Darrell Gaskin, PhD and David Asch, MD, MBA, will participate in the Health Policy Dialogue Series collaboration between the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy (JKTG Foundation) and the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
February 23, Gaskin will discuss nonprofit hospital’s provision of charity care and how it measures up to their tax-exempt status. April 25, Asch will discuss his research that looks at how patients and physicians make medical decisions from treatment choice to health behaviors to insurance selection.
Gaskin is professor of health economics and director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Known as an international expert on healthcare disparities, Gaskin serves on several Institute of Medicine committees and has been recognized for his research.
Asch is executive director of the Penn Medicine Center and professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School.
Asch has received numerous honors for both his teaching and his research. He is a member of the Association of the American Physicians and the Institute of Medicine.
The free lectures will be held at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, 950 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, D.C. To register, contact Clarence Greene at [email protected]. Video replays are available post-event on the Foundation’s YouTube channel.
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