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Gary Young
Director of Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research, Professor of Strategic Management and Healthcare Systems

Gary Young in the Press

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Northeastern University researchers in business, health sciences, engineering, and public policy are working to curb opioid addiction before it starts

Northeastern University researchers in business, health sciences, engineering, and public policy are working to curb opioid addiction before it starts

Northeastern researchers are working to determine whether a drug made to curb opioid cravings can be used to prevent addiction.
Why we should take Amazon’s ambitions to disrupt healthcare seriously

Why we should take Amazon’s ambitions to disrupt healthcare seriously

In a move that could reshape American healthcare, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase are partnering to cut healthcare costs for their employees, numbering nearly half a million. Professor Gary Young, a health policy expert, says change is coming, but not overnight, even "as powerful and magical as Amazon may be."
What’s in the Senate’s new healthcare bill?

What’s in the Senate’s new healthcare bill?

Senate Republicans released their bill to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare law on Thursday. We asked three faculty members to analyze the measure and what come's next.
EpiPen’s pricing debacle and its impact on patients, insurers

EpiPen’s pricing debacle and its impact on patients, insurers

A firestorm erupted this week in response to the pharmaceutical company Mylan’s sharp increase in the price of its EpiPen, a life-saving treatment for severe allergic reactions. The company quickly backtracked, announcing a rebate plan. Here, three Northeastern faculty members—pharmacist Tayla Rose, healthcare finance expert Steven Pizer, and health policy researcher Gary Young—explain the clinical, economic, and policy implications of the controversy.
Doctoral student gets hands-on research experience in population health

Doctoral student gets hands-on research experience in population health

Through Northeastern’s population health doctoral program, Cassidy Griffin combines her doctoral studies with research at MEDITECH.
How physicians are adapting to payment reform

How physicians are adapting to payment reform

Two Northeastern faculty members are examining healthcare providers ’ attitudes and behaviors toward implementing increasingly widespread payment reforms.
Healthcare gets organized

Healthcare gets organized

Northeastern last week convened an interdisciplinary group of national experts to discuss cutting-edge research and methodological breakthroughs in healthcare organization and management science.
What do hospitals do for their communities?

What do hospitals do for their communities?

Professor Gary Young and his colleagues at Northeastern are the first in the nation to analyze hospitals’ community benefits practices, which are intimately linked with their tax-exempt status.
Professor appointed to IRS advisory committee

Professor appointed to IRS advisory committee

Professor Gary Young has been selected to serve on the Internal Revenue Service’s Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities.
Bouvé faculty brief legislators on health policy

Bouvé faculty brief legislators on health policy

Terry Fulmer, dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, led a faculty briefing on health-care policy at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday.