Ph.D. Student, RAND School of Public Policy, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
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Han-Yi Chiu is an assistant policy researcher at RAND and a Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His research focuses on skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), post-acute care, and health system resilience, with particular emphasis on nursing workforce capacity, regulatory compliance, racial disparities, and payment policy reform in California and federally.
He conducts quantitative and mixed-methods analyses using large-scale Medicare, Medicaid, and California Department of Public Health datasets, including Payroll-Based Journal staffing data, staffing audit records, and claims data. His recent work examines staffing audits and disparities in California SNFs, evaluates pandemic-era staffing waivers, and models the impacts of Medicare payment policies such as the Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS cap extensions. He has also contributed to projects on telehealth access for children with special health care needs and health system transformation during COVID-19.
Prior to joining RAND, he worked for over ten years at Hospitals and Institute of Health Policy and Management as a health data analyst, where he published on mass casualty events, infectious disease response, comorbidity risks, and continuity of care outcomes. He also served as a public health nurse in the Marshall Islands, establishing infectious disease surveillance and chronic disease management systems. He holds an M.S. in Health Policy and Management from National Taiwan University and a B.S. in nursing from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan.
M.S. in health policy and management, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan; B.S. in nursing, National Yang-Ming University (NYMU), Taipei, Taiwan; B.S. in biomedical science and environmental biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chinese (native); English (fluent); Hakka (fluent)
