# Daniel Polsky > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Polsky > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Polsky.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Polsky > Source revision: 1287021289 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox academic | name = Daniel Polsky | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = | education =BS., Economics, [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan)
MPP., 1989, [Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy](/source/Gerald_R._Ford_School_of_Public_Policy)
PhD, economics, 1996, [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) | thesis_title =The changing nature of job security in the United States | thesis_url = | thesis_year =1996 | doctoral_advisor = | years_active = | known_for = | spouse ={{married|Tracey Jennifer Golembe|2004}} |discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = University of Pennsylvania
[Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University) | main_interests = Health Economics | notable_works = | website = }} '''Daniel Elias Polsky''' is an American health economist. He is the 40th [Bloomberg Distinguished Professor](/source/Bloomberg_Distinguished_Professorships) of Health Policy and Economics at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University). ==Early life and education== Polsky grew up in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).{{cite tweet|user=healthcon_dan|number=1249746673351434241|date=April 13, 2020|title=My original home town, Pittsburgh PA, has 867 Confirmed Cases and 19 deaths among 1.2 million people with a poverty rate of 11.7%.}} He earned his [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) at the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) before enrolling at their [Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy](/source/Gerald_R._Ford_School_of_Public_Policy) for his [Master's degree](/source/Master's_degree). He returned home to Pennsylvania for his PhD in economics from the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania).{{cite web |title=Daniel Polsky, PhD |url=https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/daniel-polsky-phd |website=carey.jhu.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020}} ==Career== Upon earning his PhD, Polsky accepted a faculty position at his alma mater in 1996. During his tenure at the university, he was appointed to sit on the President's Council of Economic Advisor from 2007 to 2008 and advised the [Congressional Budget Office](/source/Congressional_Budget_Office) on health issues.{{cite news |last1=DiStefano |first1=Joseph N. |title=Polsky to push Penn health research into Washington policy circles |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/Polsky-to-head-Penns-Leonard-Davis-health-econ-group.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |publisher=[Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/Philadelphia_Inquirer) |date=October 22, 2012}} Using his economic experience, Polsky served as the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics (LDI) Director of Research starting in 2008 and was eventually promoted to Executive Director in 2012.{{cite web |title=Dan Polsky Named New LDI Executive Director |url=https://ldi.upenn.edu/news/dan-polsky-named-new-ldi-executive-director |website=ldi.upenn.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020 |date=October 2012 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703163739/https://ldi.upenn.edu/news/dan-polsky-named-new-ldi-executive-director |url-status=dead }} Two years later, his co-authored paper "Shipping out instead of shaping up: Rehospitalization from nursing homes as an unintended effect of public reporting," received the 2014 "Article of the Year" award from the AcademyHealth. The paper discussed how nursing home operators were [gaming](/source/Gaming_the_system) the Nursing Home Compare (NHC) system by inaccurately reporting their clinical indicators for patients. Their study urged "policymakers to consider doing more to adjust for baseline risk when reporting quality as a way to counter the incentives providers have to selectively avoid the sickest patients".{{cite web |title=AcademyHealth Article of Year Honors Paper by Konetzka, Polsky and Werner |url=https://ldi.upenn.edu/news/academyhealth-article-year-honors-paper-konetzka-polsky-and-werner |website=idi.upenn.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020 |date=June 2014 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703191843/https://ldi.upenn.edu/news/academyhealth-article-year-honors-paper-konetzka-polsky-and-werner |url-status=dead }} As a result of his research, Polsky was appointed to the [National Academy of Medicine](/source/National_Academy_of_Medicine)'s Health and Medicine Division Committee{{cite web |title=Daniel Polsky Named to National Academy of Medicine Committee |url=https://ldi.upenn.edu/in-the-news/daniel-polsky-named-national-academy-medicine-committee |website=ldi.upenn.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020 |date=April 2017 |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702002401/https://ldi.upenn.edu/in-the-news/daniel-polsky-named-national-academy-medicine-committee |url-status=dead }} and eventually named a Member in 2018.{{cite web |title=LDI's Polsky, Werner and Domchek Named to National Academy of Medicine |url=https://ldi.upenn.edu/news/ldis-polsky-werner-and-domchek-named-national-academy-medicine |website=ldi.upenn.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020 |date=October 2018}} In 2019, Polsky left the University of Pennsylvania to become the 40th [Bloomberg Distinguished Professor](/source/Bloomberg_Distinguished_Professorships) of Health Policy and Economics at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University).{{cite web |last1=Cruickshank |first1=Saralyn |title=Leading health economist joins Hopkins as 40th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/03/12/daniel-polsky-health-economics-bloomberg-distinguished-professor/ |website=hub.jhu.edu |access-date=July 1, 2020 |date=March 12, 2019}} ==Personal life== Polsky is Jewish and married his wife Tracey Jennifer Golembe in a Jewish ceremony in 2004.{{cite news |title=Tracey Golembe, Daniel Polsky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/fashion/weddings/tracey-golembe-daniel-polsky.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 2004}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Google Scholar id | id= kIuyvPwAAAAJ }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Polsky, Daniel}} Category:Living people Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine Category:American health economists Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Gerald R. 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