Speaking before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee, public health researcher Christopher Whaley called upon Congress to improve healthcare price and organizational transparency.
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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 findings of the working paper offer a behind-the-scenes look at what can happen as major health insurers expand into owning and operating physician practices.
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This article includes commentary from Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Christopher Whaley.
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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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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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