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.
This year, Maria Polyakova of Stanford University will be awarded the Kate Ho ASHEcon Medal. For more details, read the press release.
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.