CHERISH Events

Conference Roundup: ASHEcon 2023

A curated list of appearances featuring CHERISH researchers.

June 11-14, 2023

12th Annual Conference of ASHEcon, St. Louis, MO

Connect with CHERISH Research Affiliates, Advisory Board members, and pilot grant recipients in person as they present their research at #ASHEcon2023.

The official time zone of the conference is Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Monday, June 12, 2023

  • Lindsay Allen, PhD, MA, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
    • Downstream Consequences of Obesity and of Nutrition Policies, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • The Impact of Staggered Food Stamp Disbursement on Substance Use, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • The Impact of Prior Authorization Removal on Access to Buprenorphine Among Medicaid Enrollees in 8 States, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Brittany Bass, PhD, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
    • Evaluation of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver for Partnership Healthplan of California Wellness & Recovery Program, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Midway 2 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Kevin Callison, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
    • The Effects of Cumulative Years of Health Insurance on Disability, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Conductor Room (Midway, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Monica Deza, PhD, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center
    • State Recreational Cannabis Laws and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • Psychiatric Treatment and Police Officer Safety, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Michael T. French, PhD, MA, University of Miami
    • Is Grass Greener in the Gray Zone? Legalization and Innovation in the Cannabis Market, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 10 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Dhruv Khurana, PhD, MS, MA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    • Evaluation of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver for Partnership Healthplan of California Wellness & Recovery Program, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Midway 2 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Thanh Lu, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Economics of Substance Use, Monday, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Organizer and Chair
    • Psychiatric Treatment and Police Officer Safety, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Catherine Maclean, PhD, George Mason University
    • Psychiatric Treatment and Police Officer Safety, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Youth Mental Health, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at New York Central (Second Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • Paid Sick Leave and Birth Outcomes, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Angélica Meinhofer, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • State Recreational Cannabis Laws and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Rosalie Pacula, PhD, Professor and the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics & Law; Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health, Policy & Economics, University of Southern California
    • How Does Opioid Prevalence Affect Surgery Decisions?, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Regency C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Daniel Polsky, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Carey School of Business, Johns Hopkins University
    • Do Medicare Advantage Financial Incentives Impact the Quality of End-of-Life Care?, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at New York Central (Second Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Michael Richards, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor University
    • The Effects of Hospital Privatization: The Case of Louisiana, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Conductor Room (Midway, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Kosali Simon, PhD, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University
    • COVID School Policies on Household Employment and Earnings in the UK and…, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 10 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Benjamin Ukert, PhD, Texas A & M University School of Public Health
    • The Effect of the ACA on Access to Care, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Station Master Room (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Organizer and Chair
    • Association of the ACA with Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Uninsured Emergency Department Utilization, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Station Master Room (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • Vertical Mergers & Firm Performance: Evidence from Physician-Hospital Integration, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 2 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Katherine Wen, MS, MPP, PhD, Vanderbilt University
    • Public Programs, Health, and the Labor Market, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 9 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

