SI 2015 Health Care

Jon_Gruber, Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise, Emily Wiessner, and Joan Stillwell, Organizers

July 23-24, 2015

Sonesta

Thursday, July 23
9:00 am
9:00 am	Abby Alpert, University of Pennsylvania and NBER 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 am
10:00 am	Daniel Miller, Clemson University Risk Adjustment and Low Income Subsidy Distortions in Medicare Part D
11:30 am	Florian Heiss, University of Duesseldorf Daniel L. McFadden, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Joachim Winter, University of Munich Amelie C. Wuppermann Bo Zhou, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics Plan Switching and Inertia in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data
1:30 pm
1:30 pm	Kate Ho, Princeton University and NBER Robin S. Lee, Harvard University and NBER Insurer Competition in Health Care Markets
2:30 pm
2:30 pm	Timothy J. Layton, University of Virginia and NBER Randall P. Ellis, Boston University Thomas McGuire, Harvard University and NBER Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems
4:00 pm	Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort
Friday, July 24
9:00 am
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
10:00 am	Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University Kurt J. Lavetti, The Ohio State University and NBER Physician Concentration and Negotiated Prices: Evidence from State Law Changes
11:30 am	Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER Hospital Network Competition and Adverse Selection: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange
1:30 pm
1:30 pm
1:30 pm	David W. Brown, U.S. Department of the Treasury Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan and NBER Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury Medicaid as an Investment in Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?
2:30 pm	Laura R. Wherry, New York University and NBER Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER Robert Kaestner, University of Chicago and NBER Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization
4:00 pm