ASHEcon 2026: 15th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists

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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.

Speakers

Shyam Raman
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Shyam Raman

Associate

Jill Furzer
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Jill Furzer

Senior Economist

Brendan Rabideau
  • Location icon Los Angeles
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Brendan Rabideau

Associate Specialist, Applied Research Center

Laurence C. Baker

Laurence C. Baker

Professor of Health Policy,
Bing Professor of Human Biology,
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research,
Stanford University;
Associate Chair for Education, Department of Health Policy,
Stanford School of Medicine;
Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Research

M. Kate Bundorf

M. Kate Bundorf

J. Alexander McMahon Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management,
Sanford School of Public Policy,
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy,
Duke University

Alice Chen

Alice Chen

Associate Professor,
Sol Price School of Public Policy;
Director of the Value of Life Sciences Innovation Program,
Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics,
University of Southern California

Mark Duggan

Mark Duggan

Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics;
Stanford University

Sayeh Nikpay

Sayeh Nikpay

Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management,
School of Public Health,
University of Minnesota

Maria Polyakova

Maria Polyakova

Associate Professor,
Department of Health Policy,
Stanford School of Medicine;
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR),
Stanford University

Michael R. Richards

Michael R. Richards

Professor,
Director, Sloan Program in Health Administration (M.H.A.),
Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy,
Cornell University

Amanda Starc

Amanda Starc

Associate Professor of Strategy,
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University