About
Bowen Garrett is an economist and senior fellow in the Health Policy Division at the Urban Institute. His research focuses on health reform and health policy topics. He leads development and application of the Medicare Policy Simulation Model (MCARE-SIM) to estimate the effects of Medicare policy reforms. He previously designed and led development of the Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (HIPSM) used to estimate the likely effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other health reform proposals. His research has examined effects of the ACA on labor markets, Medicare's prospective payment systems, and health insurance markets. His current work focuses on Medicare financing and Medicare Advantage. He is a research associate in the Info-Metrics Institute at American University and has taught quantitative methods and economic statistics at Georgetown University. He was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley (1996-1998), and received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1996 and B.A. in mathematics and economics from Rollins College.
Articles
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Net Investment Income Tax: A Primer
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Tracing Value from Social Determinant Solutions
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Patterns and Drivers of Medicare Advantage Enrollment Growth, 2017–2023
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Implementing Revised Federal Race/Ethnicity Data Standards Won't Sufficiently Address Health Inequities
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Favorable Selection in Medicare Advantage?: What the Evidence Tells Us
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Quality Bonus Payments in Medicare Advantage: How Access to Highly Rated Plans Varies across Enrollees and Counties
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Hospital-Specific Relative Value Weights, Cost-Based Weights, and Implications for Medicare Payment to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
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Estimating Variation in Stay-Level and Facility-Level Profitability in Medicare's Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Payment System
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Post-Acute Care and Medicare Solvency: Reducing Excessive PAC Payments Can Promote Financial Sustainability
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Simulating an Episode-Based Unified Payment System for Post-Acute Care
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Estimating the Cost and Effects of Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare Part B
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Medicaid-Eligible Adults Who Lack Private Coverage and Are Not Enrolled: Are They Uninsured?