Christopher Whaley Journalist Profile

Articles

Economic Shocks and Healthcare Capital Investments

2 months ago | nber.org | Michael Richards |Maggie Shi |Christopher Whaley

We thank Amy Bond, Tyler Braun, Gonzalo Maturana, Beth McGinty, and Jiani Yu as well as organizers and participants at the 2024 Southeast Health Economics Study Group, the 2025 ASSA meetings, the David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium at Weill Cornell Medical College, and the University of Buffalo for opportunities to present earlier versions of this work. The authors have no financial interests to disclose and any views and errors are their own.
The Promise And Pitfalls Of Site-Neutral Payments In Medicare

Sep 18, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins

From 2021 to 2022, Medicare spending increased by 5.9 percent, to $944 billion in 2022, reaching 21 percent of total National Health Expenditures. Increased Medicare spending has raised concerns about the financial sustainability of the Medicare program. As health care spending has increased over the last decade, bipartisan momentum to address health care costs has emerged.
Nursing Home Certificate of Need Moratoria During the COVID-19 Pandemic Had Little Impact on Access

Sep 12, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Anthony Yu |Christopher Whaley

What do we already know about this topic? Certificate of need (CON) laws on nursing homes are associated with lower nursing home capacity, higher costs, and lower quality of care; CON states experienced higher hospital utilization during the pandemic compared to non-CON states. How does your research contribute to the field? This article studies how CON moratoria during the COVID-19 pandemic affected nursing home capacity and utilization.
Nursing Home Certificate of Need Moratoria During the COVID-19 Pandemic Had Little Impact on Access

Sep 11, 2024 | rand.org | Christopher Whaley |Anthony Yu

Topics Publisher: Sage JournalsAvailability: Non-RAND Year: 2024 Pages: 7 Document Number: EP-70618 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
The Rise Of Health Care Consolidation And What To Do About It

Sep 9, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Yashaswini Singh |Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins

On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a cross-government request for information (RFI) into private equity and other corporations’ increasing control over health care. The three agencies accepted comments through June 5 as they sought additional information on how health care consolidation is affecting markets.
Managing Margins: PE Effects on Financial, Physical, and Human Capital

Aug 16, 2024 | nber.org | Michael Richards |Maggie Shi |Christopher Whaley

Whaley acknowledges funding provided by Arnold Ventures. The authors are grateful to Ambar La Forgia, Ashvin Gandhi, Atul Gupta, and Ryan McDevitt for excellent suggestions for this work. The authors also thank the Federal Trade Commission for an opportunity to share and receive feedback on some of their early findings. They also wish to thank Daniel Wang and Nandita Radhakrishnan for their research assistance. Any remaining errors belong solely to the authors.
Trends in Private Equity Consolidation in Cardiovascular Care

Jun 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Yashaswini Singh |Christopher Whaley

Introduction The US health care system has witnessed a rapid increase in the consolidation of physician practices by private equity (PE) firms.
Federal Legislation And State Policy Efforts Promote Access To And Use of Discounted Cash Prices

Mar 27, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Jonathan Wolfson |Josh Archambault |Christopher Whaley |Cynthia Fisher |Ge Bai

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2023. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
Congress Has The Opportunity To Deliver Health Care Price Transparency

Mar 18, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins |Ge Bai

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care

Feb 12, 2024 | rand.org | Christopher Whaley

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