- Phone:
- (678) 823-3128
- Email:
- megsfish@iu.edu
- Website:
- http://www.megdalynn.com/
Education
- MPA, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2019
- BS, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, 2017
Courses Taught
- Instructor of record: Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs, SPEA-V202
- Teaching Assistant: Healthcare Finance, SPEA-H526
Selected Honors and Awards
- Robert Agranoff PhD Fellowship, Indiana University, 2023 – 2024
- Irsay Institute Fellowship, Indiana University, 2023 – 2024
- Graduate Fellowship, Rumsfeld Foundation, 2019 – 2021
- Stewart L. Grow Award, Brigham Young University, 2019
- Healthcare Industry Scholar, Brigham Young University, 2019
Selected Publications
- Freedman, Seth, Victoria Perez, Megdalynn Fisher. "End of Life Inpatient Spending and Hospital Advertising" under review.
- Fisher, Megdalynn. "Government Intervention in Nursing Homes: Assessing Ownership Dynamics and Quality of Care Under Non-State Government Owned Supplemental Payment Programs," work in progress.
- Bowblis, John, Megdalynn Fisher, Kosali Simon. "Nursing Home Use of Antipsychotics: Does Public Reporting Incentivize Gaming?" work in progress.
- Bowblis, John, Megdalynn Fisher, and Kosali Simon. "Racial Sorting Among Nursing Home Residents," work in progress.
- Bowblis, John, Megdalynn Fisher, Judith Lucas, Kosali Simon. "Antipsychotic Medication Use Among Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Ownership Structures," work in progress.
Research Interests
- Health economics and policy
- Healthcare and public finance
- Healthcare labor market
- Healthcare quality and services