Haiden A Huskamp

Biographic Data

ID5533810
NAMEHaiden A Huskamp
GIVEN NAMESHaiden A
FAMILY NAMEHuskamp
SIGNATUREHUSKAMP H A
AFFILIATIONSHarvard University
ORCID0000-0002-1860-3956
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Characteristics of Mental Health Specialists Who Shifted Their Practice Entirely to Telemedicine

    Open AccessRuth Hailu, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    This cohort study investigates the number and characteristics of US mental health specialists who had shifted to a fully virtual practice as of 2022

  • Medicare Payment for Opioid Treatment Programs

    Open AccessCarter H Nakamoto, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    This study showed that since the initiation of Medicare OTP coverage in 2020, there has been a rapid increase in the number of Medicare beneficiaries with claims for OTP services for MOUD, and most OTPs have begun billing Medicare. Patients in OTPs were more likely to be urban residents and members of racial or ethnic minority groups than the patients receiving other forms of MOUD

  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Telemedicine Use

    Open AccessFelippe O Marcondes, Sharon‐Lise T Normand et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    The results of this cross-sectional study of US Medicare enrollees suggest that although nationally, Black individuals, Hispanic individuals, and individuals of other racial groups received more telemedicine visits during the pandemic and disproportionately lived in geographic regions with higher telemedicine use, after controlling for geographic region, Black individuals, Hispanic individuals, and individuals of other racial groups received fewe…

  • In-Person Visits Before Initiation of Telemedicine for Mental Illness

    Open AccessAteev Mehrotra, Alisa B Busch et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    This cross-sectional study examines how often patients had an in-person visit before initiating telemedicine for mental illness between 2019 and 2022

  • State Policies Could Impede New Efforts to Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

    Open AccessBenjamin A Barsky, Ateev Mehrotra et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2023

    This Viewpoint discusses state policies that could impede access to medications for opioid use disorder via telemedicine

  • Trends in Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 10 State Medicaid Programs

    Open AccessAnna E Austin, Lu Tang et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2023

    In this cross-sectional study of Medicaid enrollees, the likelihood of receipt of any MOUD was stable from May 2019 through December 2020 despite concerns about potential COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions in care. However, immediately after the PHE was declared, there was a reduction in overall MOUD initiations, including a reduction in in-person MOUD initiations that was only partially offset by increased use of telehealth

  • Use of Telemedicine and Quality of Care Among Medicare Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness

    Open AccessAndrew D Wilcock, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2023

    In this cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries with serious mental illness, patients receiving care from practices that had a higher level of telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic had more mental health visits per year compared with prepandemic levels, with no differential changes in other observed quality metrics over the same period

  • High-deductible Health Plans and Nonfatal Opioid Overdose

    Julia C P Eddelbuettel, Colleen L Barry et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2023References: 10

    OBJECTIVES: Opioid-related overdose is a public health emergency in the United States. Meanwhile, high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) have become more prevalent in the United States over the last 2 decades, raising concern about their potential for discouraging high-need populations, like those with opioid use disorder (OUD), from engaging in care that may mitigate the probability of overdose. This study assesses the impact of an employer offeri…

  • Measurement Approaches to Estimating Methadone Continuity in Opioid Use Disorder Care

    Alisa B Busch, Alene Kennedy‐Hendrick et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2023References: 22

    BACKGROUND: Long-term treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), including methadone, is lifesaving. There has been little examination of how to measure methadone continuity in claims data. OBJECTIVES: To develop an approach for measuring methadone continuity in claims data, and compare estimates of methadone versus buprenorphine continuity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Observational cohort study using de-identified commercial claims from Optu…

  • Receipt of Out-of-State Telemedicine Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessAteev Mehrotra, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2022

    The findings of this cross-sectional study suggest that licensure restrictions of out-of-state telemedicine would have had the largest effect on patients who lived near a state border, those in rural locales, and those who received primary care or mental health treatment

  • Comparison of Anticancer Medication Use and Spending Under US Oncology Parity Laws With and Without Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps

    Open AccessStacie B Dusetzina, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2021

    In this cohort study, among states adopting oncology parity laws between 2013 and 2017, mean out-of-pocket spending per OAM prescription fill and mean health plan spending among OAM users was similar in states with and without caps. However, enrollees in states with parity plus out-of-pocket caps had greater reductions in out-of-pocket spending among the highest spenders. Caps may offer improved financial protection for the highest spenders witho…

  • Trends in Outpatient Telemedicine Utilization Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 2010 to 2019

    Open AccessMichael L Barnett, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2021

    In this cross-sectional study of telemedicine utilization before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was sustained growth in telemedicine visits among rural beneficiaries covered by the Medicare program, especially care delivered by nurse practitioners and other nonphysician clinicians. The prepandemic model of telemedicine provided in local health care settings may be a viable modality to maintain in rural communities

  • Patterns of Mental Health Care Before Initiation of Telemental Health Services

    Alex McDowell, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 21

    BACKGROUND: Use of telemental health has increased among rural Medicare beneficiaries, particularly among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). Little is known about what leads to the initiation of telemental health. OBJECTIVE: To categorize the different patterns of mental health care use before initiation of telemental health services among individuals with SMI. METHODS: A cohort of rural beneficiaries with SMI (defined as schizophreni…

  • Overturning the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion Would Likely Decrease Low-Income, Reproductive-Age Women’s Healthcare Spending and Utilization

    Open AccessLucy Chen, Robert G Frank et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2020

