Samantha Auty

Research Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health

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Samantha Auty, PhD, MS, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health and an Investigator at the Veterans Health Administration’s Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center. Her research focuses on improving access to care and health outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders, with a particular emphasis on Medicaid policy, alternative payment models, and healthcare delivery system reform.

Dr. Auty’s work examines how Medicaid managed care policies influence healthcare access, provider networks, and outcomes for low-income populations, including pregnant individuals and those with substance use disorders. She has extensive expertise in analyzing large administrative datasets, such as the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS), and applying rigorous quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impact of state and federal policies. Her research has been supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has been published in leading journals, including JAMA Internal Medicine and Health Services Research. She has also been recognized with multiple research awards, including the James Burgess Award for Best Methods Paper in Health Services Research.

Dr. Auty earned her PhD in Health Services Research from Boston University, an MS in Healthcare Research from Dartmouth, and a BS in Psychology from St. Lawrence University.

BU Research

Effects of Medicaid Managed Care on Medication Assisted Treatment Use and Health Outcomes among Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1R36HS028754-01A1

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

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Auty SG, Frakt AB, Shafer PR, Stein MD, Gordon SH. Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Pregnant People With Opioid Use Disorder Enrolled in Medicaid. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 02; 8(1):e2453303.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Shafer, Paul
Auty, Samantha
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 39777443; PMCID: PMC11707626; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.53303;

Freibott CE, Auty SG, Stein MD, Lipson SK. Opioid misuse and mental health in college student populations: A national assessment. J Affect Disord. 2024 Oct 15; 363:72-78.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Auty, Samantha
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 39038626; PMCID: PMC11348281; DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.078;

Shafer PR, Katchmar A, Callori S, Alam R, Patel R, Choi S, Auty S. Medicaid policy data for evaluating eligibility and programmatic changes. BMC Res Notes. 2023 Oct 03; 16(1):250.View Related Profiles.

Shafer, Paul
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 37789360; PMCID: PMC10546693; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06525-6;

Admon L, Auty S, Declercq E, Wang N, Gordon S, Daw J, Kozhimannil K. In Reply. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 01; 142(4):991-992.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 37734099

Auty SG, Daw JR, Admon LK, Gordon SH. Comparing approaches to identify live births using the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System. Health Serv Res. 2024 Feb; 59(1):e14233.View Related Profiles.

Auty, Samantha
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 37771156; PMCID: PMC10771902; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14233;

Tenso K, Strombotne KL, Feyman Y, Auty SG, Legler A, Griffith KN. Excess Mortality at Veterans Health Administration Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Med Care. 2023 Jul 01; 61(7):456-461.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 37219062; PMCID: PMC10353262; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001866;

Daw JR, Auty SG, Admon LK, Gordon SH. Using Modernized Medicaid Data to Advance Evidence-Based Improvements in Maternal Health. Am J Public Health. 2023 Jul; 113(7):805-810.View Related Profiles.

Auty, Samantha
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 37141557; PMCID: PMC10262233; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307287;

Admon LK, Auty SG, Daw JR, Kozhimannil KB, Declercq ER, Wang N, Gordon SH. State Variation in Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Individuals With Medicaid Insurance. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 May 01; 141(5):877-885.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Auty, Samantha
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 37023459; PMCID: PMC10281794; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005144;

Auty SG, Barr KD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Strombotne KL. Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions on mortality among patients with opioid use disorder: a secondary analysis of the STORM randomized control trial. Addiction. 2023 May; 118(5):870-879.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 36495477; DOI: 10.1111/add.16110;

Auty SG, Daw JR, Wallace J. State-Level Variation in Supplemental Maternity Kick Payments in Medicaid Managed Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Jan 01; 183(1):80-82. PMID: 36374489; PMCID: PMC9664368; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5146;

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Feyman Y, Avila CJ, Auty S, Mulugeta M, Strombotne K, Legler A, Griffith K. Racial and ethnic disparities in excess mortality among U.S. veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Serv Res. 2023 Jun; 58(3):642-653.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 36478574; PMCID: PMC9878051; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14112;

Auty SG, Griffith KN, Shafer PR, Gee RE, Conti RM. Improving Access to High-Value, High-Cost Medicines: The Use of Subscription Models to Treat Hepatitis C Using Direct-Acting Antivirals in the United States. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2022 Dec 01; 47(6):691-708.View Related Profiles.

