This issue brief provides key lessons for other states interested in hospital payment caps. These include setting caps above Medicare rates but below typical state plan prices to maintain provider participation, exempting small and rural hospitals to protect vulnerable facilities, and legislating payment caps to ensure long-term stability. Oregon’s approach offers valuable insights for states seeking to control health care spending while ensuring access to care.
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Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Roslyn C. Murray Ph.D., MPP
Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Biography
Dr. Murray is an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University in the School of Public Health.
Her areas of expertise include health care spending and private insurance markets. Dr. Murray’s primary research examines state policies to address commercial health care prices. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Health Affairs, JAMA Health Forum, and The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Dr. Murray earned her Ph.D. in health policy and economics from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and holds a graduate degree in public policy from Georgetown University.