CEO
RxEconomics LLC
Hunt Valley, MD
M. Christopher Roebuck is Founder and CEO of RxEconomics LLC, a health economics and policy consulting firm launched in 2011. Previously, Dr. Roebuck worked for nearly a decade at CVS Caremark, most recently as Director of Strategic Research. He has considerable expertise in applying advanced econometric methods in observational research studies using insurance claims data. Additionally, Dr. Roebuck has significant experience in developing predictive models, conducting economic evaluations of health care programs, and examining issues of health plan choice. Estimating the effects of pharmacy benefit design on prescription drug utilization and cost, as well as quantifying the reductions in medical services use and cost from medication adherence, are among his key areas of interest. He and his colleagues received the Best Abstract Award at the 2006 Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, and the Health Care Research Award of the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation in 2013. Among other peer-reviewed journals, his work has been published in American Economic Review, Southern Economic Journal, Health Affairs, Medical Care, American Journal of Managed Care, and Health Services Research. Dr. Roebuck is also a Research Fellow at the Employee Benefit Research Institute. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Miami, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM