Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Policy Discussions
At CAHPR, we're at the forefront of engaging state and federal policymakers in discussions to navigate and influence the ever-evolving landscape of US health care, ensuring that dialogue leads to meaningful outcomes.
Policy Discussions
At CAHPR, we're at the forefront of engaging state and federal policymakers in discussions to navigate and influence the ever-evolving landscape of US health care, ensuring that dialogue leads to meaningful outcomes.
Upcoming Events
Improving Medicare Advantage: Evidence-Based Reforms for a More Transparent and Sustainable Program
Join us on December 10, 2025 for an insightful panel discussion hosted by the CAHPR. The discussion will focus on potential areas to revitalize the MA program with growing consensus, such as improving risk adjustment, addressing upcoding incentives, enhancing transparency, and reforming prior authorization.
2025 Policy Discussions
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats held a roundtable on how profit-driven practices—including private equity acquisitions in healthcare—affect veterans in the Community Care Network (CCN). CAHPR researchers Yashaswini Singh, David Meyers, and Erin Fuse Brown shared insights on how profit incentives impact access, cost, and quality as Congress considers CCN expansion.
The Brown University Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR) and the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) Medicare Policy Initiative present a virtual briefing exploring the complexities of MA payment issues and strategies to curb overpayments.
This insightful panel discussion hosted by the Brown University School of Public Health’s Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR). This event will explore the growing prevalence of vertical integration in the U.S. healthcare system, including hospital systems acquiring outpatient practices and insurance products, and the role of private equity in reshaping care delivery.
This webinar dives into the fundamentals of site-neutral payment policies and their implications for patients, providers, and the healthcare system and provide insights into the challenges posed by current payment differentials, the opportunities presented by site-neutral reforms, and more.
Dr. Yashaswini Singh, mandated by Maryland’s 2024 HB 1388, presented findings on PE in Maryland physician practices, covering trends, geographic penetration, affected communities, and participation in value-based care. Erin Fuse Brown provided policy recommendations to the state on enhancing oversight of healthcare transactions, protecting healthcare workers, and increasing ownership transparency.
2024 Policy Discussions
A discussion with Attorney General Peter Neronha on health system mergers, private equity ownership of hospitals, the prospect of hospital closures, and the role of regulation on the future of health care in the state. An event co-sponsored by CAHPR and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown.