Research

Publications

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

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

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

JAMA Health Forum

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 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

Differential Hospital Participation in Bundled Payments in Communities with Higher Shares of Marginalized Populations

Journal of General Internal Medicine

February 6, 2024

Aidan P. Crowley, Sarah Neville, Chuxuan Sun, Qian Erin Huang, Deborah Cousins, Torrey Shirk, Jingsan Zhu, Austin Kilaru, Joshua M. Liao, Amol S. Navathe

Performance of Physician Groups and Hospitals Participating in Bundled Payments Among Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Health Forum

December 29, 2022

Joshua M. Liao, Qian Huang, Erkuan Wang, Kristin Linn, Torrey Shirk, Jingsan Zhu, Deborah Cousins, Amol S. Navathe