Rebecca L. Johnson
Principal
New York, NY, US
Rebecca Johnson is a principal with a background in healthcare finance. She has over 20 years of experience with a wide range of clients, including health plans, hospital systems, life science companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Experience
Rebecca’s experience includes providing data-driven analytics, strategic guidance, and contract negotiation support to quantify and assess the financial impact of alternative payment models and risk-based contracting for hospitals, integrated health systems, and ACOs. Rebecca also has experience assessing and quantifying the impact of payer contracting strategies in Medicare Part D for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Education
- BA, Psychology & Sociology, William Smith College
- MBA, Healthcare Management, University of Scranton
Publications
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Understanding nonfatal firearm injuries: Incidence and healthcare spending for commercially insured members
23 October 2025 - by Charmaine Girdish, Harsha Mirchandani, Allison Halpren, Rebecca L. Johnson
Patient healthcare costs increase substantially in the six months after a nonfatal firearm injury. We analyze patterns for stakeholders to consider.
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Healthcare cost journey for survivors of firearm injuries
11 July 2022 - by Samantha Tomicki, Harsha Mirchandani, Rebecca L. Johnson
Given the medical costs of nonfatal firearm injuries, healthcare stakeholders have an interest in supporting further research to mitigate firearm injury risk
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Racial disparities in preventive services for Medicare FFS beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes
19 February 2021 - by Harsha Mirchandani, Samantha Tomicki, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca L. Johnson, Sally Maraldo, Andrew Yang
We describe significant racial disparities in access to preventive diabetes care.
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Webinar: Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models
28 February 2019 - by Zach Hunt, Rebecca L. Johnson, Anders Larson
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Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models
29 January 2019 - by Zach Hunt, Rebecca L. Johnson, Anders Larson
This article focuses on some of the challenges that Medicaid payers (including states and managed care organizations) face when trying to establish alternative payment models with providers.
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健康保険のマイクロインシュアランスの教育用プライシングツール（英語版のみ）
05 October 2015 - by Ashlee Mouton Borcan, Josh Collins, Robert M. Damler, Daniel Henry, Rebecca L. Johnson, Aaron S Wright
アクチュアリーや医療従事者の方々のお役に立つマイクロインシュアランスの教育ツールはほとんどありません。ミリマンと国際アクチュアリー会はそうした状況に応えて、マイクロインシュアランス業界向けに健康保険のマイクロインシュアランスの教育用プライシングツールを共同開発しました。
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Health microinsurance instructional pricing tool
05 October 2015 - by Ashlee Mouton Borcan, Josh Collins, Robert M. Damler, Daniel Henry, Rebecca L. Johnson, Aaron S Wright
Milliman and the International Actuarial Association have collaborated on a health microinsurance pricing tool for the microinsurance community.
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The burden of hepatitis C virus disease in commercial and managed Medicaid populations
24 September 2015 - by Christine Ferro, Rebecca L. Johnson
This study analyzes the burden of hepatitis C virus infection for a typical adult population in the United States, emphasizing actual costs and utilization rates for commercial insurers and managed Medicaid players.
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New “insurance” regulations on providers participating in alternative payment arrangements
02 September 2015 - by Rebecca L. Johnson, Howard Kahn, Catherine M. Murphy-Barron, Robert Parke
A recent growing trend has been to shift insurance (utilization) risk from payers to providers through alternate payment contracts (APCs) in an effort to align financial compensation with performance and financially penalize providers if certain financial and quality thresholds are not met.
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Healthcare, provider reimbursement, and the changing financial terrain
19 March 2015 - by Rebecca L. Johnson, Catherine M. Murphy-Barron
Healthcare providers should start thinking about strategies
for defending and gaining market share sooner rather than later.