Andrew I. Friedson University of Colorado Denver Department of Economics, Campus Box 181 P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217 Andrew.Friedson@ucdenver.edu (303) 315-2038 (Office) EDUCATION PhD, Economics, Syracuse University, 2012 M.A., Economics, Syracuse University, 2010 B.A., Economics, Mathematics, University of Rochester, 2007 EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver, 2012 - Present OTHER APPOINTMENTS Editorial Review Board, INQUIRY, 2017 - Present PUBLICATIONS 1. Friedson, A.I. (2018) Medical Scribes as an Input in Healthcare Production: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment American Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming. 2. Crost, B. and A. Friedson, (2017) Recessions and Health Revisited: New Findings for Working Age Adults Economics & Human Biology, Volume 27, pages 241-247. 3. Friedson, A.I. (2017) Medical Malpractice Damage Caps and Provider Reimbursement Health Economics, Volume 26, Issue 1, pages 118-135. 4. Friedson, A.I. and A.F. Marier, (2017) Mandated Health Insurance and Provider Reimbursement via Private Insurance: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Reform Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, Volume 4, pages 1-6. 5. Friedson, A.I. and J. Li, (2015) The Impact of Agglomeration Economies on Hospital Input Prices Health Economics Review, Vol 5, Issue 38, pages 1-15. 6. Cortes, K.E. and A.I. Friedson, (2014) Ranking Up by Moving Out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values National Tax Journal, Vol 67, Issue 1, pages 51-76. This paper won the Richard Musgrave Prize for the best article published in the National Tax Journal in 2014. 1
7. Friedson, A.I. and A.N. Bogin, (2013) Winning Pays: High School Football Championships and Property Values Journal of Housing Economics, Vol 22, Issue 1, pages 54-61. 8. Friedson, A.I. and T.J. Kniesner, (2012) Losers and Losers: Some Demographics of Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol 45, Issue 2, pages 115 133. WORKING PAPERS 1. Losing Public Health Insurance: TennCare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress with Laura Argys, M. Melinda Pitts, and D. Sebastian Tello-Trillo Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2017-6 2. The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times with Charles Courtemanche, Andrew Koller* and Daniel I. Rees NBER Working Paper No. 23722 IZA Discussion Paper No. 10951 3. So Many Hospitals, So Little Information: How Hospital Value Based Purchasing is a Game of Chance with William C. Horrace and Allison Marier Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 192 4. Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality with Laura Argys and M. Melinda Pitts Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2016-14 5. Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act with Charles Courtemanche and Daniel I. Rees NBER Working Paper No. 24480 IZA Discussion Paper No. 11444 6. An Apple a Day? Food Stamp Eligibility among Immigrants and Adult Health Care Utilization with Chloe N. East IZA Discussion Paper No. 11445 7. Is Good Health Contagious? The Impact of State BMI on Individual BMI with Laura Argys and Caitlin McKennie* *student EXTERNAL FUNDING 2016-2017: Gilead Sciences, The Estimate Cost of SVR in Liver Transplant Recipients: Comparison of All Oral Treatment Combinations. Co-Investigator 2016: Private Contract, The Impact of Scribes on Emergency Room Productivity. Principal Investigator 2
2014-2016: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Improving Health Outcomes among Native Americans with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Co-Investigator 2015: Private Contract, The Effect of Scribes on Physician Productivity. Principal Investigator AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Richard Musgrave Prize (National Tax Association), 2014 Syracuse University Economics Dissertation Prize, 2012 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED SEMINARS Georgia State University, Economics Department Seminar Series, TBD Scheduled April 2018 Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Health Seminar Series, The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times Scheduled April 2018 Syracuse University, Economics Department Graduate Recruitment Seminar, The Affordable Care Act and Emergency Services Scheduled March 2018 Southern Economic Association Conference, The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times Tampa, FL, November 2017 San Diego State University, Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies Seminar Series, The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times San Diego, CA, September 2017 Denver/Boulder Microeconomics