Scott Andrew Lorch, MD, MSCE
Neonatology and Newborn Services
Independent provider
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP
About me
- Associate Chair and Director of Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Division of Neonatology, CHOP
- Kristine Sandberg Knisely Professor in Neonatology
My education and training
- Medical School: Northwestern University
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2003
- Pediatrics, 1999
- AcademyHealth, National
- Content Expert, Maternal Child Health Bureau Title V, Measure III, Risk-Adjusted Perinatal Care, National
- Critical Path Institute, International Neonatal Consortium, Real Word Data Committee, International
- Member, American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- Member, American Pediatric Society, National
- Member, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, National
- Member, Pediatric Policy Council, National
- Member, Society for Pediatric Research, National
- Member, Society of Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Research, National
- Member, The American Society for Clinical Investigation, National
- National Institutes of Health, Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Health (RPPH) Study Section, National
- Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lorch SA, Baiocchi M, Ahlberg CE, Small, DS The differential impact of delivery hospital on the outcomes of premature infants , Pediatrics, 130(2): 2012,270-278
Lorch SA, Srinivas SK, Ahlberg C, Small DS The impact of obstetric unit closures on maternal and infant pregnancy outcomes , Health Serv Res, 48(2 Pt 1): 2013,455-75
Lorch SA Quality measurements in pediatrics: What do they assess? , JAMA Pediatr, 167(1): 2013,89-90
Lorch SA, Kroelinger CD, Ahlberg C, Barfield WD Factors that mediate racial/ethnic disparities in US fetal death rates , Am J Pub Health, 102(10): 2012,1902-1910
Lorch SA, Maheshwari P, Even-Shoshan O The impact of certificate of need programs on neonatal intensive care units , J Perinatol, 32(1): 2012,39-44
Goyal N, Fager C, Lorch SA Adherence to discharge guidelines for late-preterm newborns , Pediatrics, 128(1): 2011,62-71
Tucker Edmonds B, Fager C, Srinivas S, Lorch SA Racial and ethnic differences in use of intubation for periviable neonates , Pediatrics, 127(5): 2011,e1120-e1127
Lorch SA, Baiocchi M, Silber JH, Even-Shoshan, O, Escobar GJ, Small DS The role of outpatient facilities in explaining variations in risk-adjusted readmission rates between hospitals , Health Serv Res, 45(1): 2010,24-41
Lorch SA, Wade KC, Bakewell-Sachs S, Medoff-Cooper B, Escobar GJ, Silber JH Racial differences in the use of respiratory medications in premature infants after discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , J Pediatr, 151(6): 2007,604-610
Lorch SA, Silber JH, Even-Shoshan O, Millman A Use of prolonged travel to improve pediatric risk-adjustment models , Health Serv Res, 44(2 Part I): 2009,519-541