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Ge
Bai
,
PhD

Professor

Contact Info

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 329
Washington
District of Columbia
20036
US        

Research Interests

Health care accounting, finance, and policy

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Michigan State University
2012
MS
Eastern Michigan University
2006
BE
Dalian University of Technology
2001
BA
Dalian University of Technology
2001
Overview

Ge Bai, PhD, CPA is a Professor of Accounting at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Professor of Health Policy & Management (joint) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An expert on health care accounting, finance, and policy, Dr. Bai has testified before House Ways and Means Committee, written for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and published her studies in leading academic journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs. Her work has been widely featured in the media and used in government regulations and congressional testimonies. Dr. Bai has received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She was a visiting scholar at the Health Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Bai writes regularly for Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/gebai.

Select Publications
  • Socal, M., Wang, Y., Plummer, P., Anderson, G. F., & Bai, G. (2023). Spending on over-the-counter prescription drugs in the Medicare Part D Program. JAMA. Forthcoming.

  • Bai, G., Letchuman, S., & Hyman, D. A. (2023). Do nonprofit hospitals deserve their tax exemption? The New England Journal of Medicine. 389(3), 196-197.

  • Bai, G., Zare, H., Eisenberg, M., Polsky, D., & Anderson, G. F. (2021). Analysis suggests government and nonprofit hospitals’ charity care is not aligned with their favorable tax treatment. Health Affairs, 40(4), 629-636.  

  • Bai, G., & Anderson, G. F. (2017). Variation in the ratio of physician charges to Medicare payments by specialty and region. JAMA, 317(3), 315-317.

  • Bai, G., & Anderson, G. F. (2015). Extreme markup: The fifty US hospitals with the highest charge-to-cost ratios. Health Affairs, 34(6), 922-928.