Media and Center News

Below is a download link for the Parity Center's inaugural policy brief, Who Should Policymakers Support in the Ambulatory Safety Net? Different Definitions Identify Different Practices — and Lead to Different Policy Choices.

This issue brief translates findings from a recent JAMA Health Forum study into actionable considerations for policymakers, highlighting how different definitions of the ambulatory safety net identify largely distinct physician practices and may lead to different funding and support strategies. The brief was prepared by Vrushabh P. Ladage, MHCI, MS, and Maura Boughter-Dornfeld, MPH, and is based on research and discussion highlighted in JAMA Health Forum April 2026 by Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc; Danielle S. Browne, BS; Yinzi Zhao, PhD; Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD; and Austin S. Kilaru, MD, MSHP.

Download the issue brief here.

Director of The Parity Center, Doctor Amol Navathe, has been named Chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). MedPAC is an independent congressional agency which was created to advise Congress on Medicare policy. 

The Parity Center's Deputy Director Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP is quoted discussing his newest paper published in JAMA Health Forum, in which the authors show text messages are more effective at prompting patients to apply for public benefits programs, like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Property Tax and Rent Rebate Program (PTRR), or Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

In this article, Deputy Director Austin Kilaru gives his thoughts on the TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model) model for Healio.

An innovative Penn Medicine program showed the impact of offering certain patients acute care in the comfort of their homes instead of being admitted to the hospital.

Director of The Parity Center, Dr. Amol Navathe, was quoted in this article from Medical Buyer from his appearance at an online discussion with CMS leaders about how Medicare Part B payment policy could improve health through strengthening primary care. “We want the care model to drive the payment model, not the payment models to drive the care model,” Navathe remarked. “CMS is ultimately a payer.” Read more about this discussion and the input from Dr. Navathe and other panelists by clicking the link.

In this article about the potential around value-based care in Orthopedics, Amol Navathe is quoted saying “Value-based payment offers an opportunity for incentive alignment and improvement on the efficiency and value of care.”

The New York Times has published several articles about nonprofit hospitals over the past year. None has offered a solution or path forward. In this article, Amol Navathe presents his goal to activate nonprofit health system boards of directors for the common good - to stimulate a dialogue about governance rather than regulation.

There’s a seismic shift of Americans going into retirement by 2030. They’ll need more medical care as they age — and the resources to pay for it.

This Modern Healthcare article by Maya Goldman, reports on planned changes to the CMS risk adjustment formula for health insurance exchange carriers. Dr. Amol Navathe is quoted discussing the gravity and potential impact of making adjustments to the model.