Below is a listing of select Hilltop publications and presentations. You can search by type, topic, date, and/or title. The search function searches for key words in both the title and the publication summary. Click on the publication’s title below to go to its summary.
Accessibility Notice: Publications released before April 24, 2026 have not been remediated for Section 508 compliance.
08/28/2026
Hilltop Policy Analyst Morgane Mouslim, DVM, with Tatiane Santos, Jeanmarie Perrone, Berkeley Franz, and Cory E. Cronin, co-authored this article published in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. They examined whether not-for-profit hospitals that prioritize opioid use disorder (OUD) in community benefit (CB) planning are more likely to comply with price reporting for medications commonly prescribed for OUD treatment (OUD medications) and offer lower self-pay prices for OUD medications. Overall, they found limited evidence that hospitals identifying OUD as a community health priority translated these stated priorities into pricing practices that may improve affordability for uninsured and underinsured patients.
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06/30/2026
H.R. 1 is poised to make significant changes to Medicaid eligibility for individuals in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion group, and it is crucial for states to understand how their ACA expansion populations may be affected. To that end, Hilltop researchers posted a short weekly series on LinkedIn using American Community Survey (ACS) data to take a closer look at adults who fall into the “ACA-like” Medicaid group. This In Brief document summarizes their findings.
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06/01/2026
Principal Policy Analyst Christine Gill, PhD, presented this poster at the 2026 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held May 30–June 2 in Seattle.
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