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Publication Funding for Safety Net Hospitals Uses Widely Varying Definitions(Leonard Davis Institute, 2025-08-14) Chatterjee, Paula; Liao, Joshua M.; Amagai, Kano; Zhao, Yueming; Shirk, Torrey; Navathe, Amol S.Publication Philadelphia Study Reveals Uneven Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder(Leonard Davis Institute, 2025-06-05) Lowenstein, Margaret; Davis, Holliday M.; Aronowitz, Shoshana V.; Seeburger, Emily; Grande, DavidPublication Project overview and the changing geography of NYC's resident artists 2010-2021.(2023-01-28) Stern, Mark J; Seifert, Susan COver the past several decades, much attention has been devoted to assessing the economic impact of the arts and cultural activity on cities. Most of these studies focus on the role of major venues—like museums and performing arts centers—in improving a city’s attractiveness to out- of-towners and young, college-educated “creatives.” By contrast, the role of the arts in enhancing the lives of ordinary urban residents, especially those who live in moderate- and low-income neighborhoods, has received relatively little attention.Publication Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program Fails to Lower Hospital Readmissions(2025-06-12) Burke, Robert E.; Hutchins, Franya; Heintz, Jonathan; Appel, Scott; Norman, Julie; Patel, Syama; Gupta, Atul; Rose, Liam; Werner, Rachel M.Since it launched in 2015, Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program has failed to reduce hospital readmissions as intended. Fortunately, it does not increase deaths, nor does it appear to delay needed rehospitalizations. The program’s new performance measures and incentives could help it achieve its goals.Publication Paying for Value and Health Equity in Community Health Centers(Leonard Davis Institute, 2025-02-25) Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH; Janet Weiner, PhD, MPH; Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhDCommunity health centers (CHCs) face substantial obstacles to participation in value-based payment models, in which payers reward performance on health outcomes. Further, these models rarely measure and reward efforts toward population health equity, a central CHC goal and outcome. In this issue brief, we recommend ways to promote and enhance CHC participation in value-based payment, and strategies to align these efforts with health equity goals. We base these recommendations on a series of focus groups and conversations with frontline CHC leaders, payers, and payment policy experts.