Christopher Cai

Jan 9, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | Johns Hopkins |Victoria Bartlett |Michael Liu |Christopher Cai

Changes in Patient Care Experience After Private Equity Acquisition of US Hospitals A Policy Framework for the Growing Influence of Private Equity in Health Care Delivery Christopher Cai, MD; Zirui Song, MD, PhD Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition Sneha Kannan, MD; Joseph Dov Bruch, PhD; Zirui Song, MD, PhD Hospital Assets Before and After Private Equity Acquisition Elizabeth Schrier, MD; Hope E. M.

Sep 23, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Christopher Cai |Aaron S. Kesselheim

In 2023, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center proposed the Medicare High-Value Drug List Model (hereafter, the model), in which Medicare Part D plans would voluntarily cap out-of-pocket costs at $2 per month for 150 high-value generic medications.1,2 We estimated potential savings from this policy.

Apr 13, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Christopher Cai

Private equity acquisitions of clinician practices and hospitals continue to increase. Over the last decade, hundreds of hospitals, thousands of physicians, and many additional health care entities in the US—including nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, and fertility clinics—have been acquired by private equity firms.