Email

omahen@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine
Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine

Investigator

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt)
Health Policy, Quality & Informatics
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Houston, TX

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

08/2019 - Houston, Texas United States

PhD from University of Michigan

05/2013 - Ann Arbor, Michigan United States

Political Science

MA from University of Michigan

12/2008 - Ann Arbor, Michigan United States

Political Science

BA from University of Rochester

05/2001 - Rochester, New York United States

Political Science, Spanish

Professional Interests

• Health Policy, Health Reform, Interactions between state and federal health policy, How Veterans use the VA, Medicaid and Medicare for their health needs

Professional Statement

My research focuses on how health systems and levels of government interact or fail to interact effectively with each other. Specifically, I explore how Veterans use various health options available to them, like the VA, Medicaid and Medicare, as well as how they react to new community care options available under the CHOICE and MISSION acts. I also analyze the friction between Federal and state governments in the development of Medicaid policy.

Websites

Funding

Effects of ACA state Medicaid expansion on - #Seed Grant

$50,000.00 (10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020)

Grant funding from Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Effects of population health of having more than one source of care - #Precision Medicine and Population Health Grant

$30,000.00 (07/01/2019 - 10/30/2020)

Grant funding from Baylor College of Medicine

Medicaid expansion and quality, utilization, and coordination of health care for Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease - #IIR #19-057

$1,200,000.00 (04/01/2021 - 03/31/2025)

Grant funding from VA HSR&D