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Tom Miller, PhD, MBA, ASA’s Director of Analytics and Research Services, joins Dr. Striker for a lively conversation about the economics of health care and the topics he’ll address in his ongoing Monitor articles, The Curious Economist. Listen in as they consider the Medicare payment disparity, what’s unique about health care economics, how the finances of anesthesiologists have been impacted by COVID, the future of the health care, and more. Recorded November 2020.
Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA, is ASA’s Director of Analytics and Research Services and the Director of the Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies. He authors The Curious Economist, a bi-monthly column for the Monitor. Dr. Miller joined the ASA in 2012. In 2007, he received a PhD in Health Services and Policy from the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health with a concentration in health economics. Prior to earning his PhD, he served as vice president of a national health care management consulting firm.
Adam Striker, MD, FASA, is currently Chair of the ASA Committee on Communications, and is the series editor for ASA’s Central Line podcast series. He is an Associate Professor and serves as staff anesthesiologist in the Division of Cardiac Anesthesia at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at Kentucky Children’s Hospital as part of the Joint Congenital Heart Care Program. He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Purdue University and his medical degree from Indiana University. He completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern University.
