Ellerie Weber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and Policy at the Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She received her PhD in Business Economics from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Her research applies principles of microeconomics and econometric techniques to study the health sector, particularly how health policies affect prices, competition and health outcomes. She has published on topics relevant to current health policy, including Medicaid expansions, post-COVID telehealth coverage changes, price transparency, retail clinics, hospital prices and charges, and hospital-insurer bargaining. Dr. Weber’s current research focuses on the de-facto Medicaid extensions granted to postpartum people under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and ensuing American Rescue Plan and its’ impact on coverage, utilization, and health disparities therein. In addition to her PhD, Dr. Weber received an MBA the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. She is a mom to three boys and enjoys spending time in nature with her family.

Ellerie Weber is a 2022 grantee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems program and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Data for Action program, managed by AcademyHealth.

Authored by Ellerie Weber

Publication

Twelve-Month Medicaid Postpartum Extensions Ring Hollow For Immigrant Communities

Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai show that although Medicaid postpartum extensions represent a significant step forward in expanding access to maternal health care in the United States, these benefits remain inaccessible to millions of pregnant immigrants due to the complexities of state-specific pregnancy-related Medicaid policies.
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