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Email: paul.wong@nera.com
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PhD and MA in economics, Stanford University
BA in business economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dr. Paul Wong is a member of NERA's Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, and NERA’s Antitrust and Competition Practice. Since joining NERA, Dr. Wong has consulted on a variety of health care mergers, including the Advocate-NorthShore hospital merger challenged by the Federal Trade Commission, the Aetna-Humana and Centene-Health Net health insurance mergers, as well as mergers involving major hospital systems in more than 20 states. Dr. Wong has also consulted on antitrust litigations in health care industries, including those involving hospitals, multispecialty physician groups, health insurers, medical devices, medical supply distribution, and hospital equipment supply and rental. Of note, Dr. Wong was the lead consultant for USA v. Carolinas Healthcare System, involving “steering provisions” in hospital reimbursement contracts, and State of Washington v. Franciscan Health System, involving the challenge of two consummated acquisitions of physician groups.
Dr. Wong has previous professional experience in health care services research and health care analytics, and he has worked as an investment manager. In addition, Dr. Wong teaches economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Dr. Wong has also conducted academic research on a variety of healthcare and antitrust issues, and published articles in journals such as Population Health Management, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, and Competition. Notably, Dr. Wong has written multiple papers analyzing competition and regulation in the US health insurance industry. As well, Dr. Wong has researched the impact of patient-centered care on patients’ medical costs, and how competition impacts patenting and innovation in agricultural biotechnology. Dr. Wong has presented seminars to numerous organizations, including the US Department of Justice, the American Society of Health Economists, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association.
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Non-Compete Agreements: Might They Be Procompetitive in Health Care? | Published Article | Dr. Paul Wong and Dr. Emily Walden | ||
Indiana Hospitals Do Not Have a "Monopoly Problem" | Report | Dr. Paul Wong | ||
Expert Witnesses in Competition Disputes | Published Article | Dr. David Blackburn, Nathan Blalock, Dr. Subbu Ramanarayanan, and Dr. Paul Wong | ||
Reduced-Form Versus Structural Econometric Methods in Market Definition: Lessons from... | Published Article | Dr. Subbu Ramanarayanan and Dr. Paul Wong | ||
Health Care Antitrust: Are Courts Adapting to a Complex and Dynamic Industry or Are T... | Published Article | Dr. Lawrence Wu and Dr. Paul Wong | ||
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Can Non-Competes Be Procompetitive? An Economist’s View | 24 May 2021 | |||
Winds of Change? Reactions to the Vertical Merger Guidelines and a Look Back at Prior... | 04 April 2020 | |||
Antitrust Issues in Physician-Hospital Alignment | 10 February 2020 | |||
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NERA Experts Recognized in Who's Who Legal 2022 | 17 October 2022 | Press Release | ||
NERA Experts Recognized in Who’s Who Legal 2021 | 01 June 2021 | Press Release | ||
NERA Economic Consulting Announces Senior-Level Promotions | 23 February 2021 | Press Release | ||
Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 24 NERA Experts in 2020 Consulting Directory | 21 August 2020 | Press Release | ||
Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 28 NERA Experts in 2019 Consulting Directory | 30 July 2019 | Press Release | ||
NERA Economic Consulting Announces Senior-Level Promotions | 19 March 2019 | Press Release | ||
Twenty NERA Antitrust and Competition Experts Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Competit... | 28 February 2019 | Press Release | ||
NERA Places Seventeen Antitrust/Competition Experts on Who's Who Legal: Competition 2... | 15 March 2018 | Press Release | ||
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