Rachel Werner
rachelwerner.bsky.social
Rachel Werner
@rachelwerner.bsky.social
General internist, health economist.
Executive Director of @PennLDI.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Werner
The project reflects years of teamwork with @rachelwerner.bsky.social, David Asch, and an anonymous federal researcher.

I'm very proud to share this work. Watch this space for more posts about our findings, our methods, and how this project came to be. (7/7) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic marke...
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Read more about our estimates of lives that will be lost here:

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

And thank you to @warren.senate.gov and her office for her tireless work on this important issue.
www.warren.senate.gov
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Rachel Werner
⬆️Join us on Friday, 12/6 for a virtual seminar where we'll discuss recommendations in the Policy Brief. Register: ldi.upenn.edu/events/integ...
#Medsky

#DuallyEligible
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@aishaadkins.bsky.social @matthewbehrens.bsky.social @rachelwerner.bsky.social
Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
A panel of experts reviews policy options for meaningful change toward care that truly focuses on the needs of people with both Medicare and Medicaid.
ldi.upenn.edu
November 26, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Rachel Werner
Two critically important research articles related to this.

One third (!!!!) of the home health and personal care aide workforce is foreign-born.

amandakreider.github.io/in-progress/... (from @amandakreider.bsky.social)

www.nber.org/papers/w30960
Immigration, The Long-Term Care Workforce, and Elder Outcomes in the U.S.
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 25, 2024 at 7:57 PM