Meet Jack Hoadley, Research Professor, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute.

Both the New Jersey Policy Forums on Health and Medical Care and the State Forums Partnership Program bring together health policy experts from around the country to explore critical issues facing state health policymakers. We're pleased to feature Jack Hoadley who presented at the New Jersey Policy Forum on The Implementation of Medicare Part D in New Jersey in December 2005.

Jack Hoadley
Jack Hoadley, Ph.D., is a health policy analyst and researcher with over 20 years experience in this field. He joined Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute in January 2002, where his primary focus is on health financing topics, including Medicare, Medicaid, and policies relating to the health care marketplace more broadly. Recent projects have included studies of formularies and other cost containment approaches for prescription drugs, the impact of recent changes to Medicare payments for physician-administered drugs, state experience with pharmaceutical assistance programs, the use of evidence-based medicine to manage pharmacy costs for Medicaid, and several projects relating to the implementation of Medicare Part D.

Dr. Hoadley is trained as a Ph.D. in political science and has worked in both academic and government settings. Prior to arriving at Georgetown, he held positions at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) and its successor, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and the National Health Policy Forum.