Blog
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What Do OBBB’s Medicaid Provisions Mean for Families with Children in DC?
This blog highlights our ongoing work to understand how proposed Medicaid changes affect low-income families with children in Washington, DC. We examined how policy shifts could reshape household stability and access to care.
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What Could OBBB Mean for Families with Children in DC?: Monte Carlo Simulation 2025
This brief presents our Monte Carlo simulation of the proposed OBBB provisions. Modeling 1,000 families across income levels and demographic profiles, we estimate how changes to Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP could reverberate through household budgets, health coverage, and food security…
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Advancing Maternal and Infant Health Research Through Data Interoperability
This blog highlights our work on integrating maternal and neonatal data systems as part of the Safe Babies Safe Moms (SBSM) initiative. By linking clinical, billing, and appointment records under a unified mother-baby dataset, we demonstrate how internal interoperability can lay the groundwork for more effective care models and data-driven maternal health policy…
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Research and Impact at Washington Hospital Center Matters to Moms and Babies in DC
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.
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Prepaying Your Baby’s Birth? New Healthcare Provider Trend Highlights Rising Costs and Financial Impacts for Patients, Families
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.Categories: Blog, What's New
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After the Pandemic, Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers Are Demanding More … And Getting It
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.
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Medical Debt…Another Risk for Low-Wage Essential Health Care Workers
Relief from Racial Disparities in Medical Debt and Medical Financial Insecurity Add to the Reasons to Restructure Low-Wage “Essential” Health Care Jobs March 4, 2022 Carol B. Davis, PhD, MBA
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More Perspectives on Low-Wage Workers in High Demand
December 2021 $15 Minimum Wage Would Raise the Wage for One Third of the Home Health Aide Workforce by 2025, but the average worker would still earn below a Living Wage in nearly every state.
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Figure 2
HOME HEALTH AIDES DIRECTLY BENEFITTING FROM RTW SCHEDULE by 2025
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Fireside Chat with Jon Blum of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
November 2021 Policymaker Luncheon. HCFI Associate Director of Research and Publications, Carol Davis sits for a "fireside chat" with CMS Principal Deputy Administrator, Jonathan Blum, October 202
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