Alex Philips

M4 @BrownMedicine applying #GeneralSurgery | Medicare Advantage, price transparency, and APCD health services research @BrownHSPP @Brown_SPH

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰 New paper with @meehirdixit @CM_Whaley Amal Trivedi @ysingh_phd and the team at @CAHPR_BrownSPH

[Yashaswini Singh, PhD @ysingh_phd]

New in @JAMAHealthForum we examine private equity acquisitions in primary care & find a small decrease in ER visits. The evidence on PE is setting dependent: primary care behaves differently than hospitals nursing homes where others have raised alarm.

https://t.co/R0Ec1fAN1x

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

Hi #MedTwitter, I'm Alex Philips, M4 @BrownMedicine applying #GeneralSurgery

My interests include trauma/critical care, health policy, and medical education. I love to play ultimate frisbee in my free time🥏

Excited to meet everyone on the interview trail ahead of #Match2026!!

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their new Forefront article, Nathan Hostert, @RozMurray3, @CM_Whaley, and @efusebrown from @Brown_SPH discuss how, when implemented in state employee health plans, reference-based hospital price caps have the potential to save states money that can be reallocated to crucial services, while also increasing the paychecks of public employees. https://t.co/y1bKyN2lIo

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

Had a great time at #ACSCC25! Presented some of the healthcare price variation and vertical integration work from my time @CAHPR_BrownSPH @Brown_SPH

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📃 New paper out today in @Health_Affairs! Thanks to my coauthors Nandita Radhakrishnan, @CM_Whaley , @ysingh_phd

@CAHPR_BrownSPH
@Brown_SPH

Link:
https://t.co/W4hkWy8rNl

[Yashaswini Singh, PhD @ysingh_phd]

🚨New in @Health_Affairs led by @AlexPPhilips MD'26 @BrownMedicine:

Hospital-affiliated physicians have professional fees 16–20% higher, and PE-affiliated physicians 6–10% higher, than independent physicians, adding to ~ $3B in extra commercial spending

https://t.co/qaUMH1xhof

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

Enrolling in a hospital-owned #Medicare Advantage plan and undergoing a surgical procedure at the affiliated hospital were associated with improved postsurgical outcomes.

https://t.co/cicrOWkBzx @gero5 @AlexPPhilips

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰 Paper out today in @JAMASurgery with @gero5 @djmeyers2 @Thomasctsai suggesting that aligning care through payer-hospital integration in Medicare Advantage is associated with better postsurgical outcomes.

https://t.co/X2AzxzHN49

@CAHPR_BrownSPH @BrighamSurgery @BrownMedicine

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

@Medscape article about one of our recent price variation papers!

https://t.co/Gri94wtZc0

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

Same caveats for this price data as w/ previous papers- esp the large proportion of payer-provider contracts which do not determine prices by CPTs

Thoughtful response to our piece here:
https://t.co/xPXjLyy6OQ

@CAHPR_BrownSPH @BrownMedicine
#Ophthalmology #PriceTransparency

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰 Price variation paper out in @JAMAOphth coauthored with @CM_Whaley

Payer-reported Clarify Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data from national insurers show huge variation by payer + geography. https://t.co/fEINO4Ovbk

@DGlaucomflecken wonder what Jonathan would think!👀*nod*

[JAMA Ophthalmology @JAMAOphth]

Variability in commercial insurance payment rates for ophthalmology procedures highlights the impact of market dynamics, insurer negotiations, and geographic factors. https://t.co/XY4P7Rz8XO @AlexPPhilips

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

From @CAHPR_BrownSPH & @BrownMedicine

#PriceTransparency #HealthPolicy #HealthServicesResearch

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰#GeneralSurgery price variation letter in @JAMANetworkOpen using payer-reported TiC data!
Same story:
-Facility >>> professional fees.
-Commercial prices vary widely by payer & region—likely due to market power, not quality.

Coauthored w/ @CM_Whaley

https://t.co/lLLZpZCkwz

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

Transparency in coverage data shows a large variation in commercial payments for common general and endoscopic surgeries, with facility fees four to nine times higher than physician fees. https://t.co/MEbXlRwdra

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

Another big issue: Many contracts don’t set prices by CPT.
At @AcademyHealth #ARM2025, had great convos about this. With @Clarify_Health , we can see contract structure & (try to) impute prices where needed [easier said than done, and assumptoms involved].

[Jason Abaluck @Jabaluck]

The modern economic case for public provision is not about public goods or market failures or externalities. It is about what can and can't be achieved by contracting.

[Arnold Ventures @Arnold_Ventures]

Medicare Advantage plans — which cover more than 50% of Medicare beneficiaries — are abusing the payment system to overcharge the government by billions every year. A new tool from @Brown_SPH shows how plan coding practices drive excess payments: https://t.co/iNCMkxUWkR

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

Had a great time presenting research from this past year @AcademyHealth #ARM25 !!

Pic creds @meehirdixit @CAHPR_BrownSPH https://t.co/TnvugQ45rB

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰 Another price variation letter out last week in @AnnalsofEM !
https://t.co/eSzzMP8TOB

@CM_Whaley and I once again find notable price variation for ED eval across commercial payers and state. Which is particularly important since E&M in the ED is unpredictable/non-shoppable.

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

We have more papers in different clinical service areas using this methodolgical approach slated for publication in the next few months, stay tuned!

@CAHPR_BrownSPH @BrownMedicine @Brown_SPH @BrownHSPP @ClarifyHealth

[Alex Philips @AlexPPhilips]

📰 New paper out today!
https://t.co/K9bJZx93UO

@CM_Whaley and I find major commercial price variation for imaging services using payer-reported Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data. Facility fee variation was 3-6x higher than physician fees, with major variation by payer/state