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Kevin Nguyen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, Brown University
MS, Harvard School of Public Health
BSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0001-7417-6322

Kevin Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health and co-director of the BU Medicaid Policy Lab. His research examines the roles of Medicaid policies and care delivery reforms on quality and equity of care, with expertise in Medicaid managed care. His work leverages econometric methods and varied data sources (all-payer claims data, electronic health records, patient surveys, provider directories, and patient registries). Ongoing work spans the topics of Medicaid managed care plan performance, Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs), safety net program participation, and inequities in patient experiences of care.

He completed his PhD in Health Services Research at Brown University School of Public Health in 2021 and received a MS in Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He previously worked at RTI International, where he worked to implement quality provisions of the Affordable Care Act. He currently serves as Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. His work has been covered by outlets including NPR, Kaiser Health News, and US News & World Report.

BU Research

Medicaid Expansion, Coverage Loss, and Disparities in Kidney Health in the COVID-19 Era
09/01/2022 - 04/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Brown University NIH NIDDK
5R01DK113298-06

Effects of Expanding Medicare Advantage Enrollment to Persons with End-stage Renal Disease
09/01/2022 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Brown University NIH NIDDK
5R01DK129388-04

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Kim D, Meyers DJ, Nguyen KH, Rivera-Hernandez M, Lee Y, Dana BA, Shah AD, Mehrotra R, Trivedi AN. Medicare Advantage Enrollment Increased Disproportionately In Chain-Owned Dialysis Facilities After The Cures Act. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Dec; 44(12):1514-1521. PMID: 41329888; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00361;

Nguyen KH, Menard L, Allen H, Gonzales G. LGBTQ+ Health, Policy, and Politics: Advances, Challenges, and Potential Opportunities. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2025 Dec 01; 50(6):901-920. PMID: 40538330; DOI: 10.1215/03616878-11995168;

Cole MB, Lim K, Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, McCloskey L, Ncube C, Patton E, Michals A, Sisson E, Lasser KE. Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01; 8(10):e2536565.View Related Profiles.

Lasser, Karen
Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 41060648; PMCID: PMC12509007; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36565;

Oronce CIA, Nguyen KH. Health Equity Demands Data Disaggregation-Uncovering Pacific Islander Mortality Gaps. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2514259. PMID: 40478577; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14259;

Nguyen KH, Daw JR, Allen HL. Postpartum Care Differences in LGBTQ+ and Non-LGBTQ+ Individuals. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 May 02; 6(5):e250672. PMID: 40314943; PMCID: PMC12048847; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0672;

Nguyen KH, Zhou S, Ðoàn LN. Reply to Xie and Chen. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 May 01; 76(5):531-532. PMID: 40308094

Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, Lim K, Thompson KD, Ncube CN, Cole MB. Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Perinatal Claims Documentation of Social Risk Factors. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e255999.View Related Profiles.

Ncube, Collette
Thompson, Kathryn
Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 40257795; PMCID: PMC12013353; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5999;

Nguyen KH, Lim K, Gordon SH, Cole MB. Enrollee, Plan, and State Characteristics Associated With Experience of Care Among Adults in Medicaid Managed Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug; 60(4):e14605.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 40083265; PMCID: PMC12277108; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14605;

Oh EG, Brazier JF, Gadbois EA, Tyler DA, Keohane LM, Meyers DJ, Rahman M, Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN. Dialysis Facility Participation In Medicare Advantage Networks Was Highest For Large Dialysis Organizations In 2021. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Mar; 44(3):313-321. PMID: 40030109; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01142;

Adler JT, Kuk AE, Drewry KM, Nguyen KH, Wilk AS. Implications of Increased Medicare Advantage Enrollment for Access to Kidney Transplant Waitlisting. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Jun 01; 36(6):1173-1175. PMID: 39977108; PMCID: PMC12147951; DOI: 10.1681/ASN.0000000667;

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Nguyen KH, Oh EG, Ðoàn LN, Chu CT, Banawa RA, Oronce CIA, Choy CC, Zhou S. Inequities in Access to Mental Health Services Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Medicaid Enrollees. Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Dec 19; appips20230637. PMID: 39696990; PMCID: PMC12177093; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230637;

Nguyen KH, Cole MB. Social Risk Factors, Health Insurance Coverage, and Inequities in Access to Care. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Jan; 68(1):145-153.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 39396362; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.09.005;

