Eric T Roberts, PhD

My research examines the provision and financing of health care in low-income populations.  One stream of my work examines the implementation of alternative payment models (including value-based purchasing and global budgets), their impacts on care quality and utilization, and their financial implications for providers serving socially disadvantaged patients.  A second stream of work examines interactions between health insurance (principally Medicaid) and other public assistance programs, including housing and nutrition assistance.  This work aims to identify potential complementarities between Medicaid and safety-net programs that may improve Medicaid's operating efficiency and benefits to enrollees.  My work uses simulation and econometric methods for causal inference to inform policymakers about the public health and financial impacts of such payment and delivery system innovations.  My work has appeared in Health Affairs, JAMA Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Services Research, and other leading health policy journals.

2015 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | PhD in Health Economics & Policy

2017 | Harvard Medical School, Boston MA | Postdoctoral fellowship in Health Economics & Policy

I will be teaching Econometrics (HPM 3505) in Spring 2019.

• 2018 AcademyHealth Article of the Year, "The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities."
• Top 10 notable Health Affairs articles of 2017, "Market Share Matters: Evidence Of Insurer And Provider Bargaining Over Prices."
• HCUP 2013 Outstanding Article of the Year (honorable mention), "The Quality of Care Delivered to Patients within the Same Hospital Varies by Insurance Type."

• Roberts ET, Hatfield L, McWilliams JM, Chermew ME, Done, N, Gerovich S, and Mehrotra A (2018).  “Changes in Hospital Utilization Three Years Into Maryland's Global Budget Program for Rural Hospitals.'' Health Affairs 37(4): 644-653.
• Roberts ET, McWilliams JM, Hatfield L, Chermew ME, Gerovich S, and Mehrotra A (2018). "Changes in Health Care Use Associated with the Introduction of Hospital Global Budgets in Maryland." JAMA Internal Medicine (e-pub ahead of print).
• Roberts ET, Zaslavsky AM, and McWilliams JM (2017).  "The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities." Annals of Internal Medicine (e-pub ahead of print).
• Venkataramani M, Pollack CE, and Roberts ET (2017).  "The association between adult Medicaid expansions and well child visit utilization." Pediatrics.
• Roberts ET, Mehrotra AM, and McWilliams JM (2017). "High-Price and Low-Price Physician Practices do not Differ Significantly on Care Quality and Efficiency." Health Affairs 36(1): 141-148.
• Roberts ET and Pollack CE (2016). "Does Medicaid Churning Affect Health Care Use?" Medical Care 22(5): 346-353.