The Wharton Health Care Management 
Alumni Association 
is pleased to share the following information
 
SEPTEMBER 2017
As we culminate LDI's 50th year celebration with our symposium, Shaping the Future of Health Care, I am struck by the ways that health care has advanced since 1967. At the same time, as a nation, we still struggle to assure access to affordable care to all. Increasingly, innovations in delivery and payment to drive value are being adopted, yet we are still early in the journey towards a national high-value health system. LDI's nearly 400 experts, not bound by traditional academic boundaries, collaborate to provide the thought leadership and evidence needed to affect positive change in our health system. I am excited and optimistic that LDI will continue to lead the way in addressing our most pressing challenges in health care.
Dan Polsky, PhD
Executive Director, LDI
Rate of Narrow Networks Decreased in 2017
As the 2018 open enrollment period approaches, LDI reports on the prevalence of narrow provider networks in 2017.
Can Reinsurance Stabilize the Individual Market?
In new a brief, Scott Harrington describes and compares reinsurance approaches and other strategies to achieving long-term stability on the ACA Marketplaces.
ACA Marketplace Plans Raise Concerns for Mental Health Care Access and Parity
In a Health Affairs study, Jane Zhu and colleagues find that provider networks for mental health care are far narrower than for primary care on the ACA Marketplaces.
In the American Journal of Public Health, Shreya Kangovi and colleagues find that community health workers improve outcomes, lower costs and provide a scalable strategy to improve population health. Brief
A new study led by Meghan Lane-Fall finds that while cardiac surgery intensive care units vary greatly in structure, practices, and staffing, none of these organizational factors is consistently associated with 30-day mortality. Brief
In a new perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine, Atheendar Venkataramani and Alexander Tsai explain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and urge medical and public health professionals to counter the threat posed by the program's rescission. Blog
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, has named Therese Richmond its 2017 Episteme Award Recipient. Richmond will receive one of nursing's most prestigious honors for her work on the psychological effects of violence and injury. News
In 2017, 17 states considered more than 40 changes to their state's vaccine exemption regime. In Behavioral Scientist, Alison Buttenheim describes four behavioral principles relevant to exemption legislation, along with examples of current and proposed exemption laws that leverage these insights. Report
Christina Roberto describes the model of 'strategic science', in which researchers work with policymakers and influencers to identify and answer the most policy-relevant research questions. Blog
Dan Polsky, Rebecka Rosenquist, Amol Navathe, and Zachary Meisel, discussed ongoing research on opioid prescribing, bundled payments, and narrow networks as as a prelude to the 50th Anniversary Symposium on October 5-6, 2017. News
A recent conference at Penn brought together stakeholders from research and policy to discuss evidence-based approaches to address substance use disorder. Blog
For nearly 10 years, the Masters of Science in Health Policy (MSHP) program at Penn has produced a new generation of clinician-researchers equipped to solve health care's most pressing challenges. 50@50
Post-operative Mortality, Missed Care and Nurse Staffing in Nine Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study - International Journal of Nursing Studies, Aug 2017; Jane E. Ball, Luk Bruyneel, Linda H. Aiken, Walter Sermeus, Douglas M. Sloane, Anne Marie Rafferty, Rikard Lindqvist, Carol Tishelman, Peter Griffiths, RN4CAST Consortium
Public Awareness of and Contact With Physicians Who Receive Industry Payments: A National Survey - Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 2017; Genevieve Kanter, Michelle M. Mello, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, Eric G. Campbell, and Daniel Carpenter
Physician Experiences With High Value Care in Internal Medicine Residency: Mixed-Methods Study of 2003-2013 Residency Graduates - Teaching and Learning in Medicine, July 2017; Kira L. Ryskina, Eric S. Holmboe, Judy A. Shea, Esther Kim, and Judith Long
Cost Offset Associated With Early Start Denver Model for Children With Autism - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2017; Zuleyha Cidav, Jeff Munson, Annette Estes, Geraldine Dawson, Sally Rogers, David Mandell
Twitter Accounts Followed by Congressional Health Staff - American Journal of Managed Care, July 2017; David Grande, Zachary F. Meisel, Raina M. Merchant, Jane Seymour, and Sarah E. Gollust
Don't miss this exciting two-day event celebrating LDI's 50 years of health policy leadership! Experts from across the nation will convene to share their ideas on how to improve health and health care over the next 50 years. Check out the full agenda here .
Registration Ends September 30th! Register Now!
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