David Grabowski

Professor, Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School -- health economics, aging, long-term care, post-acute care

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

Incredibly honored and excited to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine class of 2023

[National Academy of Medicine @theNAMedicine]

Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg https://t.co/brhVbv4Ppo

[NBER @nberpubs]

More immigration into the US raises the number of health care workers and saves the lives of older Americans, from @DavidCGrabowski, Jonathan Gruber, and @mcgarrybe https://t.co/JXXAMnRZbR

[Hannah Abrams, MD @HannahRAbrams]

SNF capacity is the bottleneck that keeps people waiting in ER hallways and make-shift hospital rooms. SNF beds are crucial to our health system. Since 2020, capacity is down 5%, in part due to staffing shortages.

https://t.co/wA2Chmqq8R
@McGarryBE @ashdgandhi @DavidCGrabowski

[NBER @nberpubs]

Managed care plans for nursing home residents, known as Institutional Special Needs Plans, reduce costly hospitalizations by about 30 percent, from Momotazur Rahman, @mcgarrybe, Elizabeth M. White, @DavidCGrabowski, and @cyruskosar https://t.co/9dcO5yzTl7

[Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait @CaringAcrossGen]

Care workers make all other work possible, and as @davidcgrabowski said, "Foreign-born workers are a big part of that backbone. Without them, we’d have huge staffing shortfalls and individuals’ quality of care and quality of life would be worse."
https://t.co/3rD8MGnuTY

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

"Caregivers are the backbone of long-term care , and foreign-born workers are a big part of that backbone. Without them, we'd have huge staffing shortfalls and individuals' quality of care and qualify of life would be worse."
https://t.co/qP0w7EKmdz

[The Brookings Institution @BrookingsInst]

Older Americans are exposed to considerable financial risk from long-term care needs. @ipogadog and @chvanhoutven make the case for expanding coverage of paid home care through Medicare. https://t.co/nqmKg0DQtN

[Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, FAHA @mad_sters]

New @NEJM Perspective piece on VP Harris' policy proposal to "Expand Medicare to Cover Long-term Care at Home." @DavidCGrabowski and I discuss how this could be a game-changer for many Americans, as well some key questions that will need to be answered. https://t.co/gTxUjrtCmM

[Rachel Prusynski, DPT, PhD @doc_doc_pru]

Definitely agreed with @DavidCGrabowski on this one! Happy to finally see home care in the news as part of @KamalaHarris’ new #Medicare proposal

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

@tmprowell @CitizenCohn Important question! Fact sheet released by Harris-Walz suggests new benefits will cost roughly $40B annually and be financed "mostly by savings from negotiating power with major prescription drug companies."
https://t.co/keQmhHrnBA

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

Expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home would be a HUGE development.
Great quote: “There isn’t a lot in the world of health policy that does this well with such a broad swath of the electorate.” @CitizenCohn
https://t.co/jFSriqaMho

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

Quote above from @mattbc, sorry for any confusion!

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

More research is needed to understand why I-SNPs enter certain markets and why dual-eligible long-stay nursing home residents choose to enroll in them; to assess I-SNP enrollment barriers; and to compare hospital admission rates & quality outcomes by I-SNP enrollment status. END/

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

🚨NEW @Health_Affairs paper with @amanda_c_chen @josephhnath
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) has grown dramatically among long-stay nursing home residents. However, availabiltiy is limited in many US markets
https://t.co/0GC2o5xaff

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

Although I-SNPs have no formal affiliation with Medicaid, 94% of I-SNP enrollee were duallly eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. 5/