Associate professor @weillcornell.bsky.social. Health economist studying Medicaid, the health care safety net, and inequity. Website: williamschpero.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3memhee645c23Posting only irregularly on BlueSky. Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wschpero/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wschpero/11 Feb 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3memhee645c23https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3m4qa5de3nk26Very 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VNc42yv5Tiu_8VKO7UWP4A#/registration03 Nov 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qa5de3nk26https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3m3x76rm32c25We 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: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2840338 Links to resources in thread below ⬇️ 1/N24 Oct 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3x76rm32c25https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3m2jtci7imc24For 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: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2508944 cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social06 Oct 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jtci7imc24https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3m254vqqdac2y➡️ 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. https://weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3FcZyHcxpaY8FEy01 Oct 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m254vqqdac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3m22ofxksms2cFor 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 ⬇️30 Sep 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22ofxksms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lz4jrlnzzs2lDuring 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/N18 Sep 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4jrlnzzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lyzs6msd2s2jCalling all health policy journalists: Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2025 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzs6msd2s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lvlbwlsims2tPlease spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy. Details below: [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlbwlsims2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3luzks3k5722pPlease spread the word! Happening tomorrow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzks3k5722phttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lrxwydn2wc2tThis 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxwydn2wc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lqsf42fbsk22Very timely -> happening now! ~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill... [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsf42fbsk22https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lqabl5h7zk2mVery 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kg8og5LITxSDNrie1uLVoA#/registration28 May 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqabl5h7zk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3loy33ctjbs2aPlease spread the word! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy33ctjbs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3loir32h46k22Happening today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3loir32h46k22https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3logjnra7rk2dImportant, timely new findings on the effects of Medicaid expansion under the ACA from Wyse and Meyer (Dartmouth): 1. *Lives saved*: 21% reduction in the mortality hazard of new enrollees. 2. *Cost-effective*: $179,000 per life-year saved. Read more: www.nber.org/papers/w3371905 May 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3logjnra7rk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3logjamgjgk23Has value-based care been more successful than we thought? See our new work @jama.com: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833341 And the thoughtful accompanying editorial from Ouayogodé and Colla: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/283343205 May 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3logjamgjgk23https://bsky.app/profile/wschpero.bsky.social/post/3lnuyo2qt422tWhat constitutes the modal primary care practice? In service of ongoing work characterizing the outpatient delivery system, we tried to figure it out. New paper now at JAMA Health Forum, with @ambond.bsky.social and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social et al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/283304228 Apr 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:3gpznrrgau4i4pcds6vtuhxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuyo2qt422t