Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
David J. Meyers Ph.D., MPH
Medicare Lab Lead, Associate Director for the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Biography
Dr. Meyers is an Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Professor Meyers is a health services researcher and health economist whose research broadly focuses on how payment and delivery reform affect the outcomes of historically marginalized patient populations. His current research interests include trying to understand the drivers of inequities in the Medicare Advantage program, the evaluation of care management programs for high-risk patient populations, and Medicaid policy for patients with chronic illness.
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The Providence Journal
It's open enrollment time in RI. How to choose between Medicare, Medicare Advantage
While Medicare Advantage offers many advantages, it also has drawbacks that should be considered
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The Minnesota Star Tribune
Why UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage program is under attack
UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage program has come under scrutiny for allegedly exploiting diagnostic “upcoding” practices that drive billions in excess federal payments. Brown University researchers have launched Medicoding.org, a public tool that tracks how diagnostic coding in Medicare Advantage inflates payments to insurers. Health economist David Meyers explains that while some coding reflects real patient needs, much of the increase stems from insurers “gaming the system,” making beneficiaries appear sicker than they are
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The article discusses how home health care workers in Rhode Island are fighting for better wages and working conditions through unionization, but their efforts are at risk due to proposed federal Medicaid cuts. David J. Meyers, a health economist at Brown University, warns that such cuts could have a “massive, qualitative impact on people’s lives” and ultimately increase health care spending as unmet needs at home lead to more hospitalizations and emergency visits.
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