Panel: Tracking and Controlling Healthcare Cost Growth
(Health Policy)

Thursday, November 3, 2016: 8:15 AM-9:45 AM
Gunston East (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Organizers:  Jason M Hockenberry, National Bureau of Economic Research
Panel Chairs:  Jason M Hockenberry, National Bureau of Economic Research
Discussants:  Kenneth Thorpe, Emory University; Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

This session includes three papers that examine how the sources of healthcare cost growth has shifted in terms of the burden of disease and their influence on treatment patterns. The panel focuses on different patient populations. Despite this, the message is coherent, and that is that while policies have addressed the cost growth in the supply of healthcare, disease growth is still a main driver of cost growth. As such policy, at all levels, should increase their focus on preventing chronic disease onset.

The Role of Chronic Conditions in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Spending Growth Slowdown
Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Vanderbilt University



The Role of Disease Prevalence and Treatment in U.S. Healthcare Cost Growth, 1996 -2013
Jason M Hockenberry, National Bureau of Economic Research



Tracking Commercial Health Care Spending By Clinical Condition
Michael Chernew, Harvard University



The Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA): Effects on Medicare Payment Policy and Spending
Peter Hussey1, Jodi Liu1,2 and Chapin White1, (1)RAND Corporation, (2)Pardee RAND Graduate School




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