Professor, Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School -- health economics, aging, long-term care, post-acute care
Boston, MA
Joined January 2017
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Incredibly honored and excited to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine class of 2023
Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg nam.edu/national-academy-of-…
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New in @NEJM with @DavidCGrabowski!
Rapid population aging means we'll need to add many more LTC workers—even under optimistic projections. We outline several policies to help meet this challenge and explain how current federal policy is moving in the wrong direction on each.
The United States faces a projected shortage of millions of long-term–care workers by 2040. Yet in each area where progress could help address this gap, federal policy is moving in the wrong direction. Andrew R. Olenski, PhD, and David C. Grabowski, PhD, discuss this issue in a new Perspective: nej.md/44jMrCg
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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 nber.org/papers/w34791
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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.
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Medicaid spend-downs are one of the parts of US medicine that are so absurd & cruel they are hard to explain to people outside the field.
I have even struggled to convince people this is real because there's so little published on it.
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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 nber.org/papers/w34235
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1/ Who’s responsible for filling the growing gap in long-term care workers?
Immigrants.
Highlights from my recent @Health_Affairs
study with @DavidCGrabowski
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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."
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ALT Close-up of two people holding hands over a document, showing logos for Caring Across Generations and CNN, with a headline about Trump’s plans for elderly care.
"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."
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New perspective from @mad_sters and @DavidCGrabowski discusses the transformative potential of VP Harris' proposal to have Medicare cover long-term home care and key considerations in its implementation.
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Perspective by Madeline R. Sterling, MD, MPH (@mad_sters), and @DavidCGrabowski, PhD: Covering Long-Term Care at Home? Implications of a New Proposal for Expanding Medicare nej.md/4hrJl4j
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ALT Long-term care is not a partisan issue. Every family must grapple with it regardless of politics, income, or geography. Perspective Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H., and David C. Grabowski, Ph.D.
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Kamala Harris’s proposal for expanding Medicare to cover long-term care at home is a hopeful sign for millions of Americans, though key questions remain about eligibility, coverage, payments, and financing. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/4hrJl4j
ALT Long-term care is not a partisan issue. Every family must grapple with it regardless of politics, income, or geography. Perspective Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H., and David C. Grabowski, Ph.D.
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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. brookings.edu/articles/expan…
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Such an important piece from @mad_sters and @DavidCGrabowski on VP Harris’ policy proposal to expand Medicare to cover LTC at home!
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. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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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. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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Definitely agreed with @DavidCGrabowski on this one! Happy to finally see home care in the news as part of @KamalaHarris’ new #Medicare proposal
Our co-director @doc_doc_pru was interviewed for this @politico article about @KamalaHarris’ proposed plan for Home Care under the #Medicare benefit:
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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
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🚨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
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Although I-SNPs have no formal affiliation with Medicaid, 94% of I-SNP enrollee were duallly eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. 5/
