GERARD F. ANDERSON, PhD is a professor of health policy and management and professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School Public Health, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Program for Medical Technology and Practice Assessment. He recently stepped down as the National Program Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored program “Partnership for Solutions: Better Lives for People with Chronic Conditions”.

Dr. Anderson is currently conducting research on chronic conditions, comparative insurance systems in developing countries, medical education, health care payment reform, and technology diffusion. He has directed reviews of health systems for the World Bank and USAID in multiple countries. He has authored two books on health care payment policy, published over 200 peer reviewed articles, testified in Congress over 35 times as an individual witness, and serves on multiple editorial committees.

Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Anderson held various positions in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he helped to develop Medicare prospective payment legislation.

International Comparisons

Chronic Disease

Health Spending

Medicare

Phi Beta Kappa, Haverford College, 1973

Magna Cum Laude, Haverford College, 1973

High Honors in Economics, Haverford College, 1973

University Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1977

Fellow of the Fels Center of Government, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1977

National Health Care Management Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1978

Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, 1990

Who's Who, 1989 - present

500 Health Policy Leaders - Washington Medicine and Health, 1991 - present

Co-author - Article of Year, Association of Health Services Research, 1995

AHSR Fellow - Association for Health Services Research, 1996 - present

Anderson, G.F. and Chu, E., “Expanding Priorities – Confronting Chronic Disease in Countries with Low Income”, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356(3):209-211, January 18, 2007.

Anderson, G.F., “From ‘Soak the Rich’ to ‘Soak the Poor’: Recent Trends in Hospital Pricing” Health Affairs, Vol. 26(3):780-789, May/June 2007.

Berkowitz, S.A., Gerstenblith, G., Anderson, G.F., Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Gap “Navigating the ‘Doughnut Hole’ With Patients”, JAMA, Vol. 297(8): 868-870, February 28, 2007.

Hwang, C.W., Anderson, G.F., Diener-West, M and Powe, N.R., “Co morbidity and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery at Cardiac Specialty Hospitals versus General Hospitals, Medical Care, 2007.

Anderson, G.F., Frogner, B., Johns, R.A. and Reinhardt, U.E., “Health Care spending and Use of Information Technology in OECD Countries”, Health Affairs, Vol. 29(3):819-831, May/June 2006.

Anderson, G.F., “Controlling Health Spending: Opportunities for Academic Medical Centers” Academic Medicine, Vol. 81(9); 807-811, September 2006.

Bynum, JP.W., Rabins, P.V., Weller, W., Niefeld, M., Anderson, G.F., Wu, A;, “The Relationalship Between A Dementia Diagnosis, Chronic Illness, Medical Expenditures, and Hospital Use,” Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease, Vol. 10:160-164, 2005

Anderson, G.F., “Medicare and Chronic Conditions”, New England Journal of Medicine,.Vol. 353(3):305-309, 2005.

Wolff, J.L., Boult, C., Boyd, C., Anderson, G., “Newly Reported Chronic Conditions and Onset of Functional Dependency”, Journal of Geriatrics Society, Vol. 53: 851-855, 2005.

Snyder, C., Anderson, G., “Do Quality Improvement Organizations Improve the Quality of Hospital Care for Medicare Beneficiaries?” JAMA, Vol. 293(23):2900-2907, June 5, 2005.

Anderson, G.F., Hussey, P.S., Frogner, B., and Waters, H., “Health Spending in the United States and the Rest of the Industrialized World." Health Affairs, Vol. 24(4):903-914, May/June 2005

Waters, H.R., Anderson, G.F., Mays, J., “Measuring Financial Protection in Health in the United States, “Health Policy, Vol. 69:339-349, July/August 2004.

Darer, J.D., Hwang, W., Pham, H.H., Bass, E.B., and Anderson, G.F., “More Training Needed in Chronic Care: A Survey of U.S. Physicians, Academic Medicine, Vol. 79(6):541-548, June 2004.

Fried, L.P., Ferrucci, L., Darer, J., Williamson, J.D. and Anderson, G.F., “Untangling the Concepts of Disability, Frailty, and Comorbidity: Implications for Improved Targeting and Care”, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, Vol. 59(3):255-263, 2004.

Himelhoch, S., Weller, W.E., Wu, A.W., Anderson, G.F. and Cooper, L.A., “Chronic Medical Illness, Depresion, and Use of Acute Medical Services Among Medicare Beneficiaries”, Medical Care, Vol. 42(6):512-521, June 2004.

Anderson, G.F., Frogner, B., “Comparative Drug Policies – Heresy Learning From Other Countries, “J. Ambulatory Care Management, Vol 27(3):202-209, 2004.

Anderson, G.F., Horvath, J., “The Growing Burden of Chronic Disease in America”, Public Health Reports, Vol. 119(3):263-270. 2004.

Anderson, G.F., Shea, D.G., Hussey, P.S., Keyhani, S., Zephyrin, L., “Doughnut Holes and Price Controls”, Health Affairs, July 21, 2004 (Web Exclusive)

Anderson, G.F., Wolff, J., “Meeting Long-Term Care Needs”, Advanced Studies in Medicine, Vol. 4(6):318-320, June 2004.

Anderson G., Mahadevia A. “Choosing an Electronic Medical Record”, Advanced Studies in Medicine, Vol. 4(8):439-440, September 2004.

Burton L, Anderson G., Kues I. “Using Electronic Health Records to Help Coordinate Care”, Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 82:(3):457-481, September 2004.