Health Econ Seminar Speakers

Fall 2020 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

September 8

Yunan Ji 

September 15

Daniel Prinz

September 22

Caroline Geiger and Jia Xiang

September 29

Amanda Kreider 

October 6

Ljubica Ristovska and Anthony Yu

October 13

Peter Lyu

October 20

Adelina Wang

October 27

Grace McCormack and Maximilian Pany

November 3

Saumya Chatrath and Mahnum Shahzad

November 10

Samantha Burn

November 17

Amanda Kreider

November 24

Daniel Prinz 

December 1

Eran Politzer 

December 8

Saumya Chatrath and Sam Lite

Spring 2020 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

1/28- Monica Farid (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

2/4 – Alice Ndikumana (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

2/11 – Daniel Prinz (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

2/18 – Lina Song (G-6, Health Policy, Decision Science)

2/25 – Saumya Chatrath (G-4, Health Policy, Economics) and Frina Lin (G-4, Public Policy)

3/3 – Samantha Burn (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

3/10 - Alice Ndikumana (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

3/17 – No seminar (Harvard spring break)

3/24 – Samuel Moy (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

3/31 – Special session on payment policy w/ Michael Chernew and Michael McWilliams

4/7 – Bastian Ravesteijin (Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Grace McCormack (G-4, Public Policy)

4/14 – Yunan Ji (G-4, Health Policy, Economics)

4/21 – Adrienne Sabety (G-6, Health Policy, Economics) and Eran Politzer (G-4, Health Policy, Economics)

4/28 - Special session on mental health w/ Richard Frank, Haiden Huskamp, and Michael Barnett

5/5 – Pragya Kakani (G-3, Health Policy, Economics) and Mahnum Shahzad (G-3, Health Policy, Economics)

5/12 – Daniel Prinz (G-5, Health Policy, Economics)

Fall 2019 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Fall 2018 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Spring 2018 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Tim Layton
HCP Assistant Professor
January 23

Kyle Myers
NBER Postdoc
January 30

Annabelle Fowler
Health Policy G4
February 6

Emma Harrington
Economics G3
February 6

Anna Sinaiko
HPM Assistant Professor
February 13

Michael Barnett
HPM Assistant Professor
February 13

Cassandra Peitzman
Health Policy G6
February 20

Joran Lokkerbol
HCP Harkness Fellow
February 20

Rebecca Sachs
Public Policy G4
February 27

Nancy Beaulieu
HCP Research Associate
February 27

Samantha Burn
Health Policy G3
March 6

Annetta Zhou
Health Policy G6
March 6

Jennifer Kao
Public Policy G5
March 20

Alice Ndikumana
Health Policy G3
March 20

Adrian Garcia
Mosqueira Health Policy G4
March 27

Caitlin Carroll
Health Policy G5
April 3

Amanda Kreider
Health Policy G3
April 10

Anas El Turabi
Health Policy G5
April 10

Adrienne Sabety
Health Policy G4
April 17

Julia Dennett
Health Policy G4
April 24

Andrew Wilcock
HCP Postdoc
April 24

Fall 2017 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Heather Sarsons
Economics G6
Traditional
September 5

Annetta Zhou
Health Policy G6
Traditional
September 12

Luca Maini
Economics G6
Traditional
September 26

Stephen Coussens
Public Policy G5
Traditional
October 3

Bryan Perry
HCP Postdoc
Traditional
October 10

Vilsa Curto
Assistant Professort at HPM
Traditional
October 17

Adrian Garcia Mosqueri
Health Policy G4
Working
Dan Ly
Health Policy G3
Working
October 24

Bastian Ravesteijn
HCP Postdoc
Traditional
October 31

Jennifer Kao
Public Policy G5
Working
Veronica Grembi
HCP Visitor
Working
November 7

Katherine Donato
Health Policy G6
Traditional
November 14

Wenjia Zhu
HCP Postdoc
Working
Rebecca Sachs
Public Policy G4
Working
November 28

Caitlin Carroll
Health Policy G5
Working
Adrienne Sabety
Health Policy G4
Working
December 5

Sam Moy
Health Policy G3
Working
Daniel Prinz
​Working
December 12

Spring 2017 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

February 14th, 11AM-12:30PM: Ashvin Gandhi
Picking Your Patients: Resident Selection in the Nursing Home Industry

February 21st, 11AM-12:30PM: Katherine Donato
The Impact of Resource Constraints on Provider Behavior and Health Outcomes in Childbirth

