Health Policy Research Seminar: Parker Rogers, PhD, Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University
12:00pm - 1:00pm • 1104 Blockley Hall
2025-05-22 12:00:00 2025-05-22 13:00:00 America/New_York Health Policy Research Seminar: Parker Rogers, PhD, Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University Topic: "The Long-Run Impacts of Regulated Price Cuts: Evidence from Medicare." About: How do healthcare cost-saving policies affect innovation and patient safety? In this talk, I'll examine the unintended consequences of Medicare price cuts in the medical device industry. While intended to reduce healthcare costs, these cuts significantly hindered innovation and led to greater dependence on outsourced manufacturing, raising risks related to product quality and patient safety. These findings suggest the losses from reduced innovation may offset the direct savings from price reductions. I'll discuss how targeted policy reforms could better balance healthcare cost management with maintaining incentives for innovation." Parker Rodgers is an Assistant Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where he researches the impact of regulation on health care product markets. He is also an invited researcher with J-PAL's Science for Progress Initiative. Before joining Kelley, Rodgers was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Research at the National Bureau of Economic Research (2023–2024). He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego in 2023. 1104 Blockley Hall Penn Medical EthicsTopic: "The Long-Run Impacts of Regulated Price Cuts: Evidence from Medicare."
About: How do healthcare cost-saving policies affect innovation and patient safety? In this talk, I'll examine the unintended consequences of Medicare price cuts in the medical device industry. While intended to reduce healthcare costs, these cuts significantly hindered innovation and led to greater dependence on outsourced manufacturing, raising risks related to product quality and patient safety. These findings suggest the losses from reduced innovation may offset the direct savings from price reductions. I'll discuss how targeted policy reforms could better balance healthcare cost management with maintaining incentives for innovation."
Parker Rodgers is an Assistant Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where he researches the impact of regulation on health care product markets. He is also an invited researcher with J-PAL's Science for Progress Initiative.
Before joining Kelley, Rodgers was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Research at the National Bureau of Economic Research (2023–2024). He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego in 2023.