Medicare Advantage (MA) plans receive billions of federal dollars for enrolling veterans who receive no Medicare services, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study highlights the growing prevalence of high-veteran MA plans—defined as plans where 20% or more of enrollees are veterans—and their implications for veteran care, suggesting that the federal government is paying for health care twice for an increasing number of veterans.

Sita Nataraj Slavov, Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, is examining Social Security claiming and later life outcomes for widows.

Affiliation-based hiring tactics appear to help young firms access and retain higher-quality employees, leading to better performance — provided the connections are appropriate for the firm’s needs. According to a study published in Strategic Management Journal, ventures perform better when they hire founders' proximal employment ties in the early stages; however, the effect is tempered when founders hire their former schoolmates. The findings shed light on the common practice of tapping prior professional affiliations, and when these tactics may have upsides and downsides.

SNMMI is celebrating a landmark victory for patients and care providers as CMS announced a significant adjustment to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) — removing financial barriers that have long hindered patient access to essential nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures.