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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Health Care

Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise, Organizers

July 23-24, 2015

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, July 23


8:30 am


Coffee and pastries


9:00 am


Abby Alpert, University of California at Irvine
Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER
Neeraj Sood, University of Southern California and NBER
Prescription Drug Advertising and Drug Utilization: The Role of Medicare Part D.


10:00


Daniel Miller, Clemson University
Risk Adjustment and Low Income Subsidy Distortions in Medicare Part D


11:00 am


Break


11:30 am


Florian Heiss, University of Duesseldorf
Daniel L. McFadden, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Joachim Winter, University of Munich
Amelie C. Wuppermann, University of Munich
Bo Zhou, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Plan Switching and Inertia in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


Robin S. Lee, Harvard University and NBER
Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER
Insurer Competition in Health Care Markets


2:30 pm


Timothy J. Layton, Harvard Medical School
Randall P. Ellis, Department of Economics, Boston University
Thomas McGuire, Harvard University and NBER
Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems


3:30 pm


Break


4:00 pm


Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
Tal Gross, Columbia University and NBER
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Northwestern University and NBER
Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort


5:00 pm


Adjourn


Friday, July 24


8:30 am


Coffee and pastries


9:00 am


Alice Chen, University of Southern California
Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER
Saving Lives or Saving Money? Understanding the Dual Nature of Physician Preferences


10:00 am


Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University
Kurt J. Lavetti, The Ohio State University
Physician Concentration and Negotiated Prices: Evidence from State Law Changes


11:00 am


Break


11:30 am


Mark Shepard, Harvard University
Hospital Network Competition and Adverse Selection: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:20 pm


Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER

Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Boris Vabson, University of Pennsylvania
The Efficiency Consequences of Health Care Privatization: Evidence from Medicare Advantage Exits




Joint session with Children’s Program


2:30 pm


David W. Brown, Department of the Treasury
Amanda E. Kowalski, Yale University and NBER
Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury
Medicaid as an Investment In Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?


3:30 pm


Break


4:00 pm


Laura R.. Wherry, University of California at Los Angeles
Sarah Miller, University of Michigan
Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization


5:00 pm


Adjourn