Shafer, Paul
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 35867531; PMCID: PMC9789167; DOI: 10.1215/03616878-10041121;

Auty SG, Aswani MS, Wahbi RN, Griffith KN. Changes in Health Care Access by Race, Income, and Medicaid Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Med Care. 2023 Jan 01; 61(1):45-49. PMID: 36477619; PMCID: PMC9741953; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001788;

Auty SG, Cole MB, Wallace J. Association Between Medicaid Managed Care Coverage of Substance Use Services and Treatment Utilization. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Aug 05; 3(8):e222812.View Related Profiles.

Cole Brahim, Megan
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 36218990; PMCID: PMC9419018; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2812;

Auty SG, Griffith KN. Medicaid expansion and drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Mar 01; 232:109340. PMID: 35131533; PMCID: PMC8809643; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109340;

Auty SG, Lipson SK, Stein MD, Reif S. Mental health service use in a national sample of college students with co-occurring depression or anxiety and substance use. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2022 Mar; 2:100025.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Auty, Samantha
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 36845889; PMCID: PMC9948943; DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100025;

Feyman Y, Auty SG, Tenso K, Strombotne KL, Legler A, Griffith KN. County-Level Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Excess Mortality Among U.S. Veterans: A Population-Based Study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Jan; 5:100093.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 34778864; PMCID: PMC8577544; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100093;

Auty SG, Shafer PR, Griffith KN. Medicaid Subscription-Based Payment Models and Implications for Access to Hepatitis C Medications. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 08; 2(8):e212291.View Related Profiles.

Shafer, Paul
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 35977192; PMCID: PMC8796990; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2291;

Auty SG, Shafer PR, Dusetzina SB, Griffith KN. Association of Medicaid Managed Care Drug Carve Outs With Hepatitis C Virus Prescription Use. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 08; 2(8):e212285.View Related Profiles.

Shafer, Paul
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 35977199; PMCID: PMC8796891; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2285;

Auty SG, Griffith KN. Medicaid Expansion Increased Appointment Wait Times in Maine and Virginia. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug; 37(10):2594-2596. PMID: 34383229; PMCID: PMC9360377; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07086-9;

Griffith KN, Feyman Y, Auty SG, Crable EL, Levengood TW. Erratum to "Implications of county-level variation in U.S. opioid distribution" [Drug Alcohol Depend. 219 (2021) 108501]. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Mar 01; 220:108550.View Related Profiles.

Crable, Erika
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 33535161

Griffith KN, Feyman Y, Auty SG, Crable EL, Levengood TW. County-level data on U.S. opioid distributions, demographics, healthcare supply, and healthcare access. Data Brief. 2021 Apr; 35:106779.View Related Profiles.

Crable, Erika
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 33614868; PMCID: PMC7881250; DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106779;

Griffith KN, Feyman Y, Auty SG, Crable EL, Levengood TW. Implications of county-level variation in U.S. opioid distribution. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 02 01; 219:108501.View Related Profiles.

Crable, Erika
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 33421805; PMCID: PMC8115932; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108501;

Damiano EA, Auty SG, Von Mertens J, Gerjevic KA. Singleton, Term, Vertex Cesarean Delivery on a Midwife Service Compared With an Obstetrician Service. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun; 135(6):1353-1361. PMID: 32459427

Auty SG, Stein MD, Walley AY, Drainoni ML. Buprenorphine waiver uptake among nurse practitioners and physician assistants: The role of existing waivered prescriber supply. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 08; 115:108032.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Stein, Michael
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 32600629; PMCID: PMC9012998; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108032;

Meier A, Moore SK, Saunders EC, McLeman B, Metcalf SA, Auty S, Walsh O, Marsch LA. Understanding the increase in opioid overdoses in New Hampshire: A rapid epidemiologic assessment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Apr 01; 209:107893. PMID: 32065941; PMCID: PMC7127940; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107893;

Saunders E, Metcalf SA, Walsh O, Moore SK, Meier A, McLeman B, Auty S, Bessen S, Marsch LA. "You can see those concentric rings going out": Emergency personnel's experiences treating overdose and perspectives on policy-level responses to the opioid crisis in New Hampshire. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Nov 01; 204:107555. PMID: 31542630; PMCID: PMC6924616; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107555;

Lee DC, Walker DD, Hughes JR, Brunette MF, Scherer E, Stanger C, Etter JF, Auty S, Budney AJ. Sequential and simultaneous treatment approaches to cannabis use disorder and tobacco use. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Mar; 98:39-46. PMID: 30665602; PMCID: PMC6366318; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2018.12.005;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
2018	1
2019	1
2020	3
2021	7
2022	6
2023	8
2024	1
2025	1

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