bradley herring

Bradley Herring

Professor
Forrest D. McKerley Professor of Health Economics
Phone: (603) 862-3323
Office: UNH Paul College, Paul College 365E, Durham, NH 03824
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Curriculum Vitae

Bradley Herring, PhD, joined the University of New Hampshire in the fall of 2020 as the Forrest D. McKerley Professor of Health Economics, with a joint appointment in the Economics Department of the Paul College of Business and Economics and the Health Management and Policy Department in the College of Health and Human Services. His research primarily focuses on several economic and policy issues related to health insurance markets and healthcare reform, including the dynamics of coverage within the employment-based and individual health insurance markets and the effects of health insurance and hospital market concentration. He also devotes a portion of his research on interdisciplinary projects into certain social determinants of health, specifically neighborhood poverty and the food environment. He has published articles in the Journal of Health Economics, New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA, and his research has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NIH's National Cancer Institute, Health and Human Services ASPE, and AHRQ. Dr. Herring previously held faculty appointments in the Schools of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and Emory University. His policy experience includes serving as a Senior Staff Economist with the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers and serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan. He received his PhD from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a two-year RWJF Scholars in Health Policy fellowship at Yale University.

Courses Taught

  • ADMN 801: The U.S. Healthcare System
  • ADMN/HDS 801: The U.S. Healthcare System
  • ECON 620: Topics in Economics
  • ECON 725: Independent Study
  • ECON 942: Theory in Health Economics
  • HDS 801: The U.S. Healthcare System
  • HMP 642: Health Economics
  • HMP 796: IndStdy/US Healthcare System

Education

  • Ph.D., Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania
  • B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

Research Interests

  • Health Care Reform
  • Health Economics
  • Health Insurance
  • Health Services Research

Selected Publications

  • Melamed, A., Lin, Y. -L., Hassan, A. M., Rauh-Hain, J. A., Herring, B., Keating, N. L., & Offodile, A. C. (2023). Trends in Episode-of-Care Spending for Cancer-Directed Surgery Among US Medicare Beneficiaries From 2011 to 2019.. JAMA Surg, 158(2), 216-218. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4493

  • Pollack, C. E., Bozzi, D. G., Blackford, A. L., DeLuca, S., Thornton, R., & Herring, B. (2023). Using the Moving To Opportunity Experiment to Investigate the Long-Term Impact of Neighborhoods on Healthcare Use by Specific Clinical Conditions and Type of Service.. Hous Policy Debate, 33(1), 269-289. doi:10.1080/10511482.2021.1951804

  • Bleich, S. N., Soto, M. J., Jones-Smith, J. C., Wolfson, J. A., Jarlenski, M. P., Dunn, C. G., . . . Herring, B. J. (2020). Association of Chain Restaurant Advertising Spending With Obesity in US Adults. JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 3(10). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19519

  • Bleich, S. N., Jones-Smith, J. C., Jarlenski, M. P., Wolfson, J. A., Frelier, J. M., Tao, H., . . . Herring, B. J. (2020). Impact of Changes in Chain Restaurant Calories over Time on Obesity Risk. JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE, 35(6), 1743-1750. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-05683-8

  • Pollack, C. E., Blackford, A. L., Du, S., Deluca, S., Thornton, R. L. J., & Herring, B. (2019). Association of Receipt of a Housing Voucher With Subsequent Hospital Utilization and Spending. JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 322(21), 2115-2124. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.17432

  • Pollack, C. E., Du, S., Blackford, A. L., & Herring, B. (2019). Experiment To Decrease Neighborhood Poverty Had Limited Effects On Emergency Department Use. HEALTH AFFAIRS, 38(9), 1442-1450. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00452

  • Hanson, C., Herring, B., & Trish, E. (2019). Do health insurance and hospital market concentration influence hospital patients' experience of care?. HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 54(4), 805-815. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13168

