Cornerstone Research affiliated experts and staff will discuss issues related to healthcare markets, regulation, and policy at this annual conference.
This four-day conference, featuring panel discussions and contributed sessions, brings together leading scholars and economics experts to examine the latest policy trends and research in health economics.
Laurence Baker, Stanford University
8 June
- (Chair) Session: “Market Entry, Ownership, and Innovation in Regulated Healthcare Sectors”
9 June
- (Presenter) Spotlight Session: “Being a Health Economist: Working in Different Types of Departments and Schools”
- (Author) Abstract: “Variation in Payment Methods and Pricing Bases among Hospital-Insurer Contracts”
M. Kate Bundorf, Duke University
9 June
- (Chair) Session: “Provider and Plan Responses to Medicare Payment Reforms”
- (Author) Abstract: “Hospital Market Competition and Participation in Value-Based Payment Programs”
- (Author) Abstract: “Beyond Autonomy: The Role of Cognitive Impairment in Shaping End-of-Life Care Intensity”
Alice Chen, University of Southern California
8 June
- (Chair) Session: “Barriers to Innovation in Life Sciences R&D”
- (Author) Abstract: “Physician Responses to Peer Exclusions for Fraud, Waste, and Abuse”
9 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Drug Coupons as a Strategic Lever: Expanding Access or a Brand Loyalty Acquisition Tool?”
Mark Duggan, Stanford University
9 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Health Care Among People Experiencing Homelessness: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act”
Jill Furzer, Cornerstone Research
8 June
- (Presenter) Spotlight Session: “Being a Health Economist: Working in Government, Health Insurance and Health Plans, Pharmaceutical Companies, Consulting Firms and Think Tanks”
Sayeh Nikpay, University of Minnesota
8 June
- (Presenter) Session: “Policy Roundtable: Changes to the 340B Drug Pricing Program”
9 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Let 340B? The Impacts of the 340B Drug Discount Program”
10 June
- (Presenting Author) Abstract: “Stretching Scarce Authorizing Text as Far as Possible: A Legislative History of the 340B Drug Discount Program”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Breadth of Medicare Part D Pharmacy Networks and Association with Plan-Level Factors, 2019–2025”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Assessing the Relationship between Medical Debt and Commercial Prices and Utilization in High Cost of Care Provider Settings: Implications for Site Neutral Payment Reform”
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University
8 June
- (Presenter) Session: “NIH Panel: Next Generation First: Catalyzing the Full Potential of Early-Career Health Economists”
9 June
- (Author) Abstract: “The Physical Ceiling: Quantifying Potential AI Exposure across Physician Specialties”
Brendan Rabideau, Cornerstone Research
8 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Insurer-Pharmacy Benefit Manager Vertical Integration and Patient Out-of-Pocket Spending”
Shyam Raman, Cornerstone Research
8 June
- (Chair) Session: “Geography, Infrastructure, and Access to Care”
9 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Institutional Trust and Preventative Health Behaviors”
10 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Cannabis Laws and Consumer Demand for Over-the-Counter Pain Medications”
Michael R. Richards, Cornell University
8 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Stress Testing Markets for Cardiac Care”
- (Author) Abstract: “Healthcare Market Dynamics after Deregulation”
10 June
- (Author) Abstract: “What Do Hospitals Do with $10 Billion?”
- (Author) Abstract: “Returns to Trainees in a Highly Regulated Labor Market”
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University
8 June
- (Presenter) Session: “Kate Ho Memorial Session”
9 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Insurance Design and the Passthrough of Nominal Drug Prices”
Cornerstone Research is a sponsor of this event, hosted by ASHEcon. For more information, visit the event website.