@ryanmcdevitt

Professor of Economics @WashUOlin & School of Public Health

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Joined February 2009
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Writeup of our recent Health Affairs Scholar paper: beckershospitalreview.com/fi…

Most private equity hospital owners exit within 5 years: Study 

Most private equity hospital owners sell U.S. short-term acute care hospitals within five years, with PE-owned hospitals under 4% of the market in 2024.

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Paul Novosad
@paulnovosadOct 12
When a local dialysis provider gets bought by one of the two big national providers, they charge more to Medicare and more patients die.
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Noah Williams
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Business/Managerial Economics major earning s at @univmiami @UMiamiBusiness in top 5 nationally
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NBER
@nberpubsOct 8
A California staffing requirement leads facilities to bunch below the regulatory threshold and has little effect on staffing, from @AldenCheng_Econ and @rileyleague nber.org/papers/w35849
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Now do health policy
Florian Ederer
@florianedererSep 16
My colleague Andy King who has been fighting a relentless battle against fraudsters in the management literature, has this hilarious flyer on his office.
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⚽🐦‍⬛ Game Day vs. Covenant Day! The 53rd Soccer Invitational kicks off today. Let’s go, Ravens! ⚽🐦‍⬛ Game Time is 7 p.m. on the Turf field.
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“We’re not using our healthcare dollars in the United States efficiently,” @ryanmcdevitt told @GoHealio. “Every dollar … could ... be spent implementing quality improvement programs or directly subsidizing access,” @rileyleague said. Learn why 👇 vist.ly/5gzkx

How Medicare Secondary Payer Act impacts federal spending on dialysis

The federal government’s dialysis expenditures may be impacted by the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The...

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HHS_ASPE@HHS_ASPEAug 20
Join us! New ASPE Health and Economics Forum with Dr. Jetson Leder Luis. Register here: aspe.hhs.gov/events/aspe-hea…
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Lionel Page
@page_ecoSep 1
Sad to hear that this interesting and influential result was most likely made up. How many PhD students have lost years, and perhaps career prospects, working on projects inspired by fraudulent research? Scientific fraud is not just about undue benefits. There are real victims.
Data Colada@DataColadaAug 31
An influential paper by Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002) reported two studies with tampered data. Post 1 of 2. datacolada.org/138

[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…

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David Albouy@albouyAug 31
I tried to be chill, but Acemoglu’s false statement reminded me too much of the gaslighting I had to deal with to publish my comment Acemoglu et al don’t respond directly to criticisms, and often make up demonstrably false claims to defend themselves, with no accountability
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The Medicare Secondary Payer Act may impact how the federal government spends on dialysis care, according to researchers @ryanmcdevitt @rileyleague. Learn about the implications @GoHealio vist.ly/5ghyb

How Medicare Secondary Payer Act impacts federal spending on dialysis

The federal government’s dialysis expenditures may be impacted by the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The...

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@nberpubsAug 25
Entrepreneurs who become legislators support more pro-business bills, but only if they are pro-entry, from @RonnieChatterji, @jorgeguzmancbs, Joyce Ma, and @ryanmcdevitt nber.org/papers/w35637
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Jason Abaluck
@JabaluckAug 6
Models are better than humans at identifying certain kinds of errors. Not using the best models for this purpose is research malpractice. Akin to an actuary who refuses to use a computer or calculator to help with arithmetic.
Jacob Robbins@thesugarAug 6
I haven't found an official release from the AEA but I think this is a terrible idea. Let editors and referees make decisions (with whatever tools they want, A.I. included) but the publication process does not need this additional step.
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Kevin Friede, MD@kevinfriedeAug 4
Some back-of-the-envelope math suggests that our org commits >10 faculty FTE to clicking boxes. This doesn’t count any employees other than faculty MDs (of which there are many thousands) and costs $2.5M in salary and $4.5M in foregone clinical revenue. How does this make sense?
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Riley League@rileyleagueJul 27
Be sure to get your submissions in by Friday for the NBER Health Care Administration and Fraud conference!
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AEA Journals@AEAjournalsJul 22
Forthcoming in the AER: "Predictably Unpredictable Inspections" by Ashvin Gandhi, Andrew Olenski, and Maggie Shi. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…

Predictably Unpredictable Inspections

(Forthcoming Article) - Inspections are a common tool for acquiring information and incentivizing compliance. Though typically unannounced, they often follow a predictable schedule. We study how this...

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Gita Gopinath
@GitaGopinathJul 19
A takeaway from the National Bureau of Economic Research meetings: The premium on research that is mainly about computational complexity has dropped sharply owing to AI. The pendulum is swinging back to 'new insights,' 'new mechanisms,' 'new measurements.' Not a bad thing.
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Beginning of a much broader research agenda from @sungilkim94 @KellyKYang @ambarlaforgia @rileyleague Xingzhi Wang, Abid Hasan, Hongbin Huang, and Hyong-gu Hwang
Dr. Lisa Grabert@MedicareMeddlerJul 17
#100policyarticles100days #67. Private Equity. @DukeEcon researchers created a comprehensive database of short-term acute care hospital PE transactions from 2000-2024 that is publicly available. Super Cool resource! bit.ly/4yt0C5C
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@sungilkim94 is on the market this year — anyone hiring in corporate finance/health should give him serious consideration!
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Pablo Torre 👀
@PabloTorreJul 5
Big win for birthright citizenship
The White House
@WhiteHouseJul 5
USA-USA-USA 🦅
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