Aaron Schwartz

University of Pennsylvania

Aaron L. Schwartz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and a physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.

A physician and health economist, he studies the efficiency of U.S. health care delivery, including the private provision of public benefits through Medicare Advantage and VA Community Care, low-value medical services, insurer coverage rules, and Medicare risk adjustment.

Aaron Schwartz

Policy Briefs

Up to 19%

of the VA's Health Care Appropriation
(0.4% of Total Health Spending)
Payers

Authorizing the VA to Recover Payments from Medicare Advantage Plans for Dually Enrolled Veterans’ Care