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.

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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

Article

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.

Article

Webinar: Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

28 February 2019 - by Zach Hunt, Rebecca L. Johnson, Anders Larson

Article

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.

Article

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.

Article

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.

Article

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.

Article

Specialty tiers: Benefit design considerations for Medicare Part D

26 June 2013 - by Gabriela Dieguez, Rebecca L. Johnson, Bruce S. Pyenson

An examination of benefit design and costs for specialty-tier prescription drugs.

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Article

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.

Article

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

Article

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.

Article

Webinar: Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

28 February 2019 - by Zach Hunt, Rebecca L. Johnson, Anders Larson

Article

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.

Article

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.

Article

Specialty tiers: Benefit design considerations for Medicare Part D

26 June 2013 - by Gabriela Dieguez, Rebecca L. Johnson, Bruce S. Pyenson

An examination of benefit design and costs for specialty-tier prescription drugs.

Rebecca L. Johnson

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Experience

Read their latest work

Understanding nonfatal firearm injuries: Incidence and healthcare spending for commercially insured members

Healthcare cost journey for survivors of firearm injuries

Racial disparities in preventive services for Medicare FFS beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes

Webinar: Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

Health microinsurance instructional pricing tool

The burden of hepatitis C virus disease in commercial and managed Medicaid populations

New “insurance” regulations on providers participating in alternative payment arrangements

Healthcare, provider reimbursement, and the changing financial terrain

Specialty tiers: Benefit design considerations for Medicare Part D

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Rebecca L. Johnson

Read their latest work

Understanding nonfatal firearm injuries: Incidence and healthcare spending for commercially insured members

Healthcare cost journey for survivors of firearm injuries

Racial disparities in preventive services for Medicare FFS beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes

Webinar: Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

Seven key challenges for Medicaid states considering alternative payment models

Health microinsurance instructional pricing tool

The burden of hepatitis C virus disease in commercial and managed Medicaid populations

New “insurance” regulations on providers participating in alternative payment arrangements

Healthcare, provider reimbursement, and the changing financial terrain

Specialty tiers: Benefit design considerations for Medicare Part D

CHOOSE A LOCATION AND LANGUAGE