Workshop, The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times Boulder, CO, August 2017 International Health Economics Association World Congress, So Many Hospitals, So Little Information: How Hospital Value Based Purchasing is a Game of Chance Boston, MA, July 2017 Eastern Economic Association Conference, The Financial Instability Cost of Shrinking Public Health Insurance New York, NY, February 2017 Southern Economic Association Conference, Gaining and Losing Health Insurance: Is there an Asymmetric Effect on Financial Distress? Washington, DC, November 2016 Colorado School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy Seminar Series So Many Hospitals, So Little Information: How Hospital Value Based Purchasing is a Game of Chance Aurora, CO, November 2016 3
Denver/Boulder Microeconomics Workshop, So Many Hospitals, So Little Information: How Hospital Value Based Purchasing is a Game of Chance Boulder, CO, August 2016 American Society of Health Economists Conference, So Many Hospitals, So Little Information: How Hospital Value Based Purchasing is a Game of Chance Philadelphia, PA, June 2016 American Society of Health Economists Conference, Gains from Specialization with Medical Scribes: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment Philadelphia, PA, June 2016 American Society of Health Economists Conference, Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality Philadelphia, PA, June 2016 University of New Mexico, Economics Department Seminar Series, Scribes as an Input in Healthcare Production Albuquerque, NM, March 2016 Eastern Economic Association Conference, Scribes as an Input in Healthcare Production Washington, DC, February 2016 Eastern Economic Association Conference, Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality Washington, DC, February 2016 Southern Economic Association Conference, Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality New Orleans, LA, November 2015 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Seminar Series, Recessions and Health Revisited: New Findings for Working Age Adults Atlanta, GA, February 2015 American Society of Health Economists Conference, Recessions and Health Revisited: New Findings for Working Age Adults Los Angeles, CA, July 2014 American Society of Health Economists Conference, The Impact of Agglomeration Economies on Hospital Input Prices Los Angeles, CA, July 2014 Colorado School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy Seminar Series Discounts and Denials: Insurance Company and Provider Bargaining Aurora, CO, November 2013 International Health Economics Association World Congress, Mandated Health Insurance and Provider Reimbursement: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Reform Sydney, Australia, July 2013 American Society of Health Economists Conference, Medical Malpractice Damage Caps and Physician Reimbursement Minneapolis, MN, July 2012 International Health Economics Association World Congress, Medical Malpractice Damage Caps and Physician Reimbursement Toronto, ON, July 2011 4
American Economic Association Meetings, Ranking Up by Moving out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values Denver, CO, January 2011 National Tax Association Conference on Taxation, Ranking Up by Moving out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values Denver, CO, November 2011 OTHER INVITED SPEAKING The United States and its Relationship with Health Insurance: It s Complicated, CU Denver Mini-School of Social and Political Sciences, Denver, CO, November 2017 Health Insurance: What it Actually Does, Monthly Lecture Series, Denver Area Business Economists, Denver, CO, November 2017 A Panel Discussion of Amendment 69 Colorado Care (hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder Economics Department), invited panelist, Boulder, CO, October 2016 Annual Health Econometrics Workshop, invited discussant (discussants present the papers), Aurora, CO, October 2016 PRESS COVERAGE Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Colorado Public Radio, Denver Business Journal, EMS1, The Hospitalist Magazine, Houston Chronicle, InfoTrak (radio), Pacific Standard Magazine, Washington Examiner, Yahoo Finance REFEREE FOR Economics of Education Review; Economics & Human Biology; Health Economics; International Migration Review; Journal of Applied Gerontology; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Law, Economics and Organization; Journal of Risk and Insurance; Labour; National Tax Journal; Review of Economics of the Household COURSES TAUGHT Graduate: Undergraduate: Health Economics Health Economics Labor Economics Intermediate Microeconomics Urban Economics Health Markets, Behavior, and Policy (Honors Program) 5
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