Kao-Ping Chua
@kaopingchua.bsky.social
Primary care pediatrician and health policy researcher at the University of Michigan studying the opioid epidemic, out-of-pocket spending, low-value care, child health. Director, CHEAR Center (chear.org). MD (Wash U), PhD (Harvard). Go Lions and Go Blue
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📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social
For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events.
🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events.
🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social
For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events.
🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events.
🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
@um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
📄New from @ninahillmd.bsky.social and @kaopingchua.bsky.social.
From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions.
🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW
@jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social
From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions.
🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW
@jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
📄New from @ninahillmd.bsky.social and @kaopingchua.bsky.social.
From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions.
🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW
@jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social
From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions.
🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW
@jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social
New pub in Pediatrics: child/teen vaccination declined from 2017-2023 in Michigan. HPV vaccination increased less than expected. Declines were more pronounced in low-income and high-uninsurance counties. @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umchear.bsky.social
Link:
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Link:
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
August 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New pub in Pediatrics: child/teen vaccination declined from 2017-2023 in Michigan. HPV vaccination increased less than expected. Declines were more pronounced in low-income and high-uninsurance counties. @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umchear.bsky.social
Link:
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Link:
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
New work from our members @ninahillmd.bsky.social @kaopingchua.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New work from our members @ninahillmd.bsky.social @kaopingchua.bsky.social
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
With #HIV prevention medications (called PrEP for short) at the center of a #SCOTUS case that will receive a ruling soon, this new research from @ninahillmd.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social is especially timely:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
More young adults than ever take HIV-prevention medication, but gaps remain
Trends in use of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, medication suggest more effort is needed to boost consistent use
ihpi.umich.edu
May 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
With #HIV prevention medications (called PrEP for short) at the center of a #SCOTUS case that will receive a ruling soon, this new research from @ninahillmd.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social is especially timely:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
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New @journalgim.bsky.social: using national pharmacy data, we show that PrEP use is increasing among young people aged 18-25, but these patients are using PrEP for shorter periods of time. @kaopingchua.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New @journalgim.bsky.social: using national pharmacy data, we show that PrEP use is increasing among young people aged 18-25, but these patients are using PrEP for shorter periods of time. @kaopingchua.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study in Pediatrics: using national data, we show that the Adderall shortage caused some children using this drug to switch to other stimulants. Other children stopped using stimulants altogether, especially Medicaid patients. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
May 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New study in Pediatrics: using national data, we show that the Adderall shortage caused some children using this drug to switch to other stimulants. Other children stopped using stimulants altogether, especially Medicaid patients. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
People receiving emergency care for an opioid overdose have only a 1 in 16 chance of getting medication to treat substance use disorder in ER or the month after, according to this new study led by Thuy Nguyen of @umichsph.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Medicaid Patients With ED Visits For Overdose: Disparities In Initiation Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder | Health Affairs Journal
Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) after emergency department (ED) visits for overdose can reduce subsequent overdose deaths, but disparities in receiving MOUD persist in the US. Using nationa...
www.healthaffairs.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
People receiving emergency care for an opioid overdose have only a 1 in 16 chance of getting medication to treat substance use disorder in ER or the month after, according to this new study led by Thuy Nguyen of @umichsph.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
New pub: using national data, we show that disruptions in chronic medication therapy were more common among Medicaid-insured kids and young adults living in states experiencing large Medicaid enrollment losses during Medicaid unwinding. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
May 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New pub: using national data, we show that disruptions in chronic medication therapy were more common among Medicaid-insured kids and young adults living in states experiencing large Medicaid enrollment losses during Medicaid unwinding. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
🧵By total coincidence, @kaopingchua.bsky.social & @jo-constantin.bsky.social have not one but TWO papers out today looking at the impacts of #Medicaid unwinding on the prescription-filling patterns of people with serious illness.
The findings could have implications for any new changes to Medicaid.
The findings could have implications for any new changes to Medicaid.
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🧵By total coincidence, @kaopingchua.bsky.social & @jo-constantin.bsky.social have not one but TWO papers out today looking at the impacts of #Medicaid unwinding on the prescription-filling patterns of people with serious illness.
The findings could have implications for any new changes to Medicaid.
