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James Moser, Ph.D. (Economics)

James Moser, Ph.D. (Economics) has more than 20 years of experience in health economics research, policy analysis, program evaluation, and management and the majority of his research has focused on physician workforce issues.

His expertise includes detailed knowledge of the American Medical Association Masterfile, other physician data bases, and physician practice issues. He has worked on a wide range of topics related to physician practice choices, using physician medical practice databases, health care surveys, and Medicare payment data bases. He has an extensive background in developing, managing, and executing quantitative research projects to support policy analysis for the American Medical Association and the American College of Radiology, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Dr. Moser played a major role in directing research on the health status, health conditions, and health care utilization of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care (MMC) plans, using data from the MMC-Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (CAHPS) enrollee surveys. He served as Project Director on multiple assignments that included the evaluation of a CMS demonstration to test the feasibility of alternative payment approaches; a project that assisted CMS with the implementation of a Medicare Global Payment Demonstration for selected surgical procedures; and a CMS project on reporting hospital performance measures to the public.