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Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research

Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research

We work to understand health care affordability and value to translate research into policy change.

Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research

We work to understand health care affordability and value to translate research into policy change.

In a nation that spends nearly double the resources of its peers on health care, we recognize the urgency for innovative solutions to reshape health care delivery and expenditure in the United States.

At CAHPR, our faculty and staff are committed to unraveling the intricate connections between insurance design, market structures, and policy dynamics to pave the way for enhanced patient outcomes and reduced spending.

 

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The Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR) seeks to make fundamental contributions towards understanding and developing policies that increase affordability and value in U.S. healthcare.
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Higher Costs, Less Competition: The Rise of Vertical Integration in the U.S. Health Care System

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May 19, 2025 Rhode Island Current

Hospital price growth cap helped lower insurance premiums, Brown study shows

This article reports on a study by CAHPR researchers that found that Rhode Island’s 2010 hospital price growth cap significantly reduced hospital prices and lowered premiums for fully insured health plans by $1,000 per member annually by 2022. However, the policy had limited impact on the self-insured market due to federal ERISA regulations, and the resulting hospital revenue losses have raised concerns about financial sustainability and care quality.
April 29, 2025 The Boston Globe

Home health care workers are demanding better pay. Cuts to Medicaid could stand in their way.

The article discusses how home health care workers in Rhode Island are fighting for better wages and working conditions through unionization, but their efforts are at risk due to proposed federal Medicaid cuts. David J. Meyers, a health economist at Brown University, warns that such cuts could have a “massive, qualitative impact on people’s lives” and ultimately increase health care spending as unmet needs at home lead to more hospitalizations and emergency visits.
April 14, 2025 Healthcare IT News

Brown University policy expert talks about the future of telehealth flexibilities

The article discusses Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, chair of the Brown SPH Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, and his concerns that ongoing temporary telehealth policies are stifling innovation and investment, as he urges permanent federal solutions to ensure long-term access and growth.
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