Sarah Gordon | Profiles RNS

Sarah H. Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, Brown University
MS, Harvard School of Public Health
BA, New York University

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Websites

	LinkedIn
	Brown University
	Google Scholar
	ResearchGate
	Academy Health Profile

ORCID : 0000-0003-4743-2014

Sarah Gordon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health where she co-directs the BU Medicaid Policy Lab. She is a health services researcher with expertise in health insurance, access to care, and Medicaid policy. She applies econometric and causal inference-based methods to assess the impacts of state-level health care policies on low-income populations. She has experience merging and analyzing multiple state all payer claims databases and national Medicaid claims to conduct cross-state comparisons. Her recent work has focused on the intersections of Medicaid policy and maternal health. She is currently serving as a senior advisor on health policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Biden Administration. She received her doctorate in Health Services Research from the Brown University School of Public Health and an MS in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

BU Research

The Effects of Postpartum Medicaid Policies on Postpartum Depression Care Among Low-Income Women
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
1K01MH127253-01A1

The Boston University Clinical and Transitional Science Institute
04/15/2020 - 03/31/2025 (Co-Investigator of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
3UL1TR001430-07S1

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Sarah Gordon
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
Department of Health and Human Services

Medicaid Data Learning Network
05/01/2022 - 04/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
AcademyHealth The CommonwealthFund

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Maternal Health: Implications of Postpartum Medicaid Eligibility Extensions
12/01/2020 - 11/30/2022 (PI)
The Commonwealth Fund

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

iCite Analysis Copy PMIDs To Clipboard

Mull HJ, Kabdiyeva A, Ndugga N, Gordon SH, Garrido MM, Pizer SD. What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery. Health Serv Res. 2022 Dec 07.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 36477645; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14113;

Vanneman ME, Rosen AK, Wagner TH, Shwartz M, Gordon SH, Greenberg G, Zheng T, Cook J, Beilstein-Wedel E, Greene T, Kelley AT. Differences Between VHA-Delivered and VHA-Purchased Behavioral Health Care in Service and Patient Characteristics. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Feb 01; 74(2):148-157.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 36039555; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100730;

Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision: Projected Enrollment Effects and Policy Approaches. ASPE Issue Brief. 2022; (HP-2022-20). View Publication

Eliason EL, Gordon SH. The Association Between Postpartum Insurance Instability and Access to Postpartum Mental Health Services: Evidence From Colorado. Womens Health Issues. 2022 Nov-Dec; 32(6):550-556. PMID: 35927176; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2022.06.010;

Sugar S, Ruhter J, Gordon SH, Whitman A, De Lew N, Sommers BD. Health Coverage for Women Under the Affordable Care Act. ASPE Issue Brief. 2022. View Publication

Goldman AL, Gordon SH. Coverage Disruptions and Transitions Across the ACA's Medicaid/Marketplace Income Cutoff. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov; 37(14):3570-3576.View Related Profiles.

Goldman, Anna
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 35277806; PMCID: PMC9585127; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07437-0;

Gordon SH, Hoagland A, Admon LK, Daw JR. Comparison of Postpartum Health Care Use and Spending Among Individuals with Medicaid-Paid Births Enrolled in Continuous Medicaid vs Commercial Insurance. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 01; 5(3):e223058. PMID: 35302626; PMCID: PMC8933732; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3058;

Gordon SH, Hoagland A, Admon LK, Daw JR. Extended Postpartum Medicaid Eligibility Is Associated With Improved Continuity Of Coverage In The Postpartum Year. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 01; 41(1):69-78. PMID: 34982627

Eliason EL, Gordon SH. Mental Health and Postpartum Care in California: Implications from California's Provisional Postpartum Care Extension. Womens Health Issues. 2022 Mar-Apr; 32(2):122-129. PMID: 34955336; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.11.009;

Sarah Gordon, Sarah Sugar, Lucy Chen, Christie Peters, Nancy De Lew, Benjamin D. Sommers. Medicaid After Pregnancy: State-Level Implications of Extending Postpartum Coverage. ASPE Issue Brief. 2021. View Publication

Showing 10 of 37 results. Show More

Gordon SH, Alger CL, Declercq ER, Garrido MM. The Association Between Continuity Of Marketplace Coverage During Pregnancy And Receipt Of Prenatal Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 10; 40(10):1618-1626.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 34606350