  • Done, N., Herring, B., & Xu, T. (2019). The effects of global budget payments on hospital utilization in rural Maryland. HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 54(3), 526-536. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13162

  • Roberto, C. A., Lawman, H. G., LeVasseur, M. T., Mitra, N., Peterhans, A., Herring, B., & Bleich, S. N. (2019). Association of a Beverage Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages With Changes in Beverage Prices and Sales at Chain Retailers in a Large Urban Setting. JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 321(18), 1799-1810. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.4249

  • Trish, E., & Herring, B. (2018). DOES LIMITING ALLOWABLE RATING VARIATION IN THE SMALL GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET AFFECT EMPLOYER SELF-INSURANCE?. JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, 85(3), 607-633. doi:10.1111/jori.12184

  • Herring, B., Gaskin, D., Zare, H., & Anderson, G. (2018). Comparing the Value of Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Exemption to Their Community Benefits. INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING, 55. doi:10.1177/0046958017751970

  • Herring, B., & Trish, E. (2015). Explaining the Growth in US Health Care Spending Using State-Level Variation in Income, Insurance, and Provider Market Dynamics. INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING, 52. doi:10.1177/0046958015618971

  • Trish, E. E., & Herring, B. J. (2015). How do health insurer market concentration and bargaining power with hospitals affect health insurance premiums?. JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 42, 104-114. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.03.009

  • Bleich, S. N., Herring, B. J., Flagg, D. D., & Gary-Webb, T. L. (2012). Reduction in Purchases of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Among Low-Income Black Adolescents After Exposure to Caloric Information. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 102(2), 329-335. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300350

  • Herring, B., & Adams, E. K. (2011). USING HMOs TO SERVE THE MEDICAID POPULATION: WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS ON UTILIZATION AND DOES THE TYPE OF HMO MATTER?. HEALTH ECONOMICS, 20(4), 446-460. doi:10.1002/hec.1602

  • Herring, B. (2011). An Economic Perspective on the Individual Mandate's Severability from the ACA. New England Journal of Medicine, 364(10), e16. doi:10.1056/nejmpv1101519

  • Herring, B., & Lentz, L. K. (2011). What Can We Expect from the "Cadillac Tax" in 2018 and Beyond?. INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING, 48(4), 322-337. doi:10.5034/inquiryjrnl_48.04.06

  • Herring, B. (2010). SUBOPTIMAL PROVISION OF PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE DUE TO EXPECTED ENROLLEE TURNOVER AMONG PRIVATE INSURERS. HEALTH ECONOMICS, 19(4), 438-448. doi:10.1002/hec.1484

  • Herring, B., & Pauly, M. V. (2010). "Play-or-Pay" Insurance Reforms for Employers - Confusion and Inequity. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 362(2), 93-95. doi:10.1056/NEJMp0911920

  • Adams, E. K., & Herring, B. (2008). Medicaid HMO penetration and its mix: Did increased penetration affect physician participation in urban markets?. HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 43(1), 363-383. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00763.x

  • Pauly, M. V., & Herring, B. (2007). MarketWatch - Risk pooling and regulation: Policy and reality in today's individual health insurance market. HEALTH AFFAIRS, 26(3), 770-779. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.770

  • Herring, B., & Pauly, M. V. (2006). Incentive-compatible guaranteed renewable health insurance premiums. JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 25(3), 395-417. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.09.008

  • Herring, B. (2005). The effect of the availability of charity care to the uninsured on the demand for private health insurance. JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 24(2), 225-252. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.08.003

  • Pauly, M., & Herring, B. (2001). Expanding coverage via tax credits: Trade-offs and outcomes. HEALTH AFFAIRS, 20(1), 9-26. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.20.1.9

  • Pauly, M. V., & Herring, B. J. (2000). An efficient employer strategy for dealing with adverse selection in multiple-plan offerings: an MSA example. JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 19(4), 513-528. doi:10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00049-7

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