Melissa McInerney

This arose from our work with many of these surveys to address questions about older, community-dwelling adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, funded by @AHRQNews. 6/6

We show that incorporating all available income and asset data results in the lowest number of errors and the lowest overall error rates, and there are the fewest errors for full, not partial, Medicaid. 5/6

New in Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology rdcu.be/c1DSx w/@lindsaysabik, Jennifer Mellor (@williamandmary), & Venkatesh Ramamoorthy (@tuftseconomics): how to better identify community-dwelling older adults (65+) eligible for Medicaid in survey data. 1/6

@NicolasZiebarth @ZEW @Cornell Congratulations, Nicolas! What exciting news!

After an amazing decade in the US, I have decided to take on an exciting new opportunity and become head of the Labor Markets Research Area @ZEW, joint w/ U Mannheim as a full professor starting July 2022. I am thrilled but also sad to have to leave fantastic @Cornell U, 1/4

@HealthEcon_CU @NicolasZiebarth Congratulations!! So well deserved and such great news!!

Congratulations to @NicolasZiebarth, who has been appointed a Research Associate of the NBER, joining the program in Health Economics. Congratulations, Nic!

New paper in @JAMAInternalMed with @aditipsen, @MattDEisenberg, Yang Wang, and Jerry Anderson. We find that out-of-network lab bills are common and likely associated with substantial out-of-pocket burden to patients with employer-sponsored insurance. More on this from @aditipsen:

New paper in Health Affairs examining effects of a Medicaid coverage cliff among near-poor Medicare beneficiaries. Medicaid supplements Medicare for older and disabled adults with incomes below poverty. What about those with income just above poverty? doi.org/10.1377/hlthaf… 1/6

The welcome mat effects identified in this analysis may yield important protective effects for older adults now dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare, in the form of improved health care access, health outcomes, and financial well-being. 10/10

Understanding the mechanisms underlying the welcome mat effect will inform policymakers regarding strategies to effectively increase Medicaid participation among older Medicare enrollees, and we provide empirical evidence of one such mechanism: the on-ramp. 9/10

New paper in @JPAM_DC with @lindsaysabik and Jen Mellor shows ACA Medicaid expansions—for adults ages 64 and younger—had spillover effects that increased Medicaid participation among older adults age 65+. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… 1/10