Health Data Bootcamp 2025 Summary: Consolidation and Corporatization in the U.S. Healthcare System

Written by Mo Farrell, LMSW, manager, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research Should medicine be a business like any other? That was the question that Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP (above right) posed in the beginning of his keynote during the second annual Health Data Bootcamp hosted by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & […]

Center issues health policy update on work status among Missouri Medicaid recipients

The Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research has released a new policy brief that describes the characteristics of Medicaid recipients, including work status, in Missouri and the U.S – important context for the current policy debate about potential work requirements for Medicaid recipients. The policy brief highlights that roughly two-thirds of Missouri’s […]

Center releases Medicaid policy recommendations for non-emergency medical transportation

Written by Mo Farrell, LMSW, Manager, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) is a vital Medicaid benefit, as many Missouri residents rely on it to access the health care they need. This was the topic of Transforming Healthcare in Missouri, Part IX – presented by WashU’s Center for […]

Update: Missouri Medicaid agency’s efforts to improve maternal and infant health

Hundreds of maternal and infant health thought leaders from across Missouri gathered to build connections at The Uplift Connection’s 2025 Maternal & Infant Health Convening. One of the convening’s two plenary sessions featured Abigail R. Barker, PhD, who provided updates on the state Medicaid agency’s efforts in maternal and infant health.

Center co-director to speak during Civic Action Week, Feb. 17-23

Bernard Becker Professor, Timothy McBride, PhD, co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research will speak on “Translating Research to Policy”. Civic Action Week is a series of civic engagement opportunities throughout WashU during which student groups, faculty, staff, and community partners will host events and other opportunities to engage On […]

Missouri Medicaid enrollment down nearly 200,000 since unwinding began

Written by Timothy McBride, co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research May 2024 (updates based on April 2024 state administrative data). As the process of unwinding (from the Public Health Emergency) continues, total net enrollment in Missouri’s Medicaid program continues to drop: down nearly 200,000 (down -197,525) to 1,319,166 from the […]

Medicaid enrollment in Missouri begins; applications appear vigorous

Written by Timothy McBride, co-director, Center for Health Economics and Policy The expansion of Medicaid in Missouri began in 2021, and after resolution of a lawsuit at the Missouri Supreme Court in July, enrollment applications were accepted starting on October 2021. As of January 21, 2022, enrollment in the adult expansion group (AEG) had reached […]

Center creates user-friendly Missouri Medicaid Enrollment Tracking tool

The Center for Health Economics and Policy at the Institute for Public Health has launched the Missouri Medicaid Enrollment Tracking Dashboard, as a resource for the community to track the impact of Medicaid expansion on Missouri Medicaid enrollment.  Timothy McBride, PhD, co-director of the Center for Health Economics and Policy says, “We are excited to […]

Center reports recommendations for maternal health policy changes in Missouri

Maternal and infant health is a critical problem for Missouri and the rest of the United States. While many other health metrics have improved in the U.S. in recent decades, outcomes for mothers and infants have worsened. Maternal mortality rates in Missouri and nationally have been rising in recent years; Missouri’s rate exceeds the national […]

Center issues report on benefits of expanding Missouri’s Primary Care Health Homes Program for the chronically ill

The Center for Health Economics & Policy has released a report suggesting that Medicaid recipients can receive better quality, comprehensive home care by expanding the state’s “Primary Care Health Homes” (PCHH) program. The program currently enables patients with at least two chronic health conditions (heart problems, diabetes, etc.) to receive extra help managing their health […]

Center releases analysis of what’s ahead for Medicaid expansion in Missouri

By Kim Furlow, communications manager & Timothy McBride, Co-director of the Center for Health Economics & Policy at the Institute for Public Health Since Medicaid expansion was passed by voters in Missouri in August 2020, the Center for Health Economics & Policy at Washington University has been producing analyses to help state and local service […]

New report shows disproportionate COVID-19 impact

As stated in its introduction, a new research brief citing research from the Center for Health Economics & Policy “aims to quantify COVID-19-related health disparities in the St. Louis region using ZIP code-level data on confirmed cases and demographic composition.” Mirroring racialized COVID-19 trends in other metropolitan areas, the report focuses on observed, yet unexplained, […]

Center for Health Economics & Policy offers new tool to help researchers

Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health Our Center for Health Economics and Policy is helping Washington University researchers get policy-focused research circulated to a broader audience through policy briefs. Our center’s newly-created Policy Brief Toolkit is designed to help researchers translate research findings into policy briefs, which can be […]

Medicaid Work Requirements: What Would the Impact be in Missouri on Enrollment, Costs and Health?

Written by Linda Li, MPH, Abigail Barker, PhD, Leah Kemper, MPH, Timothy McBride, PhD | February 2019 In 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced support for state efforts to condition Medicaid coverage on fulfilling a work requirement. For the first time in the program’s history, certain beneficiaries can be required to […]

Pilot Grants Awarded

The Institute for Public Health Center for Health Economics and Policy pilot program announces funding for three projects in its latest round of funding. Assessing the Impact of Costs on HIV PrEP Drug Use Among Young Black Men Zachary Feinstein, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science The number of new HIV infections in […]

Policy matters for doctors-in-training & their future patients

Written by Akua Nuako, medical student class of 2021, Washington University in St. Louis I am often awestruck by the ingenuity of today’s medical advancements. During my first year of medical school, I’ve been captivated by research on promising developments like cancer treatments that only target malignant cells, gene editing that addresses health issues rooted […]

Moving toward a healthier Missouri: Re-instituting therapy services in Missouri Medicaid

Originally posted by the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, written by Mary Mellem, Gary Parker, and Atia Thurman In October 2017, the Center for Health Economics & Policy at the Institute for Public Health and the Clark-Fox Policy Institute at the Brown School at Washington University hosted Transforming Healthcare in Missouri: Ideas for Innovation and Investment to generate […]

Transforming Healthcare in Missouri Recap 2017

Co-hosted by the Center for Health Economics and Policy and the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, Transforming Healthcare in Missouri brought together healthcare providers, payers, consumers, researchers, economists, advocates and policymakers to generate and discuss ideas for healthcare reform in Missouri. Hosts Timothy McBride, PhD, Professor, Brown School and Co-Director, Center for Health Economics and Policy Gary Parker, Director, Clark-Fox Policy Institute and […]