Nguyen KH, Levengood TW, Gordon AR, Menard L, Allen HL, Gonzales G. Inequities in Self-Reported Social Risk Factors by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Sep 06; 5(9):e243176.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Nguyen, Kevin

PMID: 39331371; PMCID: PMC11437382; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3176;

Nguyen KH, Oh EG, Meyers DJ, Rivera-Hernandez M, Kim D, Mehrotra R, Trivedi AN. Medicare Advantage Enrollment Following the 21st Century Cures Act in Adults With End-Stage Renal Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2432772. PMID: 39264629; PMCID: PMC11393715; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.32772;

Nguyen KH, Giron NC, Cole MB. National Prevalence of Social Risk Factors at Federally Qualified Health Centers. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Aug 01; 184(8):980-982.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 38884949; PMCID: PMC11184494; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1881;

Tran NM, Nguyen KH. LGBTQI+ Data Collection in Medicaid to Advance Health Equity. JAMA. 2024 Jul 23; 332(4):277-278. PMID: 38922629

Nguyen KH, Giron NC, Cole MB. National Social Risk Factor Screening Rates Among Federally Qualified Health Center Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Oct; 39(13):2621-2624.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 38937365; PMCID: PMC11436686; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08879-4;

Lim K, Nguyen KH, Goutos D, Shafer PR, Buitron de la Vega P, Cole MB. The Association Between Hospital-Based Food Pantry Use and Subsequent Emergency Department Utilization Among Medicaid Patients With Diabetes. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 47(3):122-133.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan
Buitron de la Vega, Pablo
Shafer, Paul

PMID: 38744317; DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000499;

Adia AC, Nguyen KH, Ponce NA. EHR Data and Inclusion of Multiracial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander People-Opportunities for Advancing Data-Centered Equity in Health Research. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 04; 7(3):e240719. PMID: 38502131

Nguyen KH, Oronce CIA, Adia AC, Yeh JC, Ponce N. Inability to Access Needed Medical Care Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Medicaid Enrollees. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Apr-Jun 01; 47(2):96-103. PMID: 38335049; PMCID: PMC10940179; DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000489;

Nguyen KH, Levengood TW, Allen HL, Gonzales G. Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care by Sexual Orientation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: United States, January 2021-February 2022. Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan; 114(1):118-128. PMID: 38091560; PMCID: PMC10726945; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307446;

Nguyen KH, Cole MB. Editorial: Meeting the Needs of Federally Qualified Health Center Patients Following the Public Health Emergency Unwinding. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jan-Mar 01; 47(1):43-47.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 37994513; DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000485;

Giron NC, Cole MB, Nguyen KH. Use of and barriers to adopting standardized social risk screening tools in federally qualified health centers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Serv Res. 2024 Feb; 59 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):e14232.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 37715519; PMCID: PMC10796290; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14232;

Oh EG, Huang AW, Nguyen KH. Inequities in Patient Access to Care Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Adults in Medicaid. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Oct; 11(5):2538-2552. PMID: 37491628

Nguyen KH, Buckle-Rashid R, Thorsness R, Agbai CO, Crews DC, Trivedi AN. Structural Racism, Historical Redlining, and Incidence of Kidney Failure in US Cities, 2012-2019. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 Sep 01; 34(9):1493-1503. PMID: 37303086; PMCID: PMC10482063; DOI: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000165;

Nguyen KH, Oh EG, Meyers DJ, Kim D, Mehrotra R, Trivedi AN. Medicare Advantage Enrollment Among Beneficiaries With End-Stage Renal Disease in the First Year of the 21st Century Cures Act. JAMA. 2023 Mar 14; 329(10):810-818. PMID: 36917063; PMCID: PMC10015314; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.1426;

Oh EG, Meyers DJ, Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN. Narrow Dialysis Networks In Medicare Advantage: Exposure By Race, Ethnicity, And Dual Eligibility. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Feb; 42(2):252-260. PMID: 36745840; PMCID: PMC10837791; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01044;

Nguyen KH, Giron NC, Trivedi AN. Parental Immigration Status, Medicaid Expansion, And Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Jan; 42(1):53-62. PMID: 36623228; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00288;

