William Schpero
@wschpero.bsky.social
Assistant professor @weillcornell.bsky.social. Health economist studying Medicaid, the health care safety net, and inequity.
Website: williamschpero.com
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William Schpero
@wschpero.bsky.social
· Oct 24
We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data.
See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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Very excited that Hannah Maniates from the National Association of Medicaid Directors will be joining us for our next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Nov. 12.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...
us06web.zoom.us
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Very excited that Hannah Maniates from the National Association of Medicaid Directors will be joining us for our next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Nov. 12.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data.
See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data.
See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Links to resources in thread below ⬇️
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🚨📝 New CHPC memo out now! This brief titled, “State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment” synthesizes a recent study by CHPC/Weill Cornell faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewen.
📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG
📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨📝 New CHPC memo out now! This brief titled, “State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment” synthesizes a recent study by CHPC/Weill Cornell faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewen.
📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG
📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG
For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants.
In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social
In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social
Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM
States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants,
beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and
potential recoupment of funds.
www.nejm.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants.
In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social
In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social
➡️ Please spread the word:
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF).
The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality.
weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF).
The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality.
weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
MDLN National TAF User Survey
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN), an initiative of AcademyHealth, is conducting a national survey of researchers who use the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Medicaid claims data in order to infor...
weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
➡️ Please spread the word:
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF).
The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality.
weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF).
The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality.
weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
For many years, the Clark Center at Chicago Booth has regularly surveyed leading economists to assess consensus on timely economic policy issues.
We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy.
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We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
For many years, the Clark Center at Chicago Booth has regularly surveyed leading economists to assess consensus on timely economic policy issues.
We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy.
1/N ⬇️
We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy.
1/N ⬇️
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📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
During debate on the OBBBA, I realized we know very little about health care needs and use in the adult Medicaid expansion population.
We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap:
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We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap:
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
During debate on the OBBBA, I realized we know very little about health care needs and use in the adult Medicaid expansion population.
We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap:
⬇️ 1/N
We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap:
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Calling all health policy journalists:
Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!
Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!
⭐️ Dr. William Schpero will be an expert panelist and moderator in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy,” alongside Dr. Angelica Meinhofer.
📖 Read more about Dr. Schpero here: buff.ly/Ipgl1Ik
📌 Register now: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
📖 Read more about Dr. Schpero here: buff.ly/Ipgl1Ik
📌 Register now: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Calling all health policy journalists:
Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!
Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!
Reposted by William Schpero
Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at [email protected].
For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]
For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]
Postdoc, Postgrad, and Research Intern Vacancies
Browse Postoc and Research Intern vacancies at UW–Madison.
hr.wisc.edu
September 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at [email protected].
For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]
For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]
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📢 Calling all journalists 📢
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom
Register now:
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom
Register now:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CHPC Journalism Series: Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In this session, two Cornell experts will identify key data resources for reporting on timely Medicaid policy topics, including: - Impact of emerging federal and state policy developments - Coverage trends...
weillcornell.zoom.us
September 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢 Calling all journalists 📢
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom
Register now:
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom
Register now:
Reposted by William Schpero
🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues?
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series
“Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series
“Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H
August 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues?
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series
“Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H
Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series
“Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H
Please spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy.
Details below:
Details below:
📣 Calling all journalists!
Join us for the third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
Thursday, September 25th, 2025 | 2PM-3PM (EST)
Register here: buff.ly/UXcTva4
Join us for the third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!”
Thursday, September 25th, 2025 | 2PM-3PM (EST)
Register here: buff.ly/UXcTva4
August 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Please spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy.
Details below:
Details below:
Reposted by William Schpero
My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.
jamanetwork.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Please spread the word!
Happening tomorrow.
Happening tomorrow.
📣 Join us TOMORROW from 12:00-1:00pm for CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies,” on Zoom: buff.ly/xPrga33
Featuring Drs. Tyler Braun, Mark Unruh, Jiani Yu, Moderated by Dr. William Schpero.
Featuring Drs. Tyler Braun, Mark Unruh, Jiani Yu, Moderated by Dr. William Schpero.
July 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Please spread the word!
Happening tomorrow.
Happening tomorrow.
Reposted by William Schpero
Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth.
The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...
The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...
July 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth.
The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...
The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...
This portends another addition to the Cape Cod house that is subsidies for the safety net: Medicare DSH, Medicaid DSH, the Critical Access Hospital program, 340B, etc.
All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.
All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.
This proposal reads like "high-risk pools, but for rural hospitals" to me
High-risk pools never worked as well as people wanted, and I worry that a rural hospital slush fund would face many of the same challenges (underfunding, limited access, etc)
High-risk pools never worked as well as people wanted, and I worry that a rural hospital slush fund would face many of the same challenges (underfunding, limited access, etc)
Senate leadership ponders rural hospital fund to sway megabill holdouts
The fund would help rural hospitals that could be hurt by the Senate's cut to provider taxes.
www.politico.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This portends another addition to the Cape Cod house that is subsidies for the safety net: Medicare DSH, Medicaid DSH, the Critical Access Hospital program, 340B, etc.
All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.
All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.
Reposted by William Schpero
What happens when states expand school Medicaid? Our new study @jamahealthforum.bsky.social finds that the receipt of school-based health services rises significantly among children affected by parental opioid use disorder, following early state expansions. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children With Parental Opioid Use Disorder
This cohort study estimates the early effects of state school Medicaid expansions on the receipt of Medicaid-funded school-based health services among children who have experienced parental opioid use...
jamanetwork.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What happens when states expand school Medicaid? Our new study @jamahealthforum.bsky.social finds that the receipt of school-based health services rises significantly among children affected by parental opioid use disorder, following early state expansions. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by William Schpero
Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social
It is a hard, but important time to be thinking and talking collectively about Medicaid. Join us next week (June 12th) for a historically grounded, future facing discussion.
#Medicaid covers about one in five people nationwide. Join @RWJF and @JHPPL on June 12 @ 3 p.m. ET as we discuss the program’s legacy and future. Speakers include @povertyscholar.bsky.social Andrea Campbell, David Adler and me. Register: bit.ly/4dsIsXR
June 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social
Reposted by William Schpero
JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25
Very timely -> happening now!
~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...
~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...
Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Very timely -> happening now!
~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...
~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...
Reposted by William Schpero
Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work
Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.
tobin.yale.edu
June 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill.
Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by William Schpero
Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it.
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM
A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS),
which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication
access and affect mortality. U...
www.nejm.org
May 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it.
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Please spread the word!
📣 Calling all journalists! Join us for the second session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies”
Tuesday, July 29 at 12:00–1:30 PM ET on Zoom
Register now: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tuesday, July 29 at 12:00–1:30 PM ET on Zoom
Register now: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Please spread the word!