Eran Politzer

Health Economist. Assistant Professor @HebrewU's School of Public Policy

[JAMA Health Forum @JAMAHealthForum]

Among patients who had surgical procedures, #Medicare Advantage patients had 3.1% lower 30-day costs than those with traditional Medicare, with more outpatient surgeries, shorter stays, and fewer readmissions. https://t.co/dMIgCTNPj1 @EranPolitzer

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1/ 🚨 New NBER WP w. @timothyjlayton!

We show how outsourcing gov’t services can raise fiscal costs - when payment rates are updated endogenously, based on past spending.
Our focus: Medicaid, the large U.S. public health insurance program for low-income & disabled individuals.

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Glad to see our paper out at @JPubEcon !
More in the thread below 👇

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Just published in @JPubEcon:

"The dynamic fiscal costs of outsourcing health insurance - evidence from Medicaid"

By @timothyjlayton & @EranPolitzer

https://t.co/Wdv5yCghLl

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[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Just published in @JPubEcon:

"The dynamic fiscal costs of outsourcing health insurance - evidence from Medicaid"

By @timothyjlayton & @EranPolitzer

https://t.co/Wdv5yCghLl

#econtwitter #publiceconomics #publicfinance #healtheconomics

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11/ If you got all the way down here – thank you!

Oh, and - Happy New Year!

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1/ 🚨 New NBER WP w. @timothyjlayton!

We show how outsourcing gov’t services can raise fiscal costs - when payment rates are updated endogenously, based on past spending.
Our focus: Medicaid, the large U.S. public health insurance program for low-income & disabled individuals.

[NBER @nberpubs]

Evidence that the privatization of Medicaid does not save money and likely increases program costs, from @timothyjlayton and @EranPolitzer https://t.co/rz8b7duLNB

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10/ Alternative payment mechanisms could involve “yardstick competition”, where payments to each plan depend on spending by _other_ plans.

Other countries use exogenous updating of rates, based on national price and wage indices (similar to some “block grant” proposals).

[NBER @nberpubs]

Evidence that the privatization of Medicaid does not save money and likely increases program costs, from @timothyjlayton and @EranPolitzer https://t.co/rz8b7duLNB

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their paper, @EranPolitzer of @HebrewU / @HMSHCP and coauthors explore primary care physician costliness and quality of care in Medicare Advantage networks.

https://t.co/nXmtOk6OIU

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@TimAndersonMD @jzayanian @johngraves9 @laura_tastic The link to the paper:
https://t.co/3bMfsSzhXm

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🚨Thrilled to share our latest @Health_Affairs paper with @Bruce_Landon and team! 🚨

We ask whether Medicare Advantage insurers select better primary care physicians for network inclusion, examining both costs and quality

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I’m grateful for being able to work on this paper with such a fantastic team: @TimAndersonMD, @jzayanian, Vilsa Curto, @johngraves9, @laura_tastic, Jeff Souza, and Alan Zaslavsky.

Thanks also to the NIA for their support!

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