February 28th, 11AM-12:30PM: Jonathan Roth
Insurance Markets with Imperfect Self Risk Assessment

March 7th, 11AM-12:30PM: Caitlin Carroll

Physician Responses to Malpractice Allegations:Evidence from Florida Emergency Departments

March 21st, 11AM-12:30PM: Jeannie Biniek
Characterizing Variation in Physician Prescribing

March 28th, 11AM-12:30PM: Annetta Zhou
Super-star Doctors: Reputation, Quality, and Physician choices

April 4th, 11AM-12:30PM: Stephen Coussens
Heuristic Thinking in Emergency Departments AND Identifying Gender Minority Patients’ Health and Healthcare Needs Using Administrative Claims Data in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries

April 11th, 11AM-12:30PM: Peter Tu and Patricia Foo
Referral Networks and the Physician Effect of Health Care

April 18th, 11AM-12:30PM: Annabelle Fowler
Primary Care Provider Workforce Participation, Patient Experiences, and the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

April 25th, 11AM-12:30PM: Rebecca Sachs and Jennifer Kao

How do Hospitals Set Their Charity Care Policies? Preliminary Evidence from the IRS 990 Data? AND Regulation and Innovation: Evidence from New Uses of Existing Drugs

May 9th, 11AM-12:30PM: Adrienne Sabety
Does the Patient-Provider Relationship Matter for Health Care Quality: Evidence from Worker Turnover

Fall 2016 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

9/8, 9:30-11 
The Effect of Ambulatory Surgical Centers on Hospital Financial Performance and Strategy
Annetta Zhou

9/15, 9:30-11:00
Formulary Design-for-Selection in the ACA Marketplaces
Tim Layton

9/22, 10:00-11:00
Ideas Session
Bapu Jena 

9/29, 9:30-11:00
The Social Returns to Mental Health Care: Evidence from a Dutch Health Insurance Reform (with Eli Schachar)
Bastian Ravesteijn
Hospital Payment Reform in Maryland: Theory and Evidence of Changes in Patient Care under Hospital Budgets 
Eric Roberts

10/13, 9:30-11:00 *
Performance Contracts based on Inputs and Outputs: Experimental Evidence from India *
Manoj Mohanan *

10/20, 9:30-11:00
Improving the Performance of the Health Care System: Computational Health Economics with Normative Data
Savannah Bergquist
Do Clinical Trials Reflect Drug Quality? Implications for Value-Based Pricing
Luca Maini 

10/28, 2:00-3:30
Interpreting Signals: Evidence from Doctor Referrals
Heather Sarsons
Pricing Regulations in Individual Health Insurance: Evidence from Medigap
Vilsa Curto

11/3, 9:30-10:30 
Differences in the Use of Health Insurance by Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
Julia Dennett

11/10, 9:30-11:00 *
Better Late than Never? Physician Response to Schedule Disruptions *
Hannah Neprash *

11/17, 10:00-11:30
Formulary Response to Pharmaceutical Line Extensions: A Stop to the Hop?
Annabelle Fowler

12/1, 9:30-10:30
Bending the Cost Curve the Wrong Way? Evaluation of Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Regulation in the Health Insurance Industry
Victoria Marone

12/8, 9:30-11:00 *
The ActionHealthNYC Experiment: Giving Undocumented Immigrants Healthcare (joint with Jonathan Gruber) *
Adrienne Sabety *

12/15, 9:30-11:00
Money or Knowledge? Behavioral Aspects of Malnutrition
Katherine Donato

Spring 2016 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Fall 2015 Health Economics Seminar Sessions and Speakers

Sep 8, 12:30-2:00pm                Bastian Ravesteijn

Sep 22, 12:30-2:00pm              Sunita Desai    

Sep 29, 12:30-2:00pm              Iris Kesternich    

Oct 6, 12:30-2:00pm                  Patricia Foo    

Oct 13, 1-2:30pm                        Katherine Donato    

Oct 20, 1:30-3:00pm                  Laura Hatfield    

Oct 27, 12:30-2:00pm                Portia Cornell    

Nov 3, 12:30-2:00pm                 Hannah Neprash    

Nov 10, 12:30-2:00pm               Jacob Wallace    

Nov 17, 12:30-2:00pm               Annetta Zhou    

Nov 24, 12:30-2:00pm               Karen Stockley and Jeannie Biniek    

Dec 1, 12:30-2:00pm                 Cassie Peitzman    

Dec 8, 12:30-2:00pm                 Jennifer Kao