The findings could have implications for any new changes to Medicaid.
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
Children and young adults taking drugs for #ADHD, #depression, #epilepsy, #asthma and #psychosis need to take them consistently to stay on track at school and work.
But a new study led by @kaopingchua.bsky.social links #Medicaid unwinding to medicine interruptions:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
But a new study led by @kaopingchua.bsky.social links #Medicaid unwinding to medicine interruptions:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
Medicaid unwinding disrupted kids’ and young adults’ access to chronic disease medicine
Prescriptions for mental and behavioral health, epilepsy and asthma affected among those living in states with largest drops in Medicaid enrollment
ihpi.umich.edu
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Children and young adults taking drugs for #ADHD, #depression, #epilepsy, #asthma and #psychosis need to take them consistently to stay on track at school and work.
But a new study led by @kaopingchua.bsky.social links #Medicaid unwinding to medicine interruptions:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
But a new study led by @kaopingchua.bsky.social links #Medicaid unwinding to medicine interruptions:
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
New pub in JAMA: withdrawal of brand-name Flovent, an inhaled steroid used to prevent asthma attacks, led many families of children using Flovent to stop filling inhaled steroid prescriptions altogether. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
April 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New pub in JAMA: withdrawal of brand-name Flovent, an inhaled steroid used to prevent asthma attacks, led many families of children using Flovent to stop filling inhaled steroid prescriptions altogether. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Today, I became the new Director of the Susan B Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan (chear.org). I am lucky to have the opportunity to give back to the center that has meant so much for my career. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
CHEAR | Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center
The Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center at the University of Michigan is one of the largest health services research centers that focuses on children. Our work is mult...
chear.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today, I became the new Director of the Susan B Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan (chear.org). I am lucky to have the opportunity to give back to the center that has meant so much for my career. @um-ihpi.bsky.social
1/ New pub: people initiating stimulants via telehealth are more likely to develop a substance use disorder (SUD). They are also more likely to have mental health conditions (SUD risk factors). When controlling for these conditions, the association goes away. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
March 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/ New pub: people initiating stimulants via telehealth are more likely to develop a substance use disorder (SUD). They are also more likely to have mental health conditions (SUD risk factors). When controlling for these conditions, the association goes away. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
Alas @joyclee.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social ‘s work documenting use of GLP-1 meds in teens and young adults was not mentioned so I’ll link it here: www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/y...
Young people are increasingly using Wegovy and Ozempic
A national study from Michigan Medicine shows that the use of these weight loss drugs is increasing rapidly in adolescents and young adults 12-25 years, especially females.
www.michiganmedicine.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Alas @joyclee.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social ‘s work documenting use of GLP-1 meds in teens and young adults was not mentioned so I’ll link it here: www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/y...
Reposted by Kao-Ping Chua
New @washingtonpost.com story in which @kaopingchua.bsky.social’s work is cited/linked and a #Umich health insurance researcher is quoted: wapo.st/4hW2xGI
Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children
Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.
wapo.st
February 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New @washingtonpost.com story in which @kaopingchua.bsky.social’s work is cited/linked and a #Umich health insurance researcher is quoted: wapo.st/4hW2xGI
New pub: using commercial claims, we show that mortality in the adult family members of children rose in winter 2020 and late 2021. Some of these family members were 19-25, suggesting kids lost older siblings during the pandemic. @norabeckermd.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mortality in the families of children during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study of children in the United States - BMC Public Health
Background Modeling studies suggest that hundreds of thousands of U.S. children have lost caregivers since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, few studies have directly evaluated changes in mortalit...
link.springer.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New pub: using commercial claims, we show that mortality in the adult family members of children rose in winter 2020 and late 2021. Some of these family members were 19-25, suggesting kids lost older siblings during the pandemic. @norabeckermd.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
1/ New pub in Pediatrics: the stimulant dispensing rate to U.S. children declined after the pandemic began. The Adderall shortage didn’t change this rate but likely caused children using Adderall to switch to other stimulants.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
January 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
1/ New pub in Pediatrics: the stimulant dispensing rate to U.S. children declined after the pandemic began. The Adderall shortage didn’t change this rate but likely caused children using Adderall to switch to other stimulants.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...