Join us on February 11, 2026 for a daylong convening of policymakers, researchers, and community leaders focused on the most pressing health policy challenges facing the state. The summit will feature moderated panels on primary care access, health care affordability, and how the state can navigate changes in federal health policy.

On December 10, 2025 CAHPR hosted an insightful panel discussion 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.

University of Pennsylvania Virtual Seminar | Featuring Andrew Ryan, PhD, with Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, and Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD

Value-based payment has dominated policy since the ACA, but results are mixed. As new federal priorities emerge, CAHPR's director Andrew Ryan and fellow experts weigh the merits of VBP, its limits, and alternatives such as improved fee-for-service.

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.

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.