Jill R. Horwitz

Jill R. Horwitz is Vice Dean of Faculty and Intellectual Life and David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine at the UCLA School of Law[1] and Associate Director of the Center for Law and Economics at UCLA.[2] Horwitz is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research,[3] Reporter at the American Law Institute,[4] Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia of Canada,[5] and a member of the Board of Advisors of the New York University National Center on Philanthropy and the Law.[6]

Education and training

Horwitz graduated from Northwestern University, with a B.A. in History with honors.[7] She holds a J.D. magna cum laude, Master in Public Policy, and Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University.[8] She was a Law Clerk for Judge Norman H. Stahl of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1997–1998).[9]

Career

Horwitz joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School in 2003. While there, she was the Co-Director of the Program in Law and Economics and the Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law.[10] She also held appointments at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. She has been a member of the Core Faculties of both the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical and Policy Scholars programs at Michigan.

Horwitz has written extensively on the interconnections among health regulation, economics, and policy. She has published on topics ranging from the effects of nonprofit and for-profit ownership of hospitals on medical service provision to medical technology diffusion to opioid regulation, and has frequently commented on these topics in editorials,[11][12] testimony to Congress,[13] and the press.[14][15] Horwitz's recent publications include the article "Wellness Incentives In The Workplace: Cost Savings Through Cost Shifting To Unhealthy Workers," which has attracted considerable press and blog attention.[16][17][18][19][20] She is the Reporter on the American Law Institute Restatement of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations.[21]

References
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  2. "Center for Law and Economics". UCLA School of Law. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Jill Horwitz". The National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. "Current Projects: Principles of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations". American Law Institute. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. "Faculty Members and Areas of Research". University of Victoria. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. "Current Members of the Advisory Board". New York University School of Law. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  7. "New Appointments". UCLA School of Law. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  8. "New Appointments". UCLA School of Law. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. "Jill R. Horwitz". UCLA School of Law.
  10. "Jill Horwitz". University of Michigan School of Law. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  11. Jill R. Horwitz; Helen Levy (29 June 2012). "Obamacare will help drive down health care costs". CNN. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  12. Jill R. Horwitz; Helen Levy. "Health Care Economics 101 And The Supreme Court". Health Affairs Blog. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  13. "The Tax-Exempt Hospital Sector". U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  14. Stephanie Strom (2008-02-20). "Hospital's Accounting Is Under Fire by a Union". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  15. Noah Ovshinsky. "Can Health Care Save Detroit?". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  16. Chris Fleming; 21 January 2014 (2014). "Examination Of Health Information Technology's Disappointing Impact Leads Health Affairs 2013 Top-Fifteen List". Health Affairs Blog. doi:10.1377/forefront.20140121.036499. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. Ron Goetzl (2014). "Workplace Wellness Programs: Continuing The Discussion". Health Affairs Blog. doi:10.1377/forefront.20140127.036730. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. Sarah Kliff. "Corporate wellness programs: Not quite the cost savers". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  19. Rex Huppke. "Weighing employee wellness programs". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  20. "Jill Horwitz". C-SPAN. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  21. "Current Projects: Principles of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations". The American Law Institute. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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