Nguyen KH, Lee Y, Thorsness R, Rivera-Hernandez M, Kim D, Swaminathan S, Mehrotra R, Trivedi AN. Medicaid Expansion and Medicare-Financed Hospitalizations Among Adult Patients With Incident Kidney Failure. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Nov 04; 3(11):e223878. PMID: 36331442; PMCID: PMC9636522; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3878;

Nguyen KH, Wilson IB, Wallack AR, Trivedi AN. Children's Health Insurance Coverage and Parental Immigration Status: 2015-2019. Pediatrics. 2022 09 01; 150(3). PMID: 35909179; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-056012;

Nguyen KH, Lew KP, Trivedi AN. Trends in Collection of Disaggregated Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Data: Opportunities in Federal Health Surveys. Am J Public Health. 2022 Oct; 112(10):1429-1435. PMID: 35952328; PMCID: PMC9480465; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306969;

Rivera-Hernandez M, Kim D, Nguyen KH, Thorsness R, Lee Y, Swaminathan S, Mehrotra R, Trivedi AN. Changes in Migration and Mortality Among Patients With Kidney Failure in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Aug 05; 3(8):e222534. PMID: 36200633; PMCID: PMC9375170; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2534;

Nguyen KH, Wilson IB, Wallack AR, Trivedi AN. Medicaid expansion, managed care plan composition, and enrollee experience. Am J Manag Care. 2022 Aug; 28(8):390-396. PMID: 35981124; DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89198;

Velázquez AF, Thorsness R, Trivedi AN, Nguyen KH. County-Level Dialysis Facility Supply and Distance Traveled to Facilities among Incident Kidney Failure Patients. Kidney360. 2022 Aug 25; 3(8):1367-1373. PMID: 36176657; PMCID: PMC9416828; DOI: 10.34067/KID.0000312022;

Kim D, Lee Y, Swaminathan S, Mehrotra R, Rivera-Hernandez M, Thorsness R, Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN. Comparison of mortality between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure. Am J Manag Care. 2022 04; 28(4):180-186. PMID: 35420746; DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.88861;

Nguyen KH, Oh EG, Trivedi AN. Variation in Usual Source of Care in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries. Med Care. 2022 09 01; 60(9):648-654. PMID: 35293884; PMCID: PMC9378343; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001709;

Cole MB, Nguyen KH, Byhoff E, Murray GF. Screening for Social Risk at Federally Qualified Health Centers: A National Study. Am J Prev Med. 2022 May; 62(5):670-678.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 35459451; PMCID: PMC9035213; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.11.008;

Nguyen KH, Wilson IB, Wallack AR, Trivedi AN. Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Patient Experience Of Care Among Nonelderly Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 02; 41(2):256-264. PMID: 35130065; PMCID: PMC10076226; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01331;

Nguyen KH, Thorsness R, Swaminathan S, Mehrotra R, Patzer RE, Lee Y, Kim D, Rivera-Hernandez M, Trivedi AN. Despite National Declines In Kidney Failure Incidence, Disparities Widened Between Low- And High-Poverty US Counties. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 12; 40(12):1900-1908. PMID: 34871085; PMCID: PMC10076227; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00458;

Nguyen KH, Thorsness R, Hayes S, Kim D, Mehrotra R, Swaminathan S, Baranwal N, Lee Y, Rivera-Hernandez M, Trivedi AN. Evaluation of Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Initiation of Kidney Failure Treatment During the First 4 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2127369. PMID: 34618039; PMCID: PMC8498850; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.27369;

Thorsness R, Swaminathan S, Lee Y, Sommers BD, Mehrotra R, Nguyen KH, Kim D, Rivera-Hernandez M, Trivedi AN. Medicaid Expansion and Incidence of Kidney Failure among Nonelderly Adults. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 06 01; 32(6):1425-1435. PMID: 33795426; PMCID: PMC8259656; DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2020101511;

Kim D, Lee Y, Thorsness R, Nguyen KH, Swaminathan S, Rivera-Hernandez M, Trivedi AN. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Deaths Among Persons With Kidney Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March-July 2020. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 05; 77(5):827-829. PMID: 33581164; PMCID: PMC7875714; DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.02.003;

Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN, Cole MB. Receipt of Social Needs Assistance and Health Center Patient Experience of Care. Am J Prev Med. 2021 03; 60(3):e139-e147.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 33309453; PMCID: PMC7931986; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.08.030;

Cole MB, Nguyen KH. Unmet social needs among low-income adults in the United States: Associations with health care access and quality. Health Serv Res. 2020 10; 55 Suppl 2:873-882.View Related Profiles.

