Ge Bai, PhD, CPA

Ge Bai, PhD, CPA is a Professor of Accounting at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Professor of Health Policy & Management (joint) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An expert on health care accounting, finance, and policy, Dr. Bai has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate HELP Committee, written for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and published her studies in leading academic journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs. 

Her work has been widely featured in the media and used in government regulations and congressional testimonies. Dr. Bai has received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She was a visiting scholar at the Health Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Bai writes regularly for Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/gebai.

Education

• Ph. D, Accounting, Michigan State University
• MS, Accounting, Eastern Michigan University
• BA, Japanese Literature, Dalian University of Technology
• BA, Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Research

Selected publications

• Plummer, E., Socal, M. P., & Bai, G. (2024) Estimation of tax benefit of US nonprofit hospitals. JAMA, in press.
• Hyman, D., Letchuman, S., & Bai, G. (2024). Health insurance coverage: Is broader always better? JAMA Internal Medicine, 184(3), 233-234.
• Bai, G., Letchuman, S., & Hyman, D. (2023). Do nonprofit hospitals deserve their tax exemption? New England Journal of Medicine, 389(3), 196-197.
• Saraswathula, A., Merck, S., Berry, S., Bai, G., & Anderson, G. F. (2023). The volume and cost of external quality metric reporting: Evidence from an academic medical center. JAMA, 329(21), 1840-1847.
• Wang, Y., Meiselbach, M., Cox, S., & Anderson, G. F. & Bai, G. (2023). The relationship among cash prices, negotiated rates, and chargemaster prices for shoppable hospital services. Health Affairs, 42(4), 516-525.
• Jiang, J., Makary, M., & Bai, G. (2022). Commercial negotiated prices for CMS-specified shoppable radiology services in U.S. hospitals. Radiology, 302(3), 622-624.
• Bai, G., Zare, H., Eisenberg, M., Polsky, D., & Anderson, G. F. (2021). Analysis suggests government and nonprofit hospitals' charity care is not aligned with their favorable tax treatment. Health Affairs, 40(4), 629-636.
• Bai, G., Yehia, F., & Anderson, G. F. (2020). Varying trends in the financial viability of rural hospitals in the US, 2011-2017. Health Affairs, 39(6), 942-948.
• Bai, G., Kang, S. Y., Sen, A., & Anderson, G. F. (2019). Financial eligibility criteria and medication coverage for independent charity patient assistance programs. JAMA, 322(5), 422-429.
• Bai, G., Chanmugam, A., Suslow, V., & Anderson, G. F. (2019). Air ambulance with sky high charges. Health Affairs, 38(7), 1195-1200.
• Bai, G., Social, M., & Anderson, G. F. (2019). Favorable formulary placement of branded drugs in Medicare prescription drug plans when generics are available. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(6), 832-833.
• Garrett, J. B., Tayler, W. B., Bai, G., Social, M., Trujillo, A. J., & Anderson, G. F. (2019). Consumer responses to price disclosure in direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(3), 435-437.
• Jiang, J. X., & Bai, G. (2019). Evaluation of causes of protected health information breaches. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(2), 265-267.
• Liljenquist, D., Bai, G., & Anderson, G. F. (2018). Addressing generic-drug market failures—The case for establishing a nonprofit manufacturer. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(20), 1857-1859.

Teaching

Current

• Accounting Foundations
• Advanced Financial Accounting
• Capital Budgeting
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Health Care Consulting Practicum

Honors and distinctions

• The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award. 2021.
• The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative Seed Grant Award. 2020.
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Dean’s Awards. 2017-Present.
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Supplemental Research Support Award. 2017-Present.
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Black & Decker Research Fund. 2017-2018.
• Institute of Management Accountants Research Foundation Emerging Scholar Award, 2014
• Journal of Management Accounting Research Best Paper Award, 2014
• Institute of Management Accountants Research Foundation Grant, 2013
• American Accounting Association/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2011

Impact and engagement

Policy

• What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America? U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, July 11, 2024.
• Tax-Exempt Hospitals and the Community Benefit Standard. U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Oversight Subcommittee, April 26, 2023.
• More Cures for More Patients: Overcoming Pharmaceutical Barriers. U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Health Subcommittee, February 5, 2020.
• Hospital Transparency and Reporting Requirements. Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee. May 3, 2023.
• Health Care Costs: Options for State Policymakers, with Matthew Eisenberg. Utah House of Representative and State Senate. August 22, 2019.