Randall Ellis

Randall Ellis is a professor in the Economics department. He has a background in industrial organization and econometrics that he applies primarily to health economics, spanning both US and international economics topics. He has an interest in Kenya, Egypt, and Niger. Professor Ellis’ recent work focuses on health care payment systems, insurance, innovation, and predictive modeling using big data. An associate editor at JHE and AJHE, and the US country coordinator of the Risk Adjustment Network, his current research funding is from the AHRQ and HRSA. For 30 years his research has focused on health economics, spanning both US and international economics topics, and including the economics of health in developing countries.

Dr. Ellis is Past President of the American Society of Health Economists and an associate editor of the Journal of Health Economics. An entrepreneur, he co-founded DxCG, Inc. in 1996 (now part of Verisk Health, Inc.), a healthcare information and consulting firm, in which he currently has no economic interest. Dr. Ellis was principal or co-investigator on numerous research projects that developed Diagnostic Cost Group (DCG) models, with funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and others. CMS now uses DCG models to pay Medicare Advantage health plans. This body of work received the AcademyHealth 2008 Health Services Research Impact Award.