Two projects will be discussed:
Brig Walker will discuss his project on how BCBS-LA Accountable Care Organizations impact on costs and quality.
Rui Wang will discuss her project on the Impact of BCBS-LA’s Disease Management programs on healthcare expenditures, ER visits, hospitalization days, and medication adherence.
Abraham Asfaw is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics and the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Northern Illinois University in 2017. His research interest lies at the intersection of health, labor, and development economics. His recent works examined the long term and the intergenerational human capital effects of early exposure to adverse health shocks and investments in child health inputs. Currently, he is investigating the health care utilization effects of cost-sharing in prescription drug insurances.
Kevin Callison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health Management and Policy at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His research focus includes issues related to health care use, health insurance markets, and policy evaluation. His work also extends to analyses of health determinants and substance abuse.
Rajendra Dulal completed his Ph.D. in health economics from Wayne State University in 2016, and an M.S. in applied physics from UMass – Boston in 2010. Before joining Tulane University, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. Dr. Dulal’s research areas are health economics and environmental economics. Within health economics, he is interested in cost of care, quality of care, and health policy. In environmental economics, his research interests lie in green economy and environmental/public health.
Rodrigo Aranda Balcazar and Koray Caglayan are both graduate students in economics at Tulane University.
