Cara has her MBA from University of Tennessee. In addition to her role in business management and development, Cara’s focus is on cost accounting, cost analysis, and economic valuation. With more than 10 years of experience in health economics, Cara has developed expertise in developing cost estimates for economic models of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, developing unit cost measures for model adaptations, and estimating reasonable costs of medical services in a variety of health care litigation applications. In addition to experience and skills in cost modelling in MS Excel, she has extensive experience in health policy analysis and technical writing. Prior to joining Avalon Health Economics, Cara was a Health Economist and Policy Analyst at Oxford Outcomes, Ltd. At Oxford, she contributed to studies of ambulatory surgery center economic impact, orthopedic surgeon ownership of ancillary services, hospital access, and cost analysis for litigation support projects and health policy analyses. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in business administration from Drew University.
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