Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D. is one of the world's most respected healthcare
speakers and authorities. He has taught at Princeton University since 1968. He has led courses in both micro- and
macro-economic theory and policy, accounting for commercial, private non-profit and governmental enterprises, financial management
for commercial and non-profit enterprises, and health economics and policy. He is universally and regularly accorded as
one of the most influential authorities on US healthcare trends and policy.
Professor Reinhardt has served
on a number of government committees and commissions, among them the National Council
on Health Care Technology of the then U.S. Department of Health and Welfare (1979-82) and the Special Medical Advisory Group of the then Veterans Administration (1981-85). From 1986 to 1995 he served three
consecutive three-year terms as a Commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Commission
(PPRC, now MedPAC), established in 1986 by the Congress to advise it on issues related to the payment of physicians. In
1999, Professor was appointed to the National Advisory Council (NAC) for Health Care Policy, Research and Evaluation for the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, formerly AHCPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Professor Reinhardt
currently is a member of the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Reform, a
privately funded group of health experts established to track the economic impact of the current revolution in health-care
delivery and cost control. In 1997, he joined the Pew Health Professions Commission,
which explores the implication of health-systems change on the health workforce. Since 1998 he has also chaired the Coordinating
Committee of The Commonwealth Fund's International Program in Health Policy.