Switching From MA to TM Increases Mental Health Care Use: Angela Liu, PhD, MPH

To wrap up this year's author podcast series, The American Journal of Managed Care^® speaks with Angela Liu, PhD, MPH, assistant research professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about her December 2025 study, "Mental Health Care Use After Leaving Medicare Advantage for Traditional Medicare."

Her research analyzed Medicare beneficiaries with mental health diagnoses who switched from Medicare Advantage (MA) to traditional Medicare (TM), examining their use of mental health services in the year before and after the switch.

In this Managed Care Cast episode, Liu discusses what inspired her research, highlights the key findings, and explores ways to improve equitable access to mental health services for Medicare beneficiaries.

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