Larry Van Horn

Associate Professor of Management and Executive Director of Health Affairs Vanderbilt University

  • Nashville TN

Expert in health care management, health insurance policy and health care economics.

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Biography

A renowned expert and researcher on health care management and economics, Larry Van Horn is a leading figure within the Vanderbilt health care community.

Van Horn has been honored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellow.

Van Horn has also conducted industry research for such organizations as Kodak Health Imaging, Health Care Financing Administration, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has consulted for national consulting firms, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical firms and foreign governments.

Van Horn holds many leading positions at Owen and in the healthcare community. He is the Executive Director of Health Affairs and Founder and Co-Director of the Center of Health Care Market Innovation at Vanderbilt. He is also the Co-Director of Nashville Health Care Council (alongside Senator Bill Frist).

Van Horn’s research on healthcare organizations, managerial incentives in nonprofit hospitals and the conduct of managed care firms has appeared in such leading publications as the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Medical Care, Medical Care Research and Review, Journal of Public Budgeting and Financial Management, and Harvard Business Review.

Van Horn's current research interests include nonprofit conduct, governance and objectives in healthcare markets, and the measurement of healthcare outcomes and productivity.

Areas of Expertise

Malpractice
Health Insurance
Health Care Economics
Health Care Management
Health & Healthcare Law and Policy
Insurance

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D.

University of Rochester

M.P.H.

University of Rochester

M.B.A.

Selected Media Appearances

Trump administration shines sunlight into our health care system

The Hill  online

2020-11-03

In fact, an analysis by economist Larry Van Horn at Vanderbilt University found that patients who pay cash for health care services pay 40 percent less, on average than the prices charged for insured patients. The cash-paying portion of the market for health care services is fairly small (compared to the portion of the market controlled by third-party payment), but price transparency rules would help all payers, and all patients, to shop around for services or simply plan for health care expenditures. Transparency would lead to greater competition and lower prices.

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Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First

Whitehouse.gov  online

2019-06-24

DR. VAN HORN: Thank you, Mr. President, for taking this action that will put healthcare information in the hands of the American consumer. This truly will be transformational.

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Apology Not Accepted: When Saying 'I'm Sorry' Isn't Enough

HealthLeaders  online

2019-04-16

McMichael and coauthor Larry Van Horn, associate professor of management and executive director of health affairs at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, say health systems need to train providers on when and how to apologize.

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Selected Articles

"Sorry" Is Never Enough: How State Apology Laws Fail to Reduce Medical Malpractice Liability Risk

Stanford Law Review

W Kip Viscusi, Benjamin J McMichael, R Lawrence Van Horn

2019

Based on case studies indicating that apologies from physicians to patients can promote healing, understanding, and dispute resolution, 38 states have sought to reduce litigation and medical malpractice liability by enacting apology laws. Apology laws facilitate apologies by making them inadmissible in subsequent malpractice trials.

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74 Regional Variation in Prostate Cancer Treatment is not Consistent Across Age Groups

Journal of Urology

David Penson, Daniel Barocas, R Lawrence Van Horn

2018

Using 2008 data from the Texas all-payor dataset, we identified all men with a primary diagnosis of prostate cancer (ICD-9:185) and an AP-DRG of 480 (radical prostatectomy). We restricted analysis to men over age 40. We then calculated age- and race-adjusted RP rates per 1000 men by county of residence.

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Are college presidents like football coaches? Evidence from their employment contracts

Ariz. L. Rev.

Randall S Thomas, R Lawrence Van Horn

2016

College presidents' and football coaches 2 are normally the highest-paid university executives. Given the current attention paid to rising college tuition, the media frequently focuses on their compensation, often arguing it is inappropriately

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