Glenn Melnick

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Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in urban and regional planning, University of Michigan

Overview

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Blue Cross of California Chair of Health Care Finance, University of Southern California

Recent Projects

  • Hospital pricing and the uninsured
  • Health plan market structure and health care prices
  • Health insurance development in Thailand
  • Health care utilization under Medicare managed care plans

Selected Publications

O'Leary JE, Sloss EM, Melnick G., "Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries by Dual Eligible Status: California, 1996-2001," Health Care Financing Review, 28(4):57-67, 2007

G. Melnick, E. Keeler, "The Effects of Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices," Journal of Health Economics, 26(2):400-413, 2007

Bamezai A, Melnick G., "Marginal Cost of Emergency Department Outpatient Visits: An Update Using California Data," Medical Care, 44(9):835-841, 2006

Bamezai A, Melnick G, Nawathe A., "The Cost of an Emergency Department Visit and Its Relationship to Emergency Department Volume," Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45(5):483-490, 2005

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Los Angeles Times

Economics

Recent Projects

  • Health care prices to the uninsured
  • Health plan market structure and health care prices
  • Health insurance development in Thailand
  • Health care utilization under Medicare managed care plans

Selected Publications

Melnick GA, Katya F, "Hospital Pricing And The Uninsured: Do The Uninsured Pay Higher Prices?" Health Affairs, (February 5), 2008

O'Leary J, Sloss E, Melnick GA, "Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries by Dual Eligible Status: California , 1996-2001," Health Care Financing Review, 28(4):57-67, 2007

Melnick GA, "From Family Planning To HIV/AIDS Prevention To Poverty Alleviation: A Conversation With Mechai Viravaidya," Health Affairs, 26(6):w670-w677, 2007

Melnick GA, Keeler E, "The Effects of Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices," Journal of Health Economics, 26(2):400-4113, 2007

Commentary

Provider Consolidation Key Factor in Affordable Coverage — Nov 28, 2011

  • California Healthline

Publications

Fair Pricing Law Prompts Most California Hospitals to Adopt Policies to Protect Uninsured Patients from High Charges - 2013

The Increased Concentration of Health Plan Markets Can Benefit Consumers Through Lower Hospital Prices - 2011

Early Results from Thailand's 30 Baht Health Reform: Something to Smile About - 2009

Have HMOs Broadened Their Hospital Networks? Changes in HMO Hospital Networks in California, 1999-2003 - 2008

Hospital Pricing and the Uninsured: Do the Uninsured Pay Higher Prices? - 2008

Medicare HMO Impact on Utilization at the End of Life - 2008

Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries By Dual Eligible Status: California, 1996-2001 - 2007

The Effects of Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices - 2007

Marginal Cost of Emergency Department Outpatient Visits: an Update Using California Data. - 2006

The Effect of Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations on Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions - 2006

Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions in California Medicare HMO's - 2005

The Cost of an Emergency Department Visit and Its Relationship to Emergency Department Volume - 2005

An Analysis of Unobserved Selection in a Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group Model - 2004

Emergency Department Capacity and Access in California, 1990-2001: An Economic Analysis - 2004

Improving the Health of Californians: Effective Public Private Strategies for Challenging Times : a Summary of a Roundtable on Philanthropy and Health Policy Making - 2004

Inpatient Utilization By Dual Medicare-Medicaid Eligibles in Medicare Risk HMOs and Fee for Service, California, 1991-1996 - 2004

The Effect of HMOs on the Inpatient Utilization of Medicare Beneficiaries: Technical Appendix - 2004

The Effect of HMOs on the Inpatient Utilization of Medicare Beneficiaries - 2004

The Effects of HMO Ownership on Hospital Costs and Revenues: Is There a Difference Between For-Profit and Nonprofit Plans? - 2004

Hospital Selective Contracting Without Consumer Choice: What Can We Learn from Medi-Cal? - 2003

Managed Care and the Growth of Competition - 2001

Can Cost Shifting Continue in a Price Competitive Environment? - 2000

The Effect of Selective Contracting on Hospital Costs and Revenues - 2000

Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different? - 1999

Price competition and hospital cost growth in the United States (1989-1994) - 1999

The Changing Effects of Competition on Non-Profit and For-Profit Hospital Pricing Behavior - 1999

State health care expenditures under competition and regulation, 1980 through 1991 - 1996

Managing the Safety Net: Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care in Response to Managed Care - 1995

The Indonesian Family Life Survey: Overview and Descriptive Analysis of the Population, Health, and Education Data - 1995

Uncompensated Care: Hospitals' Responses to Fiscal Pressures - 1995

Costs and Price Competition in California Hospitals, 1980-1990 - 1994

Hospitals and Antitrust: Defining Markets, Setting Standards - 1994

How Hospitals Practice Cost Containment with Selective Contracting and the Medicare Prospective Payment System - 1994

California Hospitals Compete By Lowering Costs - 1992

How Services and Costs Vary by Day of Stay for Medicare Hospital Stays - 1990

Measures of Hospital Market Structure: A Review of the Alternatives and a Proposed Approach - 1990

Uncompensated Emergency Care in Hospital Markets in Los Angeles County - 1989

Hospital Costs and Patient Access Under the New Jersey Hospital Rate-Setting System - 1988

The Effects of Hospital Competition and the Medicare PPS Program on Hospital Cost Behavior in California - 1988