John Hsu
John Hsu, MD, MBA
Director of the Program for Clinical Economics and Policy Analysis, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, MGH; Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harv
Institute for Health PolicyMassachusetts General Hospital50 Staniford StreetRoom 901BBoston, MA 02114
Medical and Psychiatric Care Preceding the First Psychotic Disorder Diagnosis
Authors: Benson NM, Yang Z, Fung V, Normand SL, Keshavan MS, Öngür D, Hsu J.
Schizophr Bull
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Nursing home infection control strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Festa N, Katz-Christy N, Weiss M, Lisk R, Normand SL, Grabowski DC, Newhouse JP, Hsu J
J Am Geriatr Soc
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Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries With Delirium
Authors: Moura LMVR, Zafar S, Benson NM, Festa N, Price M, Donahue MA, Normand SL, Newhouse JP, Blacker D, Hsu J.
Med Care.
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Evaluating The Accuracy Of Medicare Risk Adjustment For Alzheimer's Disease And Related Dementias
Authors: Festa N, Price M, Weiss M, Moura LMVR, Benson NM, Zafar S, Blacker D, Normand ST, Newhouse JP, Hsu J
Health Affairs
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Premium tax credits in the American Rescue Plan and off-marketplace enrollees

Am J Manag Care
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Evaluation of Claims-Based Ascertainment of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Across Health Care Settings
Authors: Festa N, Price M, Moura LMVR, Blacker D, Normand SL, Newhouse JP, Hsu J.
JAMA Health Forum
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Changes in screening colonoscopy following Medicare reimbursement and cost-sharing changes.
Authors: Song LD, Newhouse JP, Garcia-De-Albeniz X, Hsu J.
Health Services Research
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Access to care among Medicaid and uninsured patients in community health centers after the Affordable Care Act.
Authors: Seo V, Baggett TP, Thorndike AN, Hull P, Hsu J, Newhouse JP, Fung V.
BMC Health Reserve Research
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Adjusted Mortality Rates Are Lower For Medicare Advantage Than Traditional Medicare, But The Rates Converge Over Time.
Authors: Joseph P. Newhouse, Mary Price, J. Michael McWilliams, John Hsu, Jeffrey Souza, and Bruce E. Landon
Health Affairs
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Bending the Spending Curve by Altering Care Delivery Patterns: The Role of Care Management Within a Pioneer ACO
Authors: Hsu J, Price M, Vogeli C, Brand R, Chernew ME, Chaguturu SK, Weil E, Ferris TG
Health Affairs
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Substantial Physician Turnover and Beneficiary 'Churn' in a Large Medicare Pioneer ACO
Authors: Hsu J, Vogeli C, Price M, Brand R, Chernew ME et al
Health Affairs
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Screening Mammography for Free: Impact of Eliminating Cost Sharing on Cancer Screening Rates
Authors: Jena AB, Huang J, Fireman B, Fung V, Gazelle S et al
Health Services Research
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Nearly One-Third of Enrollees in California's Individual Market Missed Opportunities to Receive Financial Assistance
Authors: Fung V, Liang CY, Donelan K, Peitzman CG, Dow WH et al
Health Affairs
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The ACA and Risk Pools--Insurer Losses in the Setting of Noncompliant Plans
Authors: Hsu J
New England Journal of Medicine
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Patient Population Loss at a Large Pioneer Accountable Care Organization and Implications for Refining the Program
Authors: Hsu J, Price M, Spirt J, Vogeli C, Brand R, Chernew ME, et al
Health Affairs
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How Much Favorable Selection Is Left in Medicare Advantage?
Authors: Newhouse JP, Price M, McWilliams JM, Hsu J, McGuire TG
American Journal of Health Economics
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Adverse Clinical Events Among Medicare Beneficiaries Using Antipsychotic Drugs: Linking Health Insurance Benefits and Clinical Needs
Authors: Fung V, Frank RG and Hsu J
Medical Care
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Responses to Medicare Drug Costs Among Near-Poor versus Subsidized Beneficiaries
Authors: Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Alisa B. Busch, et al.
Health Services Research
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In Consumer-Directed Health Plans, A Majority Of Patients Were Unaware Of Free Or Low-Cost Preventive Care
Authors: Mary E. Reed, Ilana Graetz, Vicki Fung, et al.
Health Affairs
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Steps To Reduce Favorable Risk Selection In Medicare Advantage Largely Succeeded, Boding Well For Health Insurance Exchanges
Authors: Joseph P. Newhouse, Jie Huang, Mary Price, et al.
