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Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference 2022

On May 12-13, 2022, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference brought together faculty, research professionals, and students to explore a variety of health economics issues.

This was an in-person conference at the University of Chicago with limited capacity for virtual participation.

Agenda

Thursday, May 12, 2022
08:30:00–09:00:00

Registration and Breakfast

09:00:00–09:45:00

The Impacts of Increased Access to Regular and Device-Assisted Telemedicine

Dan Zeltzer, Tel Aviv University (Presenter)

Ran Balicer, Clalit Health Services and Ben-Gurion University (Co-author)

Liran Einav, Stanford University, NBER (Co-Author)

Joseph Rashba, Clalit Health Services (Co-Author)

09:45:00–10:35:00

Market Size and Trade in Medical Services

Joshua Gottlieb, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Jonathan Dingel, University of Chicago (Co-Author)

Maya Lozinski, University of Chicago (Co-Author)

Pauline Mourot, University of Chicago (Co-Author)

10:35:00–10:55:00

Break

10:55:00–11:35:00

The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring Providers: Evidence from Medicare Adults

Maggie Shi, Columbia University (Presenter)

11:35:00–12:15:00

Quality Disclosure and Regulation: Scoring Design in Medicare Advantage

Benjamin Vatter, Northwestern University (Presenter)
12:15:00–13:30:00

Lunch

13:30:00–14:15:00

Dynamic Pricing Regulation and Welfare in Insurance Markets

Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin (Presenter)

Ami Ko, Georgetown University (Co-Author)

14:15:00–15:00:00

Opiates of the Masses? Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion

Tamar Oostrom, Ohio State University (Presenter)

Tyler Giles, University of Notre Dame (Co-Author)

Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame (Co-Author)

15:00:00–15:15:00

Break

15:15:00–16:00:00

Regulating Out-of-Network Hospital Payments: Disagreement Payoffs, Negotiated Prices, and Access

Nicholas Tilipman, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)

Elena Prager, Northwestern University (Co-Author)

Friday, May 13, 2022
08:00:00–08:30:00

Breakfast

08:30:00–09:15:00

Private Equity, Consumers, and Competition: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry

Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA Anderson (Presenter)

YoungJun Song, San Diego State University (Co-Author)

Prabhava Upadrashta, Duke University (Co-Author)

09:15:00–10:00:00

The Corporatization of Hospital Care

Atul Gupta, University of Pennsylvania (Presenter)

Elena Andreyeva, Texas A&M (Co-Author)

Catherine Ishitani, University of Pennsylvania (Co-Author)

Malgorzata Sywestrzak, HealthCore (Co-Author)

Benjamin Ukert, Texas A&M (Co-Author)

10:00:00–10:20:00

Break

10:20:00–11:00:00

Evidence and Lessons on the Health Impacts of Public Health Funding from the Fight against HIV/AIDS

Marcus Dillender, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)

11:00:00–23:40:00

Overcoming Information Gaps and the Risk-Income Tradeoff in Transactional Sex with HIV Self-Tests: Behavioral Responses to New Diagnostics

Ruchi Mahadeshwar, Brown University (Presenter)

Kawango Agot, University of Nairobi (Co-Author)

Harsha Thirumurthy, University of Pennsylvania (Co-Author)

11:40:00–12:20:00

Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Valerie Michelman, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Lucy Msall, University Chicago (Co-author)

12:20:00–13:30:00

Lunch

13:30:00–14:10:00

Can Competitive Bidding Work in Health Care? Evidence from Medicare Durable Medical Equipment

Yunan Ji, Harvard University (Presenter)

14:10:00–15:00:00

The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)

David Chan, Stanford University (Co-Author)

15:00:00

Conference Concludes

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