The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) and PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, February 23rd, from 2pm to 2:30pm. At this event, DHS Secre...

On February 17th, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in Association with The Philadelphia County Medical Society and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health will be holding a continuing medical education program on Long-...

A new Philadelphia Magazine article discusses the high rates of antipsychotics prescribing for children in Pennsylvania. This past summer, PolicyLab released a report, Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster C...

JAMA Pediatrics published an editorial by PolicyLab's Maggie Eisen and Dr. David Rubin titled “Breaking New Ground in Health Services Research: Effect of Attribution Length in a Pediatric Medicaid Accountable Care Organization." The...

Clinicians caring for immigrant children (or children with immigrant parents) often need to use translated versions of standardized screening instruments, also known as questionnaires. Existing translated, culturally-adapted, and va...

This month, in JAMA Pediatrics, PolicyLab researchers Dr. David Rubin and Amanda Kreider provide recent data on the relative value of Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and commercial insurance for low- and mo...

We are delighted to announce that beginning this week Meredith Matone, MHS will serve as Deputy Director of PolicyLab. As Deputy Director, Meredith will work closely with Dr. David Rubin, MD, MSCE in leading and managing all aspects...

PolicyLab Co-Director Dr. David Rubin, MSCE, serves as one of twelve Commissioners on the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF). Created by the Protect Our Kids Act, the Commission must submit i...

PolicyLab’s recent report, “Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid” focused on the use of antipsychotics and polypharmacy among children and adolescents in Pennsylvania, given gr...

Kathleen Noonan, JD, has been appointed to the newly created role of Associate Vice President of Board Relations at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She will be reporting directly to Madeline Bell, the Chief Executive...