Michael E. Chernew

Michael E. Chernew, PhD

Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Director, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab, Harvard Medical School

Michael Chernew, PhD, is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and the Director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation (HMR) Lab in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chernew’s research examines several areas related to improving the health care system including studies of novel benefit designs, Medicare Advantage, alternative payment models, low value care and the causes and consequences of rising health care spending.   

Dr. Chernew is currently serving as the Chair of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) while previously serving as the Vice Chair from 2012-2014 and a Member from 2008-2012. In 2000, 2004 and 2010, he served on technical advisory panels for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that reviewed the assumptions used by Medicare actuaries to assess the financial status of Medicare trust funds.  He is a member of the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisors and Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Health Connector Board. Dr. Chernew is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior Visiting Fellow at MITRE. He is currently a co-editor of the American Journal of Managed Care.

Dr. Chernew earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in economics from Stanford University. In 1998, he was awarded the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators by the Association of University Programs in Public Health. In 1999, he received the Alice S. Hersh Young Investigator Award from the Association of Health Services Research.

Organization and Performance of US Health Systems
Authors: Beaulieu ND, Chernew ME, McWilliams JM, Landrum MB, Dalton M, Gu AY, Briskin M, Wu R, El Amrani El Idrissi Z, Machado H, Hicks AL, Cutler DM.
JAMA
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The Contribution of Price Growth to Pharmaceutical Revenue Growth in the United States: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies
Authors: Kakani P, Chernew M, Chandra A
J Health Polit Policy Law
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The Price of Human and Veterinary Formulations of Common Medications-Price Discrimination and Innovation in Prescription Drug Markets.
Authors: Ward E, Chernew M.
JAMA Intern Med
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Changes in use of low-value services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Shahzad M, Song Z, Chernew ME, Fendrick AM
Am J Manag Care.
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How Emerging Telehealth Models Challenge Policymaking
Authors: Tang M, Chernew ME, Mehrotra A
Milbank Q
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How Emerging Telehealth Models Challenge Policymaking
Authors: Tang M, Chernew ME, Mehrotra A
Milbank Q
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Getting the Most From Payments to Medicare Advantage Health Plans-Thoughts on the Controversy
Authors: Chernew ME
JAMA Health Forum
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Paying patients to use lower-priced providers
Authors: Whaley C, Sood N, Chernew M, Metcalfe L, Mehrotra A
Health Serv Res
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Hierarchical Payment Models-A Path for Coordinating Population- and Episode-Based Payment Models.
Authors: Shrank WH, Chernew ME, Navathe AS
JAMA
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The Merits of Administrative Benchmarks for Population-Based Payment Programs
Authors: Chernew ME, Heath J, Michael McWilliams JM
The American Journal of Managed Care
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