    In late 2020, the Supreme Court began hearing a case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which led to coverage gains for many low-income, reproductive-age women. To explore potential implications of a full ACA repeal for this population, we examined gains experienced after Medicaid expansion, assuming that such gains may be reversed. Using restricted 2013 to 2014 data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 1190 women ages 18 to 44 w…

  • Telemental Health and US Rural–Urban Differences in Specialty Mental Health Use, 2010–2017

    Sadiq Y Patel, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020Cited by: 3References: 21

    Objectives. To examine whether growing use of telemental health (TMH) has reduced the rural–urban gap in specialty mental health care use in the United States. Methods. Using 2010–2017 Medicare data, we analyzed trends in the rural–urban difference in rates of specialty visits (in-person and TMH). Results. Among rural beneficiaries diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, TMH use grew by 425% over the 8 years and, in higher-use rural are…

  • Trends in Contracting and Common Ownership Between Hospice Agencies and Nursing Homes

    David G Stevenson, Nicholas Sinclair et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 20

    BACKGROUND: In recent years, policymakers have paid particular attention to the emergence of a robust for-profit hospice sector and increased hospice use by nursing home residents. Previous research has explored financial incentives for nursing home-hospice use, but there has been limited research on nursing home-hospice partnerships and none on the extent of nursing home-hospice common ownership. OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in nursing home-hos…

  • Coverage of Medications That Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Opioids for Pain Management in Marketplace Plans, 2017

    Haiden A Huskamp, Lauren E Riedel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 14

    BACKGROUND: Efficacious medications to treat opioid use disorders (OUDs) have been slow to diffuse into practice, and insurance coverage limits may be one important barrier. OBJECTIVES: To compare coverage for medications used to treat OUDs and opioids commonly prescribed for pain management in plans offered on the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace exchanges. RESEARCH DESIGN: We identified a sample of 100 plans offered in urban and in rural count…

  • Diffusion of Bevacizumab Across Oncology Practices

    Nancy L Keating, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 41

    BACKGROUND: Technological advances can improve care and outcomes but are a primary driver of health care spending growth. Understanding diffusion and use of new oncology therapies is important, given substantial increases in prices and spending on such treatments. OBJECTIVES: Examine diffusion of bevacizumab, a novel (in 2004) and high-priced biologic cancer therapy, among US oncology practices during 2005-2012 and assess variation in use across …

  • Medicaid Coverage Expansions and Cigarette Smoking Cessation Among Low-income Adults

    Jonathan W Koma, J Wyatt Koma et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 21

    INTRODUCTION: Expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income adults may have increased smoking cessation through improved access to evidence-based treatments. Our study sought to determine if states' decisions to expand Medicaid increased recent smoking cessation. METHODS: Using pooled cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey for the years 2011-2015, we examined the association between state Medicaid coverage and the pr…

  • Who Were the Early Adopters of Dabigatran

    Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Wei‐Hsuan Lo‐Ciganic et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2016References: 45

    BACKGROUND: Variation in physician adoption of new medications is poorly understood. Traditional approaches (eg, measuring time to first prescription) may mask substantial heterogeneity in technology adoption. OBJECTIVE: Apply group-based trajectory models to examine the physician adoption of dabigratran, a novel anticoagulant. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study using prescribing data from IMS XponentTM on all Pennsylvania physicians regularly…

  • The Effects of the Transition From Medicaid to Medicare on Health Care Use for Adults With Mental Illness

    Margaret E Burns, Marguerite E Burns et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2016References: 27

    BACKGROUND: The transition from Medicaid-only to dual Medicare/Medicaid coverage has the potential to reduce financial barriers to health care for patients with serious mental illness through increased coverage or expanded access to clinicians as their reimbursement increases. AIMS: To estimate the effect of dual coverage after Medicaid enrollment during the required waiting period among adults with serious mental illness on health care use, over…

  • Antipsychotic Prescribing

    Timothy S Anderson, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015References: 26

    BACKGROUND: Academic medical centers (AMCs) have increasingly adopted conflict of interest policies governing physician-industry relationships; it is unclear how policies impact prescribing. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether 9 American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)-recommended policies influence psychiatrists' antipsychotic prescribing and compare prescribing between academic and nonacademic psychiatrists. RESEARCH DESIGN: We measured num…

  • Using propensity scores in difference-in-differences models to estimate the effects of a policy change

    Open AccessElizabeth A Stuart, Haiden A Huskamp et al.ARTICLEHealth Services and Outcomes…2014

  • High-Risk Medication Use by Nursing Home Residents Before and After Hospitalization

    David G Stevenson, Stacie B Dusetzina et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 16

    BACKGROUND: Two prominent challenges in nursing home care are ensuring appropriate medication use and achieving high-quality care as residents transition from the hospital to the nursing home. Research about prescribing practices at this important clinical juncture is limited. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the use of high-risk medications by nursing home residents before and after being hospitalized. We define high-risk medications using the Beers criter…

  • Medicare Part D Plan Generosity and Medication Use Among Dual-eligible Nursing Home Residents

    Haiden A Huskamp, David G Stevenson et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2013References: 4

    BACKGROUND: In 2006, dual-eligible nursing home residents were randomly assigned to a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP). Subsequently, residents not enrolled in qualified plans at the start of the next year were rerandomized. PDPs vary in generosity through differences in medication coverage and utilization management. Therefore, residents' assigned plans may be relatively more or less generous for their particular drugs. The impact of…