Nguyen, Kevin
Cole Brahim, Megan

PMID: 32880945; PMCID: PMC7518813; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13555;

Nguyen KH, Chien AT, Meyers DJ, Li Z, Singer SJ, Rosenthal MB. Team-Based Primary Care Practice Transformation Initiative and Changes in Patient Experience and Recommended Cancer Screening Rates. Inquiry. 2020 Jan-Dec; 57:46958020952911. PMID: 32844691; PMCID: PMC7453437; DOI: 10.1177/0046958020952911;

Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN. Asian American Access to Care in the Affordable Care Act Era: Findings from a Population-Based Survey in California. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 11; 34(11):2660-2668. PMID: 31512183; PMCID: PMC6848322; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05328-5;

Pace LE, Percac-Lima S, Nguyen KH, Crofton CN, Normandin KA, Singer SJ, Rosenthal MB, Chien AT. Comparing Diagnostic Evaluations for Rectal Bleeding and Breast Lumps in Primary Care: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 07; 34(7):1146-1153. PMID: 31011969; PMCID: PMC6614558; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05003-9;

Meyers DJ, Chien AT, Nguyen KH, Li Z, Singer SJ, Rosenthal MB. Association of Team-Based Primary Care With Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Chronically Ill Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 01 01; 179(1):54-61. PMID: 30476951; PMCID: PMC6583420; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5118;

Conti RM, Nguyen KH, Rosenthal MB. Generic prescription drug price increases: which products will be affected by proposed anti-gouging legislation? J Pharm Policy Pract. 2018; 11:29. PMID: 30479776; PMCID: PMC6247773; DOI: 10.1186/s40545-018-0156-8;

Nguyen KH, Trivedi AN, Shireman TI. Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Adults Report Continued Problems Affording Care Despite Coverage Gains. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 08; 37(8):1306-1312. PMID: 30080449; PMCID: PMC6286121; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0281;

Chien AT, Kyle MA, Peters AS, Nguyen KH, Tendulkar SA, Ryan M, Hacker K, Singer SJ. Establishing Teams: How Does It Change Practice Configuration, Size, and Composition? J Ambul Care Manage. 2018 Apr/Jun; 41(2):146-155. PMID: 29474254; DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000229;

Rosenthal MB, Colla CH, Morden NE, Sequist TD, Mainor AJ, Li Z, Nguyen KH. Overuse and insurance plan type in a privately insured population. Am J Manag Care. 2018 03; 24(3):140-146. PMID: 29553277; PMCID: PMC5985657

Percac-Lima S, Pace LE, Nguyen KH, Crofton CN, Normandin KA, Singer SJ, Rosenthal MB, Chien AT. Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients Presenting to Primary Care with Rectal Bleeding. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 04; 33(4):415-422. PMID: 29302885; PMCID: PMC5880768; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4273-x;

Isaac T, Rosenthal MB, Colla CH, Morden NE, Mainor AJ, Li Z, Nguyen KH, Kinsella EA, Sequist TD. Measuring overuse with electronic health records data. Am J Manag Care. 2018 01; 24(1):19-25. PMID: 29350509

Nguyen KH, Sommers BD. Access and Quality of Care by Insurance Type for Low-Income Adults Before the Affordable Care Act. Am J Public Health. 2016 08; 106(8):1409-15. PMID: 27196646; PMCID: PMC4940636; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303156;

Sommers BD, Maylone B, Nguyen KH, Blendon RJ, Epstein AM. The Impact Of State Policies On ACA Applications And Enrollment Among Low-Income Adults In Arkansas, Kentucky, And Texas. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Jun; 34(6):1010-8. PMID: 26056207; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0215;

Margot L Schwartz, Kevin H Nguyen, Tammeka Swinson Evans, Magda Ignaczak, Samruddhi Thaker, Shulamit Bernard. Development of a Cross-Setting Quality Measure for Pressure Ulcers. 2013.
Shulamit Bernard, Kathleen Dalton, Nancy Lenfestey, Nicole Jarrett, Kevin H Nguyen, Asta Sorensen, Nathan West. Assessing the Feasibility of Extending the Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) IPPS Payment Policy to Non-IPPS Settings. 2012.

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