Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis; Director, Financing and Organization Program; Senior Economist, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Christine Eibner is the Paul O’Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis, director of the Financing and Organization Program in RAND Health, a principal senior economist at RAND, and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on health insurance reforms, including modifications to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), changes to health insurance benefit design, and innovations in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.
She currently leads a large technical assistance contract for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation that focuses on emerging policy issues, including implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicaid eligibility changes, and drug prices, among other topics. In addition, she leads the evaluation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services MA Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model Test, which allows MA plans to offer incentives to beneficiaries to encourage the use of high-value care. Her work on health insurance reform includes topics such as 1332 waivers, state cost containment strategies, and state and national single payer plans. She currently participates in a financial technical advisory committee for the state of Washington focused on financing options for a universal health system. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park