Bhanja A, Lee D, Gordon SH, Allen H, Sommers BD. Comparison of Income Eligibility for Medicaid vs Marketplace Coverage for Insurance Enrollment Among Low-Income US Adults. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Jun; 2(6):e210771. PMID: 35977174; PMCID: PMC8796906; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.0771;

Aditi Bhanja; Dennis Lee, ; Sarah H. Gordon, PhD; Heidi Allen, PhD; Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD. Comparison of Income Eligibility for Medicaid vs Marketplace Coverage for Insurance Enrollment Among Low-Income US Adults. JAMA Health Forum. 2021; 6(2):e210771. View Publication

Gordon SH, Beilstein-Wedel E, Rosen AK, Zheng T, Kelley AT, Cook J, Zahakos SS, Wagner TH, Vanneman ME. County-level Predictors of Growth in Community-based Primary Care Use Among Veterans. Med Care. 2021 06 01; 59(Suppl 3):S301-S306.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 33976080; PMCID: PMC8132896; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001555;

Cara B. Safon Lois McCloskey Caroline Ezekwesili Yevgeniy Feyman Sarah H. Gordon. Doula Care Saves Lives, Improves Equity, And Empowers Mothers. State Medicaid Programs Should Pay For It. Health Affairs Forefront. 2021. View Publication
Gray Babbs Lois McCloskey Sarah H. Gordon. Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Benefits To Combat Maternal Mortality And Morbidity . Health Affairs Blog. 2021. View Publication

Cole MB, Shafer PR, Gordon SH. What the New Biden Administration May Mean for Medicaid. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Jan; 2(1).View Related Profiles.

Shafer, Paul
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 35601359; PMCID: PMC9119585; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.1497;

Allen H, Gordon SH, Lee D, Bhanja A, Sommers BD. Comparison of Utilization, Costs, and Quality of Medicaid vs Subsidized Private Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 01 04; 4(1):e2032669. PMID: 33399859; PMCID: PMC9377505; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32669;

Megan B. Cole, PhD, Paul R. Shafer, PhD; Sarah H. Gordon, PhD, MS. What the New Biden Administration May Mean for Medicaid. JAMA Health Forum. 2021; 2(1):e201497-e201497.

Huberfeld N, Gordon SH, Jones DK. Federalism Complicates the Response to the COVID-19 Health and Economic Crisis: What Can Be Done? J Health Polit Policy Law. 2020 12 01; 45(6):951-965.View Related Profiles.

Jones, David
Huberfeld, Nicole
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 32464666

Swaminathan S, Ndumele CD, Gordon SH, Lee Y, Trivedi AN. Association of Medicaid-Focused or Commercial Medicaid Managed Care Plan Type With Outpatient and Acute Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 12 01; 180(12):1672-1679. PMID: 33074283; PMCID: PMC7573794; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5408;

Jones DK, Gordon SH, Huberfeld N. Have the ACA's Exchanges Succeeded? It's Complicated. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2020 08 01; 45(4):661-676.View Related Profiles.

Jones, David
Huberfeld, Nicole
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 32186335

Gordon SH, Huberfeld N, Jones DK. What Federalism Means for the US Coronavirus Disease 2019 Response. JAMA Health Forum. 2020. View Publication

Gordon SH, Huberfeld N, Jones DK. What Federalism Means for the US Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019. JAMA Health Forum. 2020 May 01; 1(5):e200510.View Related Profiles.

Huberfeld, Nicole
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 36218490; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0510;

Gordon SH, Sommers BD, Trivedi AN. Mothers And Medicaid Expansion: The Authors Reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 04; 39(4):723. PMID: 32250671

Gordon SH, Sommers BD, Wilson IB, Trivedi AN. Effects Of Medicaid Expansion On Postpartum Coverage And Outpatient Utilization. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 01; 39(1):77-84. PMID: 31905073; PMCID: PMC7926836; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00547;

Gordon SH, Sommers BD, Wilson I, Galarraga O, Trivedi AN. The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Continuous Enrollment: a Two-State Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 09; 34(9):1919-1924. PMID: 31228048; PMCID: PMC6712155; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05101-8;

Gordon, SH. Using All-Payer Data To Conduct Cross-State Comparisons Of Health Insurance Enrollment. Health Affairs Blog. 2019. View Publication

