Research Highlights

More than 1.7 million people in the US receive hospice care annually. Medicare introduced the hospice benefit in 1982, whereby agencies are reimbursed on a per diem basis, providing a fixed daily payment for each enrolled patient, regardless of the services delivered. As such,...

Substance use disorder (SUD) due to drugs other than alcohol is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S., affecting nine percent of people aged 18 and older. However, few individuals receive effective treatment. Many people face significant personal and informational barriers to care, whether...

Methadone is a crucial tool in the opioid overdose crisis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal regulations allowed Opioid Treatment Programs greater flexibilities in providing take-home methadone, thereby reducing the frequency of office visits. These regulatory...

Medicaid is the single largest source of health care coverage in the US. However, health policy research on Medicaid has historically lagged due to the limited availability of high-quality administrative claims data across states. ...