Reports, Memos, Policy Blogs

Explore the JHDAAI scholarly research reports, policy memos and health policy blogs.

Research reports:

• "The Pandemic and the Supply Chain:  Addressing Gaps in Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution"
  Joshua Choe, Matthew Crane, Jeremy Greene, Jingmiao Long, Joelynn Mwanga, Joshua Sharfstein, Mariana Socal, Rachel Strodel
  PDF Formatted File Here

Policy memos:

• "Monitoring Price Hikes and Utilization of Off-Patent Drugs"
  Mariana Socal, Pavan Patel, Jeromie Ballreich, Gerard Anderson
  To:  Joshua Auerbach, Assistant Maryland Attorney General, September 2017
   
• "Hepatitis C in Louisiana:  Recommendations on Drug Availability"
  Joshua Sharfstein, Gerard Anderson, Jeromie Ballreich, Hannah Brennan, Jeremy Greene, Madeline Jackson, Amy Kapczynski, Aaron Kesselheim, Joy Lee, Aditi Sen, Antonio Trujillo
  To:  Rebekah E. Gee, MD MPH, Secretary of Health State of Louisiana, May 2017

Health policy blogs:

• "Use the Hospital Compare Website to Make Hospital Community Benefit More Transparent"
  Ge Bai, Elizabeth Plummer, Gerard Anderson
  Health Affairs Blog, September 2021
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210903.507376/full/
   
• "Reforming Pharmacy Direct And Indirect Remuneration In The Medicare Part D Program"
  Joey Mattingly, Ge Bai
  Health Affairs Blog, July 2021
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210714.70749/full/
   
• "Importing Lower-Cost Prescription Drugs to Support Public Health Services"
  Jane Horvath, So-Yeon Kang
  To The Point - Quick Takes on Health Care Policy and Practice (Blog), Commonwealth Fund, October 2019
  https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/importing-lower-cost-prescription-drugs-support-public-health-services
   
• "It's Time to Limit Drug Price Increases"
  Gerard Anderson
  Health Affairs Blog, July 2019
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190715.557473/full/
   
• "Policy Options to Help Self-Insured Employers Improve PBM Contracting Efficiency"
  Ge Bai, Mariana Socal, Gerard Anderson
  Health Affairs Blog, May 2019
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190529.43197/full/
   
• "Medicaid Managed Care Programs' Contracts for Generic Drugs are Inefficient"
  Ge Bai, Mariana Socal, Michael Sharp, Eric Pachman
  Health Affairs Blog, May 2019
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190426.775617/full/
   
• "Reforming Direct and Indirect Remuneration in Medicare Part D"
  Gerard Anderson, Ge Bai
  Health Affairs Blog, February 2019
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190215.708286/full/
   
• "Oncologists' Charge Amounts Are Higher Than Other Specialties'"
  Ge Bai, Peter Bach, Gerard Anderson
  Health Affairs Blog, March 2018
  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180306.287114/full/