Hannah Neprash is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. Dr. Neprash studies health economics, focusing on how clinicians respond to financial and non-financial incentives. Her research uses novel sources of data to examine how clinician decision-making drives utilization, spending, access, and quality in health care.  She is particularly interested in research questions that will inform evidence-based policy during a time of rapid transformation in health care payment and delivery systems. 

In addition to her academic career, Dr. Neprash has experience in federal and state health policy – including time at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee, and the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. She has a Ph.D. in health policy (economics track) from Harvard University and a BA in economics from Oberlin College.