Melinda Buntin

October 12, 2023

Stevenson named chair of Department of Health Policy

David Stevenson has been named chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
July 10, 2023

Stevenson to serve as interim chair of Health Policy

David Stevenson Jr., PhD, MS, has been named interim chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
December 1, 2022

Health Policy Chair Buntin transitioning to create Center for Health Systems and Policy Modeling at Johns Hopkins

Vanderbilt’s Melinda Buntin, PhD, has been offered a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship at Johns Hopkins University.

By Jill Clendening
September 14, 2022

Complementary research, resources, policies improve outcomes for those with substance use disorders: panel

A panel of experts on opioid use disorder (OUD) recently discussed the importance of building recovery ecosystems or networks of resources to respond to the opioid epidemic.

By Jill Clendening
November 4, 2021

Study examines long-term benefit of Two-Midnight Rule

Vanderbilt research is raising new questions about the long-term benefit and value of the so-called Medicare “Two-Midnight Rule” implemented in 2013 to reduce costly and potentially unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions

By Jake Lowary
December 3, 2020

Panel discusses current health policy landscape

The difficulty of policymaking with a divided government and electorate was the underlying theme of the Research into Policy and Practice webinar sponsored by the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as panelists and attendees gathered virtually to take measure of the post-election American landscape, over which hangs the pall of a surging pandemic.

By Jill Clendening
December 3, 2020

JAMA Health Forum to become full-fledged journal in 2021

Just a year after its founding as an online channel of information, the Journal of the American Medical Association’s (JAMA’s) Health Forum will become a full-fledged journal in January 2021.
By Jake Lowary
June 16, 2020

COVID-19 hospitalizations increase primarily in two Tennessee regions, could hit 1,000 in late July

The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients reached its highest level to date on June 15, when more than 400 patients were hospitalized across Tennessee, according to a report from researchers at Vanderbilt.
By Jake Lowary
March 4, 2020

Analysis finds Affordable Care Act has dented health care cost curve

A decade after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, there is evidence that the landmark health care legislation has contributed to slower growth of U.S. health care spending.
By Jake Lowary
January 29, 2020

Buntin named deputy editor of JAMA Health Forum

Melinda Buntin, PhD, chair of Health Policy at VUMC, has been named deputy editor of JAMA Health Forum, a new online information channel published by JAMA Network.
By Jill Clendening
October 9, 2019

Vanderbilt health policy expert explains TennCare block grant proposal

Tennessee has made an “opening bid” in its negotiations with the federal government about a block grant that could significantly change how TennCare functions for more than 1 million children and low-income individuals, and making sense of the complex proposal can be tricky.
By Jill Clendening
April 4, 2019

Panel explores tobacco-control legislation efforts

Tobacco control legislative initiatives in Tennessee and other states were discussed during the spring Research into Policy and Practice Lecture sponsored by the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and NashvilleHealth.
By Jill Clendening
December 13, 2018

Policies for Action Research Hub at Vanderbilt created

Experts from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Department of Health Policy and Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development are joining efforts to establish a Policies for Action (P4A) Research Hub at Vanderbilt to better understand and develop recommendations to address the needs of some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable children, including those in immigrant families and with prenatal exposure to opioids.
By Jill Clendening