State and Local Evidence for Policy Change and Vulnerable Populations

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

The production of and translation of evidence is an important part of the policymaking process. However, evidence is not always demanded or used by policymakers. This panel presents new studies producing evidence on underexamined health policy topics at the state and local levels and also explores the process through which local policymakers might take up and use such evidence. First, Noh examines one unforeseen consequence of Medicaid expansion--on county health spending in NY. Second, Brophy examines another less-studied issue related to Medicaid: coordination challenges for Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) in managing the care of a particularly vulnerable population--foster care youth. Third, Yaver examines another state investment with huge implications for racial equity: title X investments and their effects on maternal mortality. Finally, Levine examines how county legislators in NY use research evidence--such as that in the previous papers--in policymaking.

Sub Unit

• Division 48: Health Politics & Health Policy

Individual Presentations

• Does Medicaid Expansion Reduce the Extent of County Health Spending in New York? - Shihyun Noh, SUNY Brockport; Ji Hyung Park

• Overcoordinated: Tailored Health Plans in the Era of Medicaid Managed Care - Sorcha A Brophy, Columbia University

• Examining the Impact of States’ Title X Investments on Maternal Mortality - Miranda Elyse Yaver, University of California, Los Angeles; Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania

• Evidence-based Health Policy at the Local Level - Adam Seth Levine, Johns Hopkins University

Chair

• Miriam J. Laugesen Columbia University

Discussants

• Frank J. Thompson Rutgers University

• Andrew S. Kelly California State University, East Bay