J. Michael McWilliams
Education
Ph.D., health policy (evaluative science and statistics), Harvard University; M.D., Harvard Medical School
Summary of Experience
Dr. McWilliams’s research spans questions related to health care spending, quality, and access, with the goal of informing policies and systems that support efficiency and equity in health care. His work has focused on the design and effects of payment systems, the organization and quality of health care delivery, physician agency, the effects of health insurance coverage, and quasi-experimental methods for causal inference in observational research. Dr. McWilliams is a principal investigator of a large program project (P01) on Medicare, funded by the National Institute on Aging. His research has earned numerous honors, including the HSR Impact Award and Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from AcademyHealth, the Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), and distinctions for specific papers from SGIM, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, Health Affairs, AcademyHealth, and NEJM Catalyst. Dr. McWilliams is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and The American Society for Clinical Investigation. He also serves as a senior advisor to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, a member of the board of directors for the Institute for Accountable Care, an associate editor for JAMA Internal Medicine, and a member of the editorial boards for Health Services Research and The American Journal of Managed Care.
