A Brown University School of Public Health analysis shows Oregon’s cap on hospital payments for the state employee health plan led to major savings without reducing services, staffing or patient satisfaction.
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Christopher Whaley, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Biography
Research Interests: health care price transparency and market structure
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The Economist
How to lower America’s soaring health-care costs
Associate Professor Christopher Whaley comments on why health care is so expensive in the US and what can be done.
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The Providence Journal
A colonoscopy costs nearly eight times more at one RI hospital than another. Why?
Experts from the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research comment on this Providence Journal investigation.
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Republicans pushed for more oversight, or complete removal, of nonprofits’ tax-exempt status. Democrats warned restrictions could cause hospital closures. Christopher Whaley, associate director of Brown University’s Center of Advancing Health Policy through Research comments.
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Speaking before the House Committee on Ways and Means, public health researcher Christopher Whaley suggested ways Congress can help ensure tax benefits for hospitals translate into health care benefits for patients.
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A study led by Brown University researchers showed that a push from private equity investors into opioid treatment programs concentrates ownership without increasing methadone supply.
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