Policy and Regulation

Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy

The pace of change in healthcare is unlike that of any other industry. Policies and regulations are constantly being proposed, implemented, and later amended to address issues of access, cost and quality. The Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy brings experience and expertise to estimate the impacts of current policy and proposed changes on a complex and evolving healthcare system. Our team provides comprehensive analyses of proposed expansions and transactions in regulatory review processes, assessing the current and future impact on patient choice, access, pricing, and competitiveness.

The Center’s Policy and Regulation work spans proposed policies and regulations in the US and internationally. To understand the potential impacts of proposed changes in policy, the Center’s economists use an integrated approach that combines detailed qualitative knowledge of policy context and advanced modeling techniques to estimate quantitative impacts. Our analyses are rooted in rich healthcare data as applied to locally-relevant data, deep understanding of policy details, and econometric and simulation techniques that concisely capture essential policy features and responses. Our capabilities include advanced predictive modeling to evaluate current and future outcomes and sustainability of the system. The team leverages this approach to provide policymakers and stakeholders with information on a wide range of issues, from highly specified proposed changes to Medicare payment policy (e.g., site-neutral payments) or Medicaid coverage (e.g., Medicaid redetermination processes) to fundamental realignments of healthcare delivery or payment, such as the implementation of a public option.

Our team provides comprehensive economic assessments in broader regulatory review processes of potential acquisitions, transactions and proposed major investments across the healthcare delivery spectrum. Our economic analyses in Certificate of Public Advantage processes include detailed evaluation of a proposed transaction and its impact including proposed conditions or regulation of pricing, investments, or contracting The Center team provides supporting detailed economic analyses estimating current and future impacts of proposed provider major investments on access, health needs, prices, services, and competition as a component of Certificate/Determination of Need processes.

Our approaches examine both intended and unintended consequences of policy and regulatory changes to provide comprehensive insights for decision-makers across stakeholders including health systems and state or federal agencies.

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