Christina Andrews

Associate Professor of Health Policy @USCArnoldSchool of Public Health; Medicaid, addiction, and financial barriers to treatment. Opinions are my own.

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Our new study finds that many Medicaid managed care plans aren’t meeting state requirements for SUD medication coverage. Plans also continue requiring prior authorization even when states have prohibited it. Policies exist, but enforcement may be lacking. https://t.co/UYGz4Xf2sp

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

I am so grateful to my colleagues and friends at the Arnold School of Public Health for granting me the Faculty Research Award this year! I am lucky to be part of such a great institution. Thanks to @USC_HSPM for providing me with the support and resources to do my best work.

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

https://t.co/TNrTgKTQZF

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Looking forward to talking about prior authorization with A. Mark Fendrick, Ravi Gupta, and Michael Anne Kyle at Health Affairs’ upcoming Insider Event, "Prior Authorization: Current State and Potential Reform," on September 23 from 1 pm – 2 pm ET. Sign up using the link below.

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

@bradwrightphd I believe our booth won a conference award in the category of "most beautiful botanicals."

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Great post doc opportunity at UChicago here 👇👇👇 Come work with our team!

[Harold Pollack @haroldpollack]

We at @UChicago are looking to hire a postdoc for the JCOIN Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center Policy Landscape Core. The postdoc will work with me, Colleen Grogran, and our MAARC PLC colleagues. Deets here https://t.co/LOXfzeCCJz

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

So thrilled to see @oliviamhinds publish her first-authored paper! Check out her great work in leading on this important topic.

[Olivia Hinds @oliviamhinds]

Super excited to share some of my latest work with @c_m_andrews, @m_westlake711 and Sophia Negaro. We find that most Medicaid health homes are referring out SUD treatment and many fail to comply with SUD screening and treatment co-location requirements.
https://t.co/Ay2a0gUQI1

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Please help me spread the word about two tenure-track job openings available in health policy and management at the University of South Carolina! Priority deadline is coming up on *November 16*

[Brad Wright @bradwrightphd]

🚨 Tenure-Track Job Alert! We are hiring for multiple faculty positions in @USC_HSPM @USCArnoldSchool.

Links to each posting are in the comments for easy sharing.

I encourage you to apply and also appreciate you helping to spread the word.

[Harold Pollack @haroldpollack]

Analysis Shelby led w/Colleen Grogan+their excellent @NIDAnews-funded team on Kentucky Medicaid managed care is an important analysis of OUD services. Quasi-random plan assignment allows creative causal identification. Plans that cover more OUD treatments display higher rates of OUD diagnoses+greater provision of medications for OUD.

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Friends, please help us spread the word about this special issue on psychedelics and substance use disorder treatment!

[Addiction Journal @AddictionJrnl]

Find out more about our planned special issue on psychedelic-assisted treatment for SUD, including how to submit https://t.co/Ue7Dw53hjA @WileyHealth

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Had a fantastic time talking with @Health_Affairs' Alan Weil on this week's episode of ''A Health Podyssey.'' You can check it out here: https://t.co/Xpc9k8UWtK

[Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer]

🚨 Free webinar on #psychedelics policy--July 18

An 📈 # of states/localities are implementing/considering alts to prohibiting some psychedelics for nonclinical purposes

What could these changes mean for Indigenous Peoples, veterans, others?

Register 👇
https://t.co/Gj0ONO7aOc

[NIDAnews @NIDAnews]

🆕 #NIDA-funded study published in @Health_Affairs: Most States Allow Medicaid Managed Care Plans Discretion To Restrict Substance Use Disorder Treatment Benefits. @UofSC https://t.co/aUyPDPlbtU

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

@bjdickmayhew Congratulations! We are so thrilled to have you with us soon!

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Our new @Health_Affairs paper is out! We find that many states do not prohibit Medicaid MCO plans from imposing requirements like prior authorization, mandatory drug testing, and concurrent psychotherapy for OUD treatment https://t.co/vWIm1VGuwO

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Come join us!

[Erika Crable, PhD (@erikacrable.bsky.social) @erikacrable]

Hey #ARM24 We’re talking Medicaid & SUD treatment access/outcomes today: MCOs, IMDs, 1115s & any other acronyms we can think of w/ the brilliant @maureentstewart @c_m_andrews Stephan Lindler. We promise to make sense of this alphabet soup!

Join us @ 1:45pm in Room 318-320

[Brad Wright @bradwrightphd]

We’re hiring again this year, so if you—or one of your trainees—will be on the market, please stop by the booth, find me at poster session B (#266), or DM me to learn more about the amazing people in our dept & the great work they’re doing to improve policy & practice! #ARM24

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Great article featuring our recent work on SUD treatment carve outs in Medicaid managed care. Kudos to the talented @afsilverman for leading the way!

[Allie F Silverman @afsilverman]

I'll use any opportunity I can to say my favorite quote: "If you've seen one Medicaid plan, you've seen one Medicaid plan." Check out this interview I did for @PsychiatricNews on Medicaid MCO carve outs for SUD treatments and medications
https://t.co/Dj5eJt0SW6

[Christina Andrews @c_m_andrews]

Check out our new piece in @AddictionJrnl examining what can be learned from the liberalization of cannabis to inform sound regulatory policy for psychedelics

[Addiction Journal @AddictionJrnl]

Read the new #openaccess Addiction Opinion and Debate article by @c_m_andrews, Wayne Hall, @KeithNHumphreys and John Marsden - Crafting effective regulatory policies for psychedelics: What can be learned from the case of cannabis?
https://t.co/XJHt1jV7Xn