UnitedHealthcare Establishes New Endowed Professorship at University of Michigan School of Public Health
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As associate professor of health management and policy, Ryan's research focuses primarily on value-based payment models, or payment structures that motivate health care providers, including doctors, hospitals and health systems, to provide high-quality, affordable care to their patients. His work aims to better understand these programs' effectiveness, whether there are specific aspects that are responsible for their successes and failures, and determine which types of clinicians or care provider groups are better positioned to thrive through these payment models.
The endowment aligns with UnitedHealthcare's continued collaboration with care providers in moving to a value-based health care system.
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"We need the country's best and brightest minds working on today's toughest health care challenges and look forward to partnering with
Endowed gifts provide a permanent, self-sustaining source of funding. UnitedHealthcare's donation will be invested, and each year a portion of the return on investment will be used to support the professorship.
Ryan is the director of the
Ryan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Economics from
Keywords for this news article include: Hospitals, Public Health, UnitedHealthcare, Health and Medicine.
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