Biosketch

John E. Schneider, PhD is General Manager and Associate Director of US Health Economics for Oxford Outcomes, Inc. He is also adjunct faculty in the Department of Economics at Drew University and a faculty affiliate of the Petris Center on Health Care Markets at the University of California Berkeley. Prior to joining Oxford Outcomes, he was Principal and Senior Health Economist of Health Economics Consulting Group, LLC. He was recently on the faculty in the Department of Health Management and Policy and the Department of Economics at the University of Iowa. His PhD is in Health Services and Policy Analysis from the University of California Berkeley, with a concentration in health economics. He has over 20 years of experience studying economic and organizational aspects of the health care industry.

After earning an MA in economics, Dr. Schneider was a research analyst at the Center for Health Economics Research from 1989 to 1993, involved extensively in analyses of large databases, cost analyses, and economic modelling of regulatory programs. While at CHER he co-authored numerous technical project reports for clients including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. After earning his PhD, Dr. Schneider served as the Director of Research at the California Association of Health Plans for two years. At CAHP, he led projects on collaborative quality improvement, policy analysis, public relations, and developing research to support government relations functions for the health insurance industry in California. Dr. Schneider has also served as a consultant to managed care organizations, state health departments, trade associations, medical device manufacturers, large pharmaceutical companies, and others. He has also served as an expert witness on the economics of hospital competition and hospital payment.

Dr. Schneider’s research interests and expertise include health insurance and managed care, cost effectiveness analysis, medical technology evaluation, regulation, and hospital competition. Some of his research has been published in Health Affairs, Inquiry, Health Services Research, Medical Care Research and Review, International Journal of Health Care Financing and Economics, Review of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Prevention Science, and Health Care Financing Review. He is co-author of the book The Business of Health (AEI Press, 2006).