Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Andrew Ryan

Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D.

Director for the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
andrew_m_ryan@brown.edu
Research Profile

Biography

Dr. Ryan is a Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice and the founding director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR) at Brown. Professor Ryan came to Brown in the fall of 2022 from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where he served as director of the Center for Evaluating Health Reform, co-director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy, and associate director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation’s Data and Methods Hub.

Recent News

STAT News

Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test

Hospitals are discouraging infection testing to avoid Medicare penalties, a practice clinicians say jeopardizes patient safety and skews public reporting. As Brown University’s Andrew Ryan put it, “Basically, the measures are just really, really bad … this is honestly the worst” pay-for-performance program, underscoring deep flaws in how infection penalties are designed and enforced.
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WPRI.COM

Community Focus: Brown University’s Andrew Ryan

This news video features Dr. Andrew Ryan, Director of CAHPR, discussing his study on Rhode Island’s hospital affordability standards, which led to significant hospital price and premium reductions—saving $1,000 per fully insured member by 2022.
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