| HECG is a group of experienced academic health economists and health services researchers providing research and expert consulting services in a number of health-related subject areas. HECG has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and providing solid expert services. HECG has conducted a large variety of research projects for a wide range of clients, including large pharmaceutical manufacturers, health plans and managed care organizations, investment firms, trade associations, medical device manufacturers, public relations firms, and contract research organizations. In addition, HECG principals and associates have extensive experience as investigators on grants funded by government organizations and foundations. The majority of HECG research projects result in publications in peer-reviewed journals.
HECG has expertise and experience in wide range of topics related to the business and economics of the health industry, including:
Cost and Outcome Analysis
- Cost-effectiveness
- Cost-benefit and return-on-investment
- Cost, quality, and outcome measurement
- Analysis of treatment effects
- Epidemiology
- Modeling effects of health insurance product design
- Analytics for product development and commercialization
- Forensic cost analysis
- Litigation support & expert witness services
Market and Business Analysis
- Market structure and competition
- Business strategy and development
- Antitrust
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Intellectual property
- Regional economic impact analysis
- Health insurance and managed care market analysis
- Program evaluation
- Reimbursement analysis
- Women's health
- Global market analysis
- Litigation support & expert witness services
Regulation and Policy Analysis
- Economic analysis of health care policies and regulations
- Regulatory cost-benefit and impact analysis
- Simulation models of regulatory effects
- Analysis to support regulatory actions
- International health policy assessment
HECG is also capable of conducting analyses in numerous other areas of health economics and health services research. In addition, HECG principals, associates, and collaborators are able to provide litigation support and expert testimony in several areas pertaining to the economics and business aspects of the health industry.
HECG has extensive knowledge and experience in data management and analysis, including the application of advanced statistical analyses to large health care databases. We have extensive experience working with a variety of databases, including Medicare and Medicaid claims databases, commercial health plan claims databases, Medstat MarketScan® claims databases, state-level discharge abstracts, Medicare Cost Reports, American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, the Area Resource File, industry data from the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and several others. In working with these databases, HECG has developed broad knowledge and expertise with statistical analysis software, including SAS®, Stata®, SPSS®, Treeage®, S-Plus, Access®, and others.
The group consists of faculty affiliated with a number of research universities across the United States, including the University of Iowa, Texas A&M University, University of California Berkeley, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, University of Louisville, University of Nebraska, Purdue University, and Washington University.
For more information, please contact John E. Schneider or Robert L. Ohsfeldt. | 
