Come see us at the American Society of Health Economists conference

If you’re attending the ASHEcon conference I hope you will come see my colleagues and me at the sessions below. These all include members of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the VA Boston Healthcare System and/or the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management (HLPM) at the Boston University School of Public Health. Those individuals are in bold, below.*

Monday June 24

9:30 – 10:45

Applications of Nonlinear Modeling Techniques: Econometrics and Machine Learning

Chair: Partha Deb

Location: Madison A

(9:30)

Presenter: Edward Norton

Co-Authors: Emily Lawton; Jun Li; Lena Chen

Discussant: Elena Prager

(10:00)

Presenter: Augustine Denteh

Co-Author: Sherri Rose

Discussant: Kevin N. Griffith

(10:30)

Presenter: Partha Deb

Discussant: Naomi B. Zewde

1:15 – 2:45

Access To Mental Health Services Among Minority and Severely Ill Patients

Chair: Vicki Fung

Location: Jefferson

(1:15)

Presenter: Julia Raifman, BU

Co-Authors: Ellen Moscoe; S. Bryn Austin; Mark Hatzenbuehler; Sandro Galea

Discussant: Elham Mahmoudi

(1:45)

Presenter: Ana Progovac

Co-Authors:  Brian Mullin; Laura Hatfield; Alex McDowell; Mark A. Schuster; Benjamin Le Cook

Discussant: Neil Kamdar

(2:15)

Presenter: Vicki Fung

Co-Authors: Mary Price; John Hsu; Benjamin Le Cook

Discussant: Ana M. Progovac

1:15 – 2:45

Health Insurance, Adolescents and Young Adults

Chair: Austin Frakt

Location: Hoover

(1:15)

Presenter: Jacqueline Ellison, BU

Co-Authors: Megan Cole, BU; Lewis Kazis; Amresh Hanchate

Discussant: Christine Yee

(1:45)

Presenter: Carolina-Nicole Herrera, BU

Discussant: Kandice Kapinos

(2:15)

Presenter: Kevin Griffith

Co-Authors: Benjamin Sommers; David Jones

Discussant: Sarah Miller

1:15 – 2:45

Incentives, Integration and Efficiency

Chair: Joshua Rolnick

Location: Madison A

(1:15)

Presenter: Jayasree Basu

Co-Author:  Paul Jacobs

Discussant: Keaton Miller

(1:45)

Presenter: Meng-Yun Lin

Co-Authors: Amresh Hanchate, Austin Frakt, Kathleen Carey, BU

(2:15)

Presenter: Joshua Rolnick

Co-Authors:  Joshua Liao; Xinshuo Ma; Eric Shan; Jingsan Zhu; Erkuan Wang; Qian Huang; Amol Navathe

Discussant: Michael Barnett 

Tuesday June 25

10:00 – 11:30

Private Plans in Medicare and Disadvantaged Populations

Chair: Zirui Song

Location: Jefferson

(10:00)

Presenter: Laura Skopec

Co-Authors: Stephen Zuckerman; Doug Wissoker; Peter Huckfeldt; Joshua Aarons; Robert Berenson; Judy Feder; Judy Dey

Discussant: Austin Frakt

(10:30)

Presenter: Laura Keohane

Co-Authors:  Zilu Zhou; David Stevenson

Discussant: Courtney H. Van Houtven

(11:00)

Presenter: Brian McGarry

Co-Authors:  Timothy Layton; Zirui Song; David Grabowski

Discussant: Daria M. Pelech

10:00 – 11:30

Treatment Effects & Heterogeneity

Chair: Steve Pizer

Madison A

(10:00)

Presenter: Kenneth John McConnell

Co-Author: Stephan Lindner

Discussant: Eric Roberts

(10:30)

Presenter: Jessica Lum

Co-Authors: Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt, Melissa Garrido

Discussant: Partha Deb

(11:00)

Presenter: Amelia Haviland

Co-Authors: Rahul Ladhania; Neeraj Sood; Ateev Mehrotra

Discussant: Jeffrey S. McCullough

1:30 – 3:00

Effects of Policy Reforms and Access to Care on Rates of Suicide

Chair: Timothy Classen

Location: Jefferson

(1:30)

Presenter: Julia Raifman, BU

Co-Authors: Elysia Larson; Michael Siegel; Michael Ulrich; Colleen Barry; Anita Knopov; Sandro Galea