  • Colleen Barry, PhD, MPP, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
    • Changes in Healthcare Spending Attributable to High Deductible Health Plan Offer Among Enrollees with Co-Morbid Substance Use Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Brittany Bass, PhD, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
    • The Effect of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Access: Evidence from California, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Susan Busch, PhD, Yale School of Public Health
    • Decomposition of Entry and Exit Dynamics in the Addiction Treatment Industry’s Adoption of Evidence-Based Services, 2010-2022, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Kevin Callison, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
    • Market-Level Spillover Effects of the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Evidence from Movers, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Monica Deza, PhD, Hunter College
    • Unemployment, Alcohol and Tobacco Use: Separating State Dependence from Unobserved Heterogeneity, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Michael T. French, PhD, MA, University of Miami
    • Meet the Editors, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Regency A (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenter
    • Economic Causes and Consequences of Substance Use, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • Relationships between Current and Lifetime Mental Health Issues and Subjective Social Status, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Regency C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Brady Horn, PhD, University of New Mexico
    • The Effect of Opioid Use on Traffic Fatalities, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 8 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • The Impact of Jail-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment Continuation on Societal Costs of Crime, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Dhruv Khurana, PhD, MS, MA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    • The Effect of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Access: Evidence from California, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Catherine Maclean, PhD, George Mason University
    • Meet the Editors, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Regency A (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenter
    • The Effect of Flavor Bans on Vape Shops, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Spillover Effects of Public Policies on Mental Health, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 8 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • Economic Causes and Consequences of Substance Use, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Organizer
    • The Impact of Jail-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment Continuation on Societal Costs of Crime, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • Evolving Policies Related to Cannabis Safety, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
  • Angélica Meinhofer, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Economics of Marijuana Use, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • The Effect of School-Based Health Centers on the Medical and Behavioral Outcomes of Medicaid-Enrolled Children Exposed to Parental Opioid Use, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Rosalie Pacula, PhD, Professor and the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics & Law; Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health, Policy & Economics, University of Southern California
    • Social Network Exposure to Legalized Marijuana: Effects on Marijuana Use in Non-Legalized States, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Michael Pesko, PhD, Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
    • Economics of Tobacco, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Organizer
    • Unemployment, Alcohol and Tobacco Use: Separating State Dependence from Unobserved Heterogeneity, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • The Effect of Flavor Bans on Vape Shops, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Social Determinants and Behavioral Health, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Regency C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
  • Harold Pollack, PhD, MPP, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
    • The Role of Patient Age and Employment Status in Treatment Outcomes Among Patients in Outpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Daniel Polsky, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Carey School of Business, Johns Hopkins University
    • Provider Networks in Medicaid Managed Care and Medicare Advantage, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Missouri Pacific (Second Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • Avoidable Hospitalizations in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare and the Role of Provider Networks, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Missouri Pacific (Second Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • David Powell, PhD, RAND Corporation
    • Better Together? the Impact of Multi-State Purchasing Pools on Medicaid Drug Spending and Utilization, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Can Access to Non-Opioid Pain Management Therapies Reduce Overdose Rates? Evidence from Medical Cannabidiol Laws, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Michael Richards, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor University
    • Understanding the Role of Private Equity on Provider Behavior, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 4 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • Hospital Behavior over the Private Equity Life Cycle, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 4 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • The Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Healthcare Access and Health Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries in Texas, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Kosali Simon, PhD, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University
    • Short and Long-Term Impacts of SSI throughout Childhood and Adolescence, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 11 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Chair
    • Quality of Hospital Care for COVID-19 Patients in the First Year of the Pandemic: “Learning By Doing”, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Conductor Room (Midway, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Authors
    • Maternal Antidepressants Demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Authors
  • Revathy Suryanarayana, MSc, Cornell University
    • COVID and Smoking: Evidence from India, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • Did the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Medicaid Continuity Help Reduce Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Postpartum Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder?, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • The Impact of out-of-Pocket Costs on Initiation and Completion of HCV Treatment Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Regency A (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • The Long-Run Effect of Public Health Insurance Programs on Health Outcomes: Evidence from India, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Midway West (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

  • Lindsay Allen, PhD, MA, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
    • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the Medicaid Population, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Grand C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • The Impact of Telehealth on Health Equity in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Grand C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
    • Dynamic Efficiencies in the Provision of Public Insurance: Evidence from the Medicaid Expansion, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Conductor Room (Midway, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • Kevin Callison, PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
    • Spillovers of Medical Innovation: Evidence from Organ Transplantation, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 3 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Catherine Maclean, PhD, George Mason University
    • Effect of Cannabis Retailer Inspections on Cannabis Use Among Adolescents: Evidence from Washington State, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Tami Mark, PhD, MBA, RTI International
    • The Association of Arizona Counties’ Implementation of Mental Health Crisis Response System with Suicide-Related Hospitalizations, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM at Midway 3 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Rosalie Pacula, PhD, Professor and the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics & Law; Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health, Policy & Economics, University of Southern California
    • Effect of Cannabis Retailer Inspections on Cannabis Use Among Adolescents: Evidence from Washington State, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Harold Pollack, PhD, MPP, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
    • Disparities By Income and Disability-Type in the Use of ABLE Accounts By People with Disabilities, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Regency B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Smoking, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
  • David Powell, PhD, RAND Corporation
    • The Effect of Pain Management Clinic Laws on Opioid Prescribing, Doctor Shopping, and Drug Overdoses, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 5 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Michael Richards, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor University
    • Role of Insurers in Reducing Physician Fraud and Abuse, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Regency C (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Kosali Simon, PhD, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University
    • Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines: Evidence from COVID-19, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM at Grand B (First Floor, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
    • Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines Evidence from COVID-19 in Schools, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 3 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Benjamin Ukert, PhD, Texas A & M University School of Public Health
    • Hospital Choice, Allocation, and Performance: Evidence from a Reform in the Public Health Care System, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM at Midway 9 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Discussant
    • The Corporatization of Hospital Care, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM at Midway 10 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author
  • Katherine Wen, MS, MPP, PhD, Vanderbilt University
    • The Health and Employment Effects of Employer Vaccination Mandates, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Midway 6 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Presenting Author
  • Gary A. Zarkin, PhD, MA, RTI International
    • The Association of Arizona Counties’ Implementation of Mental Health Crisis Response System with Suicide-Related Hospitalizations, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM at Midway 3 (Midway West, St. Louis Union Station Hotel), Author