Bich Ly

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Bich Ly came to the USC Schaeffer Center with more than ten years of experience in the economic consulting business. Her previous position was as a Senior Economist at Compass Lexecon, where she specialized in analyzing and evaluating mergers in multiple industries. She holds a B.A. in Economics. Bich expands the Data Core expertise with her extensive programming and data analysis experience applied to real world economic problems.

Recent Work

Ground Ambulance Billing and Prices Differ by Ownership Structure

28% of commercially insured emergency ground ambulance transports during the period 2014–17 resulted in a potential surprise bill
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Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations

Researchers find that the largest Medicare Advantage plans pay large markups for dialysis, especially to large dialysis organizations.
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Private Equity-Owned Air Ambulance Carriers Get Paid More Money and Are Out-of-Network More Often

In this analysis, we build on that prior work to document differences in allowed amounts, out-of-network prevalence, and the magnitude of potential surprise balance bills across ownership types in the helicopter air ambulance market.
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Changes in Emergency Physician Service Prices After Connecticut’s 2016 Surprise Billing Law

On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act will take effect. This study aims to fill that knowledge gap by presenting preliminary evidence about the effects of Connecticut’s 2016 surprise billing law on the emergency physician services market.

By Loren Adler, Erin L. Duffy, PhD, MPH, Bich Ly, Conrad Milhaupt and Erin Trish, PhD
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- Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy
Commercial and Medicare Advantage Payment for Anesthesiology Services

This study compares payments for common outpatient anesthesiology services by commercial health plans, Medicare Advantage (MA), and traditional Medicare.
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Recent Work

Ground Ambulance Billing and Prices Differ by Ownership Structure

Medicare Advantage Plans Pay Large Markups To Consolidated Dialysis Organizations

Private Equity-Owned Air Ambulance Carriers Get Paid More Money and Are Out-of-Network More Often

Changes in Emergency Physician Service Prices After Connecticut’s 2016 Surprise Billing Law

Commercial and Medicare Advantage Payment for Anesthesiology Services