Last Update: 01/2025
The Health Care Financing Initiative fosters research and engagement between our students and faculty, legislative and policymaking leaders, and industry leaders in the areas of health care financing and public policy.The McCourt School established the Health Care Financing Initiative (HCFI) in June 2018 with the generous support of the Institute for Critical Care Foundation (ICCF).
Analysis of Multiple Gestation Pregnancies within a Cohort of Mom-Baby Dyads
March 8th, 2025
Many scholars have researched healthcare costs and maternal outcomes associated with singleton and multiple births. The results demonstrate significant variations in prematurity rates, morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay…
MedStar Health’s Safe Babies Safe Moms Program Featured in NEJM Catalyst
February 28th, 2025
A new study, D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms: A Novel, Multigenerational Model to Reduce Maternal and Infant Health Disparities, has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst,…
Research and Impact at Washington Hospital Center Matters to Moms and Babies in DC
February 14th, 2025
I’m having a moment of reflection upon approaching an important milestone in our research with Safe Babies Safe Moms, in partnership between MedStar, Georgetown, and several community organizations, funded by the generosity of the Clark Foundation.…
Prepaying Your Baby’s Birth? New Healthcare Provider Trend Highlights Rising Costs and Financial Impacts for Patients, Families
January 10th, 2025
A recent article by KFF Health News highlighted a growing trend in maternity care: Pregnant individuals are being asked to prepay thousands of dollars for prenatal and delivery services before their due dates.…
After the Pandemic, Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers Are Demanding More … And Getting It
December 4th, 2024
From 2022 to late 2024, thousands of healthcare workers in nearly twenty states have walked off the job, demanding better compensation, higher staffing levels, and more responsive management.…
Societal Cost and Benefit from Safe Babies Safe Moms: Towards Measuring Social Return on Investment
December 1st, 2024
This study combines findings from several prior research reports prepared during the SBSM research program. We have extended our empirical work on cost-effectiveness into a nascent analysis of the potential societal return on investment in SBSM, by comparing the incremental program costs and savings immediately after delivery alongside the potential benefits from payer or societal view.…
HCFI Team Returns to the MedStar Health and Georgetown University Research & Education Symposium 2024
October 29th, 2024
Aditi, Dr. Davis, Rehman, and Yetong represented our SBSM Health Economics research at the 2024 conference. On Monday, April 29, 2024, the Safe Babies & Safe Moms (SBSM) team showcased…
Continuity between Prenatal and Labor and Delivery Care Serving a High-Risk Urban Population
October 30th, 2023
This brief study measures continuity between prenatal and delivery care in Safe Babies Safe Moms’ (SBSM) population and explores the association of that continuity to patient demographics and health history, birth outcomes, and delivery costs in SBSM’s inaugural year.…
