Ge Bai

Ge Bai 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, her research focuses on tax-exempt hospital accountability, insurance pricing dynamics, and pharmaceutical market ethics.

• PhD, Accounting – Michigan State University
• MS, Accounting – Eastern Michigan University
• BA, Japanese Literature & Mechanical Engineering – Dalian University of Technology

Her research examines healthcare pricing, medical debt, insurance market distortions, and pharmaceutical industry practices. Notable work includes analyzing cash vs. insurance pricing discrepancies, nonprofit hospital tax compliance, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

Recent publications highlight systemic misalignments in hospital pricing, including trauma activation fees and Medicare prescription drug formularies. Her work has influenced health policy debates, including congressional testimonies on medical debt relief and price transparency.

• Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
• Hopkins Business of Health Initiative Seed Grant (2020)
• Institute of Management Accountants Research Foundation Emerging Scholar Award (2014)

As a visiting scholar at the Congressional Budget Office (2022–2023), she analyzed federal healthcare cost containment strategies. Her policy engagements include testifying before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and U.S. Senate HELP Committee.