes are able to hide almost 2/3 of their profits from regulators and the public! I promise it's worth it!

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Paper: nber.org/papers/w32258

What an absolute privilege.

I matched to my #1 choice program Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents!

So much gratitude for all my mentors, friends, & family who made this possible.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

Proud of all the med students that matched today, but especially proud of this guy.

We’re so lucky to have David Velasquez join Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents!

Growing up, my parents never had a doctor

The first time my mom saw one, she was being rushed to the scanner for a code stroke

The first time my dad saw one, he was being rushed to the cath lab for a heart attack

But now, the next time they will see a doctor, it will be me 🥹