Gadbois EA, Gordon SH, Shield RR, Vivier PM, Trivedi AN. Quality Management Strategies in Medicaid Managed Care: Perspectives From Medicaid, Plans, and Providers. Med Care Res Rev. 2021 02; 78(1):36-47. PMID: 30947600; PMCID: PMC6878133; DOI: 10.1177/1077558719841157;

Gordon SH, Sommers BD, Wilson IB, Galarraga O, Trivedi AN. Risk Factors for Early Disenrollment From Colorado's Affordable Care Act Marketplace. Med Care. 2019 01; 57(1):49-53. PMID: 30531597; PMCID: PMC6707510; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001020;

Gordon, SH. Commentary: Medicaid is a Bright Spot of American Health Care. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT. 2018. View Publication

Gordon SH, Gadbois EA, Shield RR, Vivier PM, Ndumele CD, Trivedi AN. Qualitative perspectives of primary care providers who treat Medicaid managed care patients. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Sep 21; 18(1):728. PMID: 30241523; PMCID: PMC6150984; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3516-9;

Gordon SH, Lee Y, Ndumele CD, Vivier PM, Gutman R, Swaminathan S, Gadbois EA, Shield RR, Kind AJH, Trivedi AN. The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care Plan Type on Continuous Medicaid Enrollment: A Natural Experiment. Health Serv Res. 2018 10; 53(5):3770-3789. PMID: 29952062; PMCID: PMC6153165; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13000;

Gordon SH, Sommers BD. Recessions, poverty, and mortality in the United States: 1993-2012. American Journal of Health Economics. 2016; 4(2):489-510.

Gordon SH, Baier RR, Gardner RL. Primary Care Physicians' Use of Electronic Health Records in Rhode Island: 2009-2014. R I Med J (2013). 2015 Oct 01; 98(10):29-32. PMID: 26422543; PMCID: PMC5550765

West TV, Magee JC, Gordon SH, Gullett L. A little similarity goes a long way: the effects of peripheral but self-revealing similarities on improving and sustaining interracial relationships. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2014 Jul; 107(1):81-100. PMID: 24956315; PMCID: PMC5556689; DOI: 10.1037/a0036556;

Sommers BD, Gordon S, Somers S, Ingram C, Epstein AM. Medicaid on the eve of expansion: a survey of state Medicaid officials on the Affordable Care Act. Am J Law Med. 2014; 40(2-3):253-79. PMID: 25211996; PMCID: PMC5568815

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

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2021

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2021

Year	Publications
2014	2
2015	1
2016	1
2018	3
2019	4
2020	7
2021	11
2022	8

Tweets by sarahhallgordon?lang=en

Twitter likes by sarahhallgordon?lang=en

Why President Biden can't make states vaccinate teachers — or anyone else

NBC News 2/23/2021

New BU Lab Studies Medicaid, Where Racism, Poverty, and COVID-19 Meet

BU Today 2/17/2021

Pregnant women with Medicaid less likely to get recommended vaccines

Reuters 2/11/2020

2022 Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health: "DO" Award

2021 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award – Outstanding New Teacher

2021 Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health: "TEACH" Award

2021 AcademyHealth: Best Poster, Coverage and Access

2021 AcademyHealth: Best Poster, Women's Health

2020 AcademyHealth: Outstanding Dissertation Award

2020 AcademyHealth: Best of 2020 Annual Research Meeting - Coverage and Access

2019 Brown University School of Public Health: Public Health Impact Award

2019 VHA Office of Health Equity/NCHS/AcademyHealth: Office of Health Equity Scholarship

2017 AcademyHealth: Alice S. Hersh Award

2017 AHRQ: R36 Dissertation Award

2016 Brown University: Nora Kahn Piore Award

2011 New York University: Summa cum laude

2011 New York University: Phi Beta Kappa

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Medicaid
Health Policy
Health Insurance
Health Insurance Exchange
Maternal Health
Health Services Research
Access to Health Care
Maternal Health Services
Primary Care

Contact for Mentoring:

617.358.1864

Download vCard

Gordon's Networks

Click the "See All" links for more information and interactive visualizations

Concepts

See all (87) concept(s)

Media Mentions

Co-Authors

See all (8) people

Similar People

See all (60) people

Same Department

Search Department