Burdensome Red Tape: Overregulation in Health Care and the Impact on Small Businesses

Chairwoman Van Duyne, Ranking Member Mfume, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations:

My name is Brian Miller, and I practice hospital medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. As an academic health policy researcher, I serve as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Business (Courtesy) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. My research focuses on how we can build a more competitive and vibrant health sector to make healthcare more flexible and personalized for patients. This perspective is based upon my prior regulatory experience at the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Through my role as a faculty member, I regularly engage with regulators, policymakers, and businesses in search of solutions to help create a better healthcare system for all. Today I am here in my personal capacity, and the views expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Johns Hopkins University, the American Enterprise Institute, or the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

In my testimony today, I will focus on:

1. The increasing regulatory burden on health care providers
2. The important role of small providers in the health care system
3. Consolidation within the health care system and what we can do about it

Read the full written statement here.