Discussant: Timothy Classen

Location: Jefferson

(2:00)

Presenter: Peiyin Hung

Co-Authors: Susan Busch; Shiyi Wang

Discussant: Julia Raifman, BU

(2:30)

Presenter: Timothy Classen

Discussant: Peiyin Hung

1:30 – 3:00

The Effects of Care Coordination and Vertical Integration on Patient Outcomes

Chair: Lacey Loomer

Location: Madison A

(1:30)

Presenter: Cyrus Kosar

Co-Authors:  David Meyers; Vincent Mor; Momotazur Rahman

Discussant: Jia Yu

(2:00)

Author(s): Derek Lake; David C. Grabowski; Pedro Gozalo

Discussant: Brian E. McGarry

(2:30)

Presenter: David Meyers

Co-Authors: Vincent Mor; Momotazur Rahman

Discussant: Steven Pizer

1:30 – 3:00

Indirect Effects of Insurance Design

Chair: Thomas Buchmueller

Location: Hoover

(1:30)

Presenter: Catherine Maclean

Co-Authors: Ioana Popovici; Michael T. French

Discussant: Otto Lenhart

(2:00)

Presenter: Aparna Soni

Discussant: Xiaoxue Li

(2:30)

Presenter: Coleman Drake

Co-Authors: Conor Ryan; Bryan Dowd

Discussant: Paul Shafer, BU

5:15 – 7:00 Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall C (lower level)

Changes in Coverage, Access to Care, and Disparities in 2017

Presenter: Kevin Griffith

Co-Authors: Benjamin Sommers; David Jones

(Posters cont.)

Do High Deductibles Reduce the Use of ‘Free’ Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act?

Presenter: Paul Shafer, BU

Co-Authors: Stacie Dusetzina; Lindsay Sabik; Timothy Platts-Mills; Sally Stearns; Justin Trogdon

Wednesday June 26

8:00 – 9:30

Topics in Health Care Financing and Incentives

Chair: Jean M Fuglesten Biniek

Location: Madison A

(8:00)

Presenter: Yingzhe Yuan

Co-Authors: Megan E. Price; David F. Schmidt, MD; Merry Ward, PhD; Jonathan R. Nebeker, MD; Steven Pizer

Discussant: Jeffrey S. McCullough

(8:30)

Presenter: Jean Fuglesten Biniek

Co-Author:  William Johnson

Discussant: Sayeh S. Nikpay

(9:00)

Presenter: Sayeh Nikpay

Co-Authors:  Rena Conti; Melinda Buntin

Discussant: David Cutler

8:00 – 9:30

Physician Productivity and Quality of Care

Chair: Steven Pizer

Location: Taylor

(8:00)

Presenter: Taeko Minegishi

Discussant: John Romley

(8:30)

Presenter: Christine Yee

Discussant: Austin Frakt

(9:00)

Presenter: Aigerim Kabdiyeva

Discussant:  Michael R. Richards

8:00 – 9:30

Recent Empirical Evidence on the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Coverage and Payment

Chair: Zhiyou Yang

Location: McKinley

(8:00)

Presenter: Zhiyou Yang

Co-Authors: Peter Huckfeldt; Neeraj Sood; Jose Escarce; Teryl Nuckols; Ioana Popescu

Discussant: Eric Roberts

(8:30)

Presenter: Sarah Gordon, BU

Co-Authors: Benjamin Sommers; Ira Wilson, MD; Omar Galarraga; Amal Trivedi

Discussant: Jacob Wallace

(9:00)

Presenter: Andrew Wilcock

Co-Authors: Michael Barnett; J. McWilliams; David Grabowski; Ateev Mehrotra

Discussant: Neeraj Sood

10:00 – 11:30

Evaluation of Behavioral Health Integration Initiatives and Measures

Chair: Megan B. Cole, BU

Location: Jefferson

(10:00)

Presenter: Xinqi Li

Co-Author: Omar Galarraga

Discussant: Kimberley Geissler

(10:30)

Presenter: Kimberley Geissler

Discussant: Michael Flores

(11:00)

Presenter: Megan Cole, BU

Co-Authors: Qiuyuan Qin; Megan Bair-Merritt

Discussant: Xinqi Li

 

* If I’ve overlooked anyone please bring it to my attention and I will update.

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