Brian Briscombe is a senior quantitative analyst at RAND. He has extensive experience conducting research and analysis, developing costing methods, and managing projects. Before coming to RAND, Briscombe served as senior economist for the USAID Health Policy Project. Before that, he served as a senior economic analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
At RAND, Briscombe often works as a principal investigator, methods developer, and cost analyst on projects related to health care cost estimation. He has served as principal investigator for the Hospital Price Transparency Study, Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Methods Development, and Virginia Workforce Development projects. He also led costing methods development for FEMA and the State of California. Briscombe previously worked on HHS-funded studies on the U.S. Blood and Cord Blood Systems and on projects for CMS, CalMHSA, EMPI, DHS, DoD/OSD, Bright Corners, Truven/HCUP, and Veterans Affairs (VA). Briscombe received his M.A. in economics from the University of California, San Diego.
M.A. in economics, University of California, San Diego
French; Japanese
