Research
Job Market Paper
Medicaid Spillovers on Commercially Insured Patients: Evidence from Postpartum Depression Screening
September 2025. Job Market Paper.
Refereed Publications
Medicaid Reimbursement for Maternal Depression Screening and Care for Postpartum Depression
With Sarah Gordon, Nigel Deen, Megan Cole, Emily Feinberg, and Alison Galbraith
JAMA Pediatrics (2025), Vol. 179(9), pp. 1009–1016.
Extended Postpartum Medicaid in Colorado Associated With Increased Treatment for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
With Sarah Gordon, Maria Steenland, Nigel Deen, and Emily Feinberg
Health Affairs (2024)
Other Publications
High Air Ambulance Charges Concentrated in Private Equity-owned Carriers
With Loren Adler and Kathleen Hannick
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2020)
Medicare Advanced Imaging Payment: Dysfunctional Policy Making
With Bruce Steinwald, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Caitlin Brandt
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2020)
Making ACA Enrollment More Automatic for the Newly Unemployed
With Christen Linke Young
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2020)
How Well Could Tax-Based Auto-Enrollment Work?
With Christen Linke Young
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2020)
What is Surprise Billing for Medical Care?
With Christen Linke Young, Matthew Fiedler, and Loren Adler
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2019)
We Need More Primary Care Physicians: Here’s Why and How
With Bruce Steinwald, Paul Ginsburg, Caitlin Brandt, and Kavita Patel
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2019)
Insurance Status Churn and Auto-Enrollment
With Christen Linke Young
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2019)
Medicare Graduate Medical Education Funding is Not Addressing the Primary Care Shortage: We Need a Radically Different Approach
With Bruce Steinwald, Paul Ginsburg, Caitlin Brandt, and Kavita Patel
USC–Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy (2018)
Work in Progress
Effect of Maternal Postpartum Insurance Coverage on Infant Health Utilization
Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements and Physician Mobility