News | Health Care Policy

Maestas Elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

February 25, 2019

Associate professor of health care policy Nicole Maestas, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Disparities in Mental Health Treatment in Youth Minority Groups

February 8, 2019

FDA box warning reduces use of antidepressant in white youth, but not minority youths.

Benzodiazepines Visit Rates Rising

February 4, 2019

The number of overdose deaths related to benzodiazepines has increased dramatically in the last decade.

Telemedicine Could Improve SUD Treatment

January 23, 2019

An estimated 21 million Americans suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) that relates to alcohol, opioids, or other drugs.

HRRP Decreased Hospital Readmissions Overstated

January 23, 2019

Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was created to incentivize hospitals to reduce readmissions among Medicare patients.

Health Policy Data Science Lab at HCP

January 16, 2019

The Health Policy Data Science Lab was founded in 2015 as a collaborative research space to tackle policy issues using rigorous statistical methods.

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Department Hosts 30th Anniversary Symposium

December 6, 2018

The Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy hosted a symposium to celebrate its 30 year anniversary.

Normand Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

December 3, 2018

S. James Adelstein Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics) Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD, named Fellow of the AAAS in the statistics concentration.

Essentials of the Profession

November 6, 2018

EOP covers key concepts important to the practice of medicine and to medical professionalism

Nursing Homes with Dementia Special Care Units Provide Better Quality of Care

October 18, 2018

Nursing home facilities with a dementia special care units provide better quality of care for patients.

Nicole Maestas Awarded NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center

October 16, 2018

Maestas will direct the newly awarded Retirement and Disability Research Center at NBER

Investigating Spending in the Medicare Share Savings Program

October 4, 2018

ACOs that participate in the MSSP given incentives that encourage them to lower spending for Medicare patients while performing highly on a set of quality measures.