Anushree Vichare

Dr. Anushree Vichare is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and is affiliated with the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Dr. Vichare has a PhD in Healthcare Policy and Research and is a primary care physician. Her research is focused on investigating how Medicaid policies affect healthcare access, utilization, and health outcomes among low-income populations, with a particular focus on the role of health workforce. She has previously worked with medical societies in developing practice improvement tools such as clinical practice guidelines and quality measures to improve cancer care. In her current role, Dr. Vichare serves as an investigator on a robust portfolio of extramural-funded projects that examine how health workforces’ composition, diversity and distribution impacts access to care and quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries, including a focus on cancer care and maternal health care. Recent projects examine the role of patient-clinician concordance in improving primary care utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries and delineating the workforce caring for Medicaid beneficiaries with a cancer diagnosis.