Health Affairs
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New Risk-Adjustment System Was Associated With Reduced Favorable Selection In Medicare Advantage

Health Affairs
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COBRA ARRA Subsidies: Was the Carrot Enticing Enough?
Authors: Ilana Graetz, Mary Reed, Vicki Fung, et al.
Health Services Research
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Medicare Part D Cost Sharing and Antipsychotic Use in Two Medicare Advantage Plans
Authors: Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Alisa Busch, et al.
Clinical Medicine and Research
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Consumer Directed Health Plans with Health Savings Accounts: Whose Skin Is in the Game and How Do Costs Affect Care-Seeking?
Authors: Huihui Wang, Ilana Graetz, Vicki Fung, et al.
Medical Care
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The Structure of Risk Adjustment for Private Plans in Medicare
Authors: Newhouse JP, Huang J, Brand RJ, et al.
American Journal of Managed Care
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Using Medicare Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research – Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Fung V, Brand R, Newhouse JP, et al.
American Journal of Managed Care
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Fixing Flaws in Medicare Drug Coverage That Prompt Insurers To Avoid Low-Income Patients
Authors: John Hsu, Vicki Fung, Jie Huang, et al.
Health Affairs
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Generic-only Drug Coverage in the Medicare Part D Gap and Effect on Medication Cost-Cutting Behaviors for Patients With Diabetes: The Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study.
Authors: Duru OK, Mangione C, Hsu J, et al.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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Patients’ Perspectives on NonAdherence to Statin Therapy: A Focus Group Study
Authors: Fung V, Sinclair F, Wang H, et al.
Permanente Journal
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The Specter of Fiscal Armageddon: Health Care and the Federal Budget in the United States.
Authors: Chernew M, Baicker K and Hsu J
New England Journal of Medicine
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Evaluating Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance Signals from Ambulatory Care Data in Four States.
Authors: Yih K, Deshpande S, Fuller C, et al.
Public Health Reports
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Validation of an Algorithm for Categorizing the severity of hospital emergency department visits
Authors: Dustin W. Ballard, Maggie Price, Vicki Fung, et al.
Medical Care
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Perspectives from Deductible Plan Enrollees: Plan Knowledge and Anticipated Care-Seeking Changes
Authors: Mary Reed, Nancy Benedetti, Richard Brand, et al.
BMC Health Services Research
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High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans: Efforts to Sharpen a Blunt Instrument
Authors: Mary Reed, Mary Price, Vicki Fung, et al.
Health Affairs
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Distributing $800 Billion: An Early Assessment of the Medicare Part D Risk-Adjustment Approach
Authors: John Hsu, Jie Huang, Vicki Fung, et al.
Health Affairs
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The Impact of Generic-Only Drug Benefits on Patients’ Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in a Medicare Population with Asthma
Authors: Vicki Fung, Ira B. Tager, Richard Brand, et al.
BMC Health Services Research
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Medicare Beneficiaries’ Knowledge of Part D Program Prescription Drug Benefits and Responses to Drug Costs
Authors: John Hsu, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, et al.
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Coping with Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing: Knowledge, Adherence and Financial Burden
Authors: Mary Reed, Richard Brand, Joseph P. Newhouse, et al.
Health Services Research
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Office Visit Copayments: Patient Knowledge, Response, and Communication with Providers
Authors: Nancy Benedetti, Vicki Fung, Mary Reed, et al.
Medical Care
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Hypertension Treatment in a Medicare Population: Adherence and Systolic Blood Pressure Control
Authors: Vicki Fung, Jie Huang, Richard Brand, et al.
Clinical Therapeutics
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Cost Sharing for Emergency Care: Findings on Adverse Clinical Events from the Safety and Financial Ramifications of ED Copayments Study (SAFE)
Authors: John Hsu, Maggie Price, Richard Brand et al.
Health Services Research
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Unintended Consequences of Medicare Drug Benefit Caps
Authors: John Hsu, Maggie Price, Jie Huang, et al.
New England Journal of Medicine
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Care-Seeking Behavior in Response to Emergency Department Copayments
Authors: Mary Reed, Vicki Fung, Richard Brand, et al.
Medical Care
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Cost-Sharing: Patient Knowledge and Effects on Seeking Emergency Department Care
Authors: John Hsu, Mary Reed, Richard Brand, et al.
Medical Care
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The Comparative Advantage of Medicare Advantage.
Authors: Newhouse JP, Landrum MB, Price M, McWilliams JM, Hsu J, McGuire TG.
American Journal of Health Economics
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