LDI Research Seminar with Gerard Anderson, PhD

“Pharmaceutical Pricing and Policy Implications”

12:00p.m. – 1:20p.m. October 6, 2016

Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk

Gerard F. Anderson is a Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management. Prior to coming to Johns Hopkins in 1983, Dr. Anderson worked in the Office of the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services from 1978 to 1983. While in the Office of the Secretary, Dr. Anderson worked primarily on health care financing issues and was one of the principal architects of the Medicare Prospective Payment System.

Dr. Anderson is currently conducting research on chronic conditions, drug pricing, comparative insurance systems, medical education, health care payment reform, and technology diffusion. He has directed reviews of health care systems for the World Bank, World Health Organization and USAID in multiple countries and has directed over 100 research projects. He has authored two books on health care payment policy, published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, testified in Congress 50 times, and serves on multiple editorial committees.

This event is free and open to the public, but please register.

* Co-sponsored by the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care