Sarah Gordon
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Sarah H Gordon, PhD

Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-1864
gordonsh@bu.edu
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Biography

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 policy comparisons. She is Principal Investigator of a K01 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health studying the effects of postpartum Medicaid policies on maternal mental health care. She is a faculty advisor of the Medicaid Data Learning Network, a national consortium of Medicaid data users. From 2021-2024, she served 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. She is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award from AcademyHealth and her work has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, and PBS. She received her doctorate in Health Services Research (health economics track) 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.

Education

  • Brown University, PhD Field of Study: Health Economics
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MS Field of Study: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • New York University, BA Field of Study: Psychology

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPM755
  • SPHPM834

Publications

  • Published on 12/1/2025

    Eddelbuettel JCP, Daw JR, Galbraith AA, Gordon SH, Kaimal A, Garabedian LF. New York's Basic Health Program Increased Subsidized Insurance Coverage From Preconception To The Postpartum Period. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Dec; 44(12):1497-1504. PMID: 41329885.

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  • Published on 11/7/2025

    Gordon SH, Whitman A, Buchmueller T, Sommers BD. Medicaid Eligibility Category Among Enrollees With Medicaid-Paid Births in 2018. Health Serv Res. 2025 Nov 07; e70053. PMID: 41201323.

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  • Published on 10/3/2025

    Schpero WL, McConnell KJ, Bushnell G, Denham A, Dow PM, Kapadia SN, Lindner SR, Samples H, Shea L, Watson K, Gordon SH. The T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist: A Guide for Research Using Medicaid Claims Data. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Oct 03; 6(10):e253622. PMID: 41134558.

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  • Published on 10/1/2025

    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. PMID: 41060648.

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  • Published on 9/1/2025

    Gordon SH, Lee S, Deen N, Cole MB, Feinberg E, Galbraith A. Medicaid Reimbursement for Maternal Depression Screening and Care for Postpartum Depression. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Sep 01; 179(9):1009-1016. PMID: 40587153.

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  • Published on 4/15/2025

    Singh RP, Biondi B, Gordon SH, Linas BP, Epstein RL. Hepatitis C Virus Screening in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women After Universal Screening Guidelines. JAMA. 2025 Apr 15; 333(15):1356-1358. PMID: 39992633.

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  • Published on 4/3/2025

    Asfaw DA, Gordon SH, Kyle MA, Griffith KN. Clocking Injustice: Racial Disparities in Specialty Wait Times. Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct; 60(5):e14621. PMID: 40178794.

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  • Published on 4/1/2025

    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. PMID: 40257795.

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  • Published on 3/26/2025

    Eliason EL, Gordon SH, Steenland MW. Association of COVID-19 Continuous Enrollment With Self-Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities. Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug; 60(4):e14618. PMID: 40135503.

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  • Published on 3/14/2025

    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. PMID: 40083265.

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