Dr. Thomas Mccarthy
Managing Director
Economics and Accounting
Widewaters
France
Biography
Dr. McCarthy directs NERA's Health Care Practice, which specializes in the economic analysis of regulatory, public policy, and litigation matters in health care markets. Dr. McCarthy has analyzed the competitive effects of more than 100 health care industry mergers, including evaluating the horizontal and vertical issues created by mergers of hospitals, hospital systems, health insurers, physician groups, physician practice management companies, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and home health care companies. In numerous health care antitrust liability and damages cases, Dr. McCarthy has analyzed class action issues for health insurers, joint ventures, tying and bundling, exclusive contracts, staff privileges issues, exclusions from managed care panels, hospital monopolization cases, and state action immunity issues, as well as regulatory design issues involving certificates of public advantage for state oversight of hospital mergers.
Research Interest
Specializes in the economics of intellectual property protection.
