Projects

Below are some of the projects on which I spend time, beyond research and teaching.

Collaborative Approach to Public Good Investments (CAPGI)

CAPGI is a community governance and financing model that facilitates joint financing of social investments by multiple, potentially competing organizations. Len Nichols, PhD and I first proposed this model in a 2018 paper and have been supporting implementation in several communities across the US since that time. A 4-minute video explainer of the model can be found here. Most recently, Len and I did a 5-yr lookback on the model, which also appeared in Health Affairs – https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00168.

The Public Hospitals Project

The Public Hospitals Project is a multi-case study research project, funded by the Stephen G. Vladeck Junior Faculty Fellowship at NYU Wagner School of Public Service. I lead this project with Sam Doernberg, MD and a exceptional team of research assistants. We collect data on select public hospitals through public document reviews, key-informant interviews and on-site observation. The goal is to answer the following questions: What, if anything, is unique about public hospitals? And what, if anything, should policymakers do to try and support them? For more information click here.

Trust Virtual Research-in-Progress Seminar (sponsored by AcademyHealth)

Sponsored by AcademyHealth and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, I facilitated a monthly research-in-progress seminar that draws together an inter-disciplinary group to discuss ongoing research on trust. We ran this group for 1 year and are now taking a pause to let folks recharge their batteries and develop new works in progress to present. Space is limited to 15 people per session. If you’re interested in signing up, please be in touch!

In Search of an Ethical Constraint on Hospital Revenue Generation

Hospitals have come under public scrutiny for appearing to maximize their financial margin at the expense of patients and staff. In response to this concern, Prof. Taylor’s project will identify a normative ethical constraint on hospital revenue generation that avoids reliance on nonprofit status or medical professionalism. It does so by addressing the following questions: (1) In what ways, if at all, are hospitals different from for-profit business corporations? (2) What are the ethical responsibilities of US hospitals with regard to revenue generation? And (3) How does that ethical responsibility translate to practical directives with regard to contracting, lobbying and pricing? This project is funded by the Greenwall Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Program.