William L. Schpero, PhD

Assistant professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine

Articles by William L. Schpero, PhD

Introduction of Work Requirements to Medicaid Enrollment Could Destabilize Health: William Schpero, PhD, MPhil, MPH

ByJulia Bonavitacola,William L. Schpero, PhD

November 8th 2025

The introduction of more stringent work requirements for those enrolling or renewing their Medicaid coverage can affect both children and adults.

ACO Contracting With Private and Public Payers: A Baseline Comparative Analysis

ByValerie A. Lewis, PhD,Carrie H. Colla, PhD,William L. Schpero, PhD,Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA,Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH

December 12th 2014

The authors find 51% of accountable care organizations have private payer contracts, which are more likely than public contracts to include downside risk and upfront payments.

Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data Model

ByCarrie H. Colla, PhD,William L. Schpero, PhD,Daniel J. Gottlieb, MS,Asha B. McClurg, BA,Peter G. Albert, MS,Nancy Baum, PhD,Karl Finison, MA,Luisa Franzini, PhD,Gary Kitching, BS,Sue Knudson, MA,Rohan Parikh, MS,Rebecca Symes, BS,Elliott S. Fisher, MD

August 21st 2014

The authors demonstrate the utility of distributed data models for reporting of local trends and variation in utilization, pricing, and spending for commercially insured beneficiaries.