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2025 Testimonies & Briefings

Health Care Resources & Market Oversight; Pharmaceutical Access, Cost & Transparency

Testimony by Roslyn C. Murray, PhD before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on H.1361, to strengthen the Health Policy Commission's cost benchmarking process and enhance the insurance division's rate review process - June 2025

Policy Brief on the Menu of Policy Options for State-Based Universal Health System Reform

Submission by Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH  and Hayden Rooke-Ley, JD to the from Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha - May 2025

Strategies to Address Corporate Consolidation in Health Care: Transaction Oversight and Transparency of Ownership and Control

Testimony by Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH submitted to the Joint Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial
Services Committee of the Maine Legislature on LD 1972: An Act to Enhance Transparency and Value in
Substantial Health Care Transactions by Changing the Review and Approval Process for Those
Transactions - May 2025

Hospital Payment Caps Impact on Prices and Spending 

Testimony by Christopher Whaley, PhD on the impact of hospital payment caps on prices and spending to the Montana State Legislature, Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee - March 2025

Hospital Payments Caps Impact on Prices and Spending Lessons from the Oregon State Employee Plan

Testimony by Roslyn C. Murray, PhD on hospital payment caps impact on prices and spending submitted to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Nevada State Assembly - March 2025

Read the Presentation here

Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults- Gaps, Challenges, and Solutions

Testimony by Patience Moyo Dow and Francesca Beaudoin on opioid use disorder in older adults submitted to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging - March 2025

A Comprehensive Response to the Fentanyl Crisis Strengthening the Response to Fentanyl Through Public Health Interventions

Testimony by Ju Nyeong Park, Ph.D., M.H.S. on a comprehensive response to the fentanyl crisis to the Senate Judiciary Committee - February 2025

Hospital Payment Caps: Impact on Prices and Spending

Testimony by Roslyn C. Murray, PhD on hospital payment caps impact on prices and spending before the Colorado General Assembly - February 2025

New York State Fair Pricing Act: Findings from Impact Analysis

Legislative briefing by  Roslyn C. Murray, PhD to New York State Senators and Assembly members on New York’s Fair Pricing Act and the estimated savings attached to its implementation - February 2025

Related Policy Brief: Estimating Savings from the Fair Pricing Act and Commercial Site-Neutral Payments in New York State

Hospital Payment Caps Impact on Payment and Spending: Lessons from the Oregon State Employee Plan

Testimony by Roslyn C. Murray, PhD on hospital payment caps impact on prices and spending submitted to the House Appropriations Committee of the Washington State Legislature - January 2025

2024 Testimonies & Briefings

Health Care Price Transparency: Opportunities to Lower Costs and Improve Competition: Addendum

Document submitted September 13, 2024, as an addendum to testimony before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on hospital costs and transparency within the commercial market on July 11, 2024 (see below) - July 2024

Health Care Price Transparency: Opportunities to Lower Costs and Improve Competition 

Testimony by Chris Whaley, PhD on hospital costs and transparency within the commercial market before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging - July 2024

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Hearing on Strengthening U.S. Economic Leadership: The Role of Competition in Enhancing Economic Resiliency: Addendum 

Document submitted June 27, 2024 as an addendum to testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Protection on June 5, 2024 (see below) - June 2024

Strengthening U.S. Economic Leadership: The Role of Competition in Enhancing Economic Resiliency

Testimony by Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH on health care consolidation before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights - June 2024

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Price Transparency and Uses of All-Payer Claims Data 

Testimony by Chris Whaley, PhD on price transparency and APCDs before the Oregon State Legislature's Senate Committee on Health Care - May 2024

The Collapse of Private Practice: Examining the Challenges Facing Independent Medicine 

Testimony by Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH to the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health - May 2024 

Read the press release here      Watch the testimony highlights

Private Equity Investment in Physician Practices: Legal and Policy Responses 

Remarks by Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH & Presented at “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care” - March 2024

General Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the testimonies and briefings do not reflect those of Brown University.

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