The FTC is suing a private equity firm for attempting to monopolize Texas' anesthesiology market. Health Services, Policy & Practice Department Professor @ysingh_hopkins says this represents a more aggressive stance for the agency. "The FTC is not fooling around." statnews.com/2023/09/21/ftc…

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Employers are responsible for providing health insurance for half the country, but have little insight into prices. Innovative groups like Employers' Forum of Indiana use data to push for policy change and be responsible fiduciaries: wsj.com/health/healthc… via The Wall Street Journal

Friends! We are launching our new center Brown University School of Public Health! On October 5 in Providence, a panel with Christopher Whaley, @ysingh_hopkins, Erin Fuse Brown, and Cory King will discuss private equity in healthcare. Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH will kick things off. tinyurl.com/yhkpa3pw

Why are private equity firms investing in health care? What's the impact? Join us for discussion next week as we launch the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research—> CAHPR. Andrew Ryan Christopher Whaley @ysingh_hopkins Erin Fuse Brown RI Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner events.brown.edu/event/269478-p…

Hospital prices have risen more than any other product or service across the US economy says Prof Christopher Whaley, due to “increased concentration, better and more expensive technology and insurance coverage that lessens how much patients feel price increases.” thehill.com/changing-ameri…

New NBER WP with VIRAT AGRAWAL & Neeraj Sood USC Schaeffer Center on the global COVID-19 vax campaign. In first few months, 2.4 million lives saved w/ economic benefit of $6.5 trillion. More lives could have been saved with more equitable distribution nber.org/papers/w31812

This cross-sectional study provides an initial look at how Transparency in Coverage data can be used to inform policies that improve the efficiency of the U.S. health care system. ja.ma/3sir4BH

A new NBER paper by Professor Christopher Whaley, VIRAT AGRAWAL and Neeraj Sood finds global COVID vaccination saved roughly 2.4 million lives and millions in costs, though more lives could have been saved with more equitable distribution. USC Schaeffer Center brown.edu/news/2023-10-3…

This cross-sectional study provides an initial look at how Transparency in Coverage data can be used to inform policies that improve the efficiency of the U.S. health care system. ja.ma/3saWREF

The worldwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution program averted 2.4 million deaths, with an economic benefit of $6.5 trillion, from VIRAT AGRAWAL, Neeraj Sood, and Christopher Whaley nber.org/papers/w31812

25 years of swimming and finally made it to the historic IU Natatorium

Staffing shortages have mounted across healthcare, but analysis by Professor Christopher Whaley & colleagues comparing SNFs to other healthcare settings finds nursing home job losses have risen at over 3 times the rate of loss in hospitals & physicians’ offices. mcknights.com/news/nursing-h…

So honored to have received this year's Seema Sonad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award! Thank you to all of my mentors and Amal Trivedi and Andrew Ryan for nominating me and for your support!

Hi, I want to submit a panel to #ASHEcon on “COVID-19 and Mental Health Conditions”. Let me know if you are also looking for collaborators to submit. Looking for discussants as well. The deadline for submissions is December 11.  #EconTwitter Sumedha Gupta Kosali Simon

Sixty years ago this month in the AER. Many would agree that this paper launched the field of health economics. jstor.org/stable/1812044

Who owns your doctor’s office? In our op-ed for The Hill, Christopher Whaley and I discuss what’s driving doctors to sell independent practices to corporate investors like private equity. We offer paths forward.

This is a good piece. I would add one more element… Many clinicians are excited about moving toward value-based care, but CMS and many insurers only permit large groups to participate in the more interesting and lucrative forms of VBC. Hence: aggregation.