Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he practices primary care and attends on the inpatient teaching service.
Dr. Song’s research focuses on levers for addressing health care spending and the health and economic…
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Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he practices primary care and attends on the inpatient teaching service.
Dr. Song’s research focuses on levers for addressing health care spending and the health and economic effects of policies and incentives in the delivery system. This has included the impact of payment reform (ACO and bundled payment models) on spending and quality, pass-through of taxpayer subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans, impact of workplace wellness programs on health and employer costs, effects of Medicare eligibility on spending and disparities, price markups in out-of-network care, and implications of private equity acquisitions of hospitals and physicians. In addition to policy and financial levers, his work has quantified the spending and health effects of preventable harm, notably firearm injuries, for both survivors and their family members. In accompanying methods papers, Dr. Song has helped advance methods for causal inference, including regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences designs.
Dr. Song is a recipient of the AcademyHealth Publication-of-the-Year award (two times), NIHCM Foundation Health Care Research Award, and SGIM Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award. His research has also been recognized by the American College of Physicians, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, American Journal of Managed Care, Johns Hopkins University, and other institutions. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Dr. Song has received several teaching awards and the Young Mentor Award from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Song has contributed to policy work at HHS, the Brookings Institution, and Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. He has also served on committees for NASEM, AHRQ, and the Aspen Institute. He is an Associate Editor of JAMA Health Forum and Editorial Board member of Health Services Research.
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