Christopher Brunt | Medicare Pricing, Supplier Induced Demand, and Doctors' Incentives

<p>Pricetheory.substack.com</p><p>Welcome to Episode 13 of the Economic Forces Podcast! We interview <a target="_blank" href="https://parker.georgiasouthern.edu/economics/christopher-s-brunt/">Christopher Brunt</a>, Shirley & Philip Solomons Endowed Chair, Professor of Economics at Georgia Southern. We talk about health economics, especially supplier-induced demand, Medicare pricing, and how administered prices distort incentives for doctors.</p><p>Chris’s Research</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hec.1649">CPT fee differentials and visit upcoding under Medicare Part B</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hec.2952">Pricing distortions in medicare's physician fee schedule and patient satisfaction with care quality and access</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Economic Forces at <a href="https://pricetheory.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">pricetheory.substack.com/subscribe</a>