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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Unfairness toward rural beneficiaries in Medicare’s hierarchical conditions categories score

Health Affairs Scholar
September 23, 2025
Ravi B Parikh, Kristin A Linn, Junning Liang, Sae-Hwan Park, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S Cousins, Caleb Hearn, Matthew Maciejewski, Amol S Navathe

Physician and Hospital Performance in Medicare’s Updated Bundled-Payment Model for Joint Replacement

JAMA Health Forum
July 25, 2025
Aidan P. Crowley, Austin S. Kilaru, Qian (Erin) Huang, Erkuan Wang, Jingsan Zhu, Ayush Arora, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S. Cousins, Kristin A. Linn, Said A. Ibrahim, Joshua M. Liao, Amol S. Navathe

A Physician and Practice Incentive Intervention to Increase Referrals to High-Value Settings

NEJM Catalyst
July 16, 2025
Ravi B. Parikh, Amol S. Navathe, Chen Peng, Qian (Erin) Huang, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Savings Associated With Bundled Payments for Outpatient Spine Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Health Forum
July 11, 2025
Austin S Kilaru, Grace Y Ng, Erkuan Wang, Erin Huang, Aidan P Crowley, Jingsan Zhu, Joshua M Liao, Said Ibrahim, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S Cousins, Neil R Malhotra, Amol S Navathe

Association of Stratified Benchmarks With Financial Penalties in the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

JAMA
May 7, 2025
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Yuvaram N V Reddy, Yueming Zhao, Nuo Chen, Seojeong Hong, Yuntian Shi, Zhimeng Yan, Amol S Navathe

Increasing screening for breast cancer using a randomized evaluation of electronic health record nudges: Design and rationale of the I-screen clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials
January 29, 2025
Kimberly J Waddell, Shivan J Mehta, Joshua M Liao, Kristin A Linn, Saehwan Park, Corinne M Rhodes, Caitlin Brophy, Catherine Reitz, Deborah S Cousins, Keyirah Williams, Esther J Thatcher, Ryan Muskin, Peter J Pronovost, Amol S Navathe

Paying More for Primary Care—A New Approach by Medicare

JAMA
December 12, 2024
Soleil Shah, Suhas Gondi, Amol S Navathe

Racial Bias in Clinical and Population Health Algorithms: A Critical Review of Current Debates

Annual Reviews
December 3, 2024
Madison Coots, Kristin A. Linn, Sharad Goel, Amol S. Navathe, and Ravi B. Parikh

Early Effects of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Additions

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
October 16, 2024
Vishnu S Potluri, Yuvaram N V Reddy, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Chen Peng, Qian Huang, Yueming Zhao, Genevieve P Kanter, Jingsan Zhu, Joshua M Liao, Amol S Navathe

Association of Participation in Medicare’s Oncology Care Model With Spending, Utilization, and Quality Outcomes Among Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Members

Journal of Clinical Oncology
October 2, 2024
Samyukta Mullangi, Benjamin Ukert, Andrea Devries, David Debono, Jason Santos, Michael J Fisch, Stephen M Schleicher, Amol S Navathe, Justin E Bekelman, Aaron L Schwartz, Ravi B Parikh

Characterizing the Ambulatory Safety-Net System to Improve Health Equity

Annals of Internal Medicine
September 24, 2024
Joshua M. Liao, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Amol S. Navathe

Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes

Health Services Research
August 11, 2024
Austin S. Kilaru, Joshua M. Liao, Erkuan Wang, Yueming Zhao, Jingsan Zhu, Grace Ng, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S. Cousins, Genevieve P. Kanter, Said Ibrahim, Amol S. Navathe

Advancing Equity In Kidney Transplantation Through The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

Health Affairs
August 1, 2024
Yuvaram N.V. Reddy, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Gaurav Jain, Amol S. Navathe, Sumit Mohan, Mallika L. Mendu

Hospice Administrators’ and Providers’ Perspectives on Providing Upstream Palliative Care: Facilitators, Barriers, and Policy Prescriptions

Journal of Palliative Medicine
July 29, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J. Ferrell, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Amol S. Navathe, Ravi B. Parikh

The COVID-19 Pandemic Led To A Large Decline In Physician Gross Revenue Across All Specialties In 2020

Health Affairs
July 1, 2024
Ravi B Parikh, Ezekiel J Emanuel, Yueming Zhao, David R Pagnotti, Pankti S Pathak, Stuart Hagen, David A Pizza, Amol S Navathe

Clinician Perspectives on Virtual Specialty Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Illnesses

Journal of Palliative Medicine
May 28, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J Ferrell, Ezekiel J Emanuel, Amol S Navathe, Ravi B Parikh