Norma B. Coe, PhD

Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Health Policy Division
11th Fl Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Health Policy Division
11th Fl Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
nbcoe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
nbcoe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Economics)
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1997.
PhD (Economics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA , 2005.
Permanent linkBA (Economics)
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1997.
PhD (Economics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA , 2005.
Selected Publications
Coe NB, Werner RM: Your Parents Deserve More From Their Nursing Home (Guest Essay). NY Times Feb 2025 Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/opinion/nursing-home-care-parents.html.Gonalons-Pons P, Hoffman A, Coe NB, Kreider A, Miller KEM: Worker Wages Stagnate as Medicaid Home Care Spending Rises. Raising Reimbursement Rates and Wages Would Support a Stable Workforce and Better Care, LDI Fellows Say (Blog Post). Penn LDI Research & Policy Updates Dec 2024 Notes: https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/worker-wages-stagnate-as-medicaid-home-care-spending-rises/
White LLY, Sun C, Coe NB: Quality of Hospices Used by Medicare Advantage and Traditional Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open 7(12): e2451227, Dec 2024.
Aamodt WW, Sun C, Dahodwala N, Elser H, Schneider ALC, Farrar JT, Coe NB, Willis AW: End-of-Life Health Care Service Use and Cost Among Medicare Decedents With Neurodegenerative Diseases. Neurology 103(9): e209925, Nov 2024.
Rosenkranz DA, White L, Sun C, Miller KEM, Coe NB: Market segmentation by profit status: evidence from hospice Health Affairs Scholar 2(12): qxae160, Nov 2024.
Miller KEM, Coe NB, Kreider AR, Hoffman A, Rhode K, Gonalons-Pons P: Increasing expenditures on home- and community-based services: Do home care workers benefit? Health Services Research Page: 1-12, Oct 2024.
Rohde K, Coe NB, Gonalons-Pons P, Miller K, Kreider AR, Hoffman AK: Addressing Problems With Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services In The Age Of Rebalancing. Health Affairs 43(10): 1438-1447, Oct 2024.
Wood SJ, Conrad D, Grembowski D, Coe NB, Fishman P, Teutsch E: Medicaid Integrated Purchasing for Physical and Behavioral Health: Early Adopters' Perceptions of Payment Reform Implementation in Washington State. Hospital Topics 102(4): 237-249, Oct- Dec 2024.
Werner R, Coe NB: Briefing: The Impact of Repealing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Minimum Staffing Rule on Patient Outcomes. Presented to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Provided an analysis in response to a request for information from Senator Elizabeth Warren on the impact of repealing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) minimum staffing rule on patient outcomes. (eds.). Jul 2024 Notes: https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/comment-the-impact-of-repealing-the-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-minimum-staffing-rule-on-patient-outcomes/
Wang S, Werner RM, Coe NB, Chua R, QI M, Konetzka RT: The role of Medicaid home and community‐based services in use of Medicare post‐acute care. Health Services Research May 2024.