Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil
Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil is an Associate Director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research, as well as a cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the Associate Program Director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship. He is also the Section Head of Health Policy and Equity at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research and the Clinical Lead of High Value Care at the Center for Health Care Delivery Science at BIDMC. Dr. Wadhera is the PI of two R01 grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and a R01 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). He is also a co-investigator on several other R01s. His research program is primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other extramural grants.
Our Work
Research conducted in the Health Policy & Equity Section combines the use of real-world data with advanced statistical, econometric, and epidemiological methods to answer questions related to healthcare access, quality and value, and population health, with a focus on cardiovascular outcomes. The work has explored how state and federal health policies - particularly those enacted under the Affordable Care Act and the Inflation Reduction Act - impact care delivery, clinical outcomes, and health equity. Work in this section is commonly published in high-impact journals such as NEJM, JAMA, and BMJ.
Research Areas
Our Research Team
Selected Publications
Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries With Cardiovascular Risk Factors Under the Inflation Reduction Act
Prihatha R Narasimmaraj, Andrew Oseran, Archana Tale, Jiaman Xu, Utibe R Essien, Dhruv Kazi, Robert W Yeh, Rishi K Wadhera
Health Equity Adjustment and Hospital Performance in the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program
Michael Liu, Sahil Sandhu, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Rishi K Wadhera
Private Equity Acquisitions of Outpatient Cardiology Practices in the United States, 2013-2023
Victoria Bartlett, Michael Liu, Shylie Ati, Robert Yeh, ZhaoNian Zheng, Rishi K Wadhera
Changes in Health Care and Prescription Medication Affordability in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stephen A Mein, Lucas X Marinacci, ZhaoNian Zheng, Isabella Ahmad, Rishi K Wadhera
Cardiovascular Health of Middle-Aged U.S. Adults by Income Level, 1999 to March 2020: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study
Michael Liu, Rahul Aggarwal, ZhaoNian Zheng, Robert Yeh, Dhruv S Kazi, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Rishi K Wadhera
Financial Burden of Health Care in the Privately Insured 
US Population
Sukruth A Shashikumar, ZhaoNian Zheng, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Rishi K Wadhera
Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing and 30-Day 
Mortality at Hospitals Caring for High Proportions of Black Adults
Ashley N Kyalwazi, Prihatha Narasimmaraj, Jiaman Xu, Yang Song, Rishi K Wadhera
Health Care Access and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Working-Age Adults with Low Income by State Medicaid Expansion Status
Andrew S Oseran, Tianyu Sun, Rishi K Wadhera
Cardiovascular Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Rishi K Wadhera, Changyu Shen, Suhas Gondi, Siyan Chen, Dhruv S Kazi, Robert W Yeh
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