
Brian Miller, MD, MBA, MPH
Public HealthPreventive MedicineHospital Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Brian Miller
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Brian Miller, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., FACPM is a practicing hospitalist, Associate Professor of Medicine and Business (courtesy) at the Johns Hopkins University. He splits his time between the practice of hospital medicine and interdisciplinary health policy research focused on payment policy, FDA regulatory policy, and healthcare competition policy.
Dr. Miller previously served as a Medical Officer in the Office of New Drugs at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where he focused on pre- and post-market safety regulation, including the review and approval of valbenazine, a first-in-class breakthrough new molecular entity. He also served as a Senior Policy Fellow for Health IT at the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to serving as a Special Advisor in the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning. At the FTC, he worked on competition policy and served as an in-house physician expert for the Bureau of Competition, assisting in merger review and enforcement in health systems, pharmaceuticals, and retail drug stores, including the FTC's successful action blocking the $7 billion Advocate - NorthShore merger. Prior to the FTC, Dr. Miller was a Fellow at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, where he co-managed the ACO Investment Model, a $114 million project focused on ACOs in rural areas. Dr. Miller previously served as a member of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee and a consulting expert witness at the FTC.
Dr. Miller currently serves as a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on the $1 trillion Medicare program. Dr. Miller also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina State Health Plan, a $4.5 billion/year organization providing health benefits for >750,000 state employees, dependents, and retirees where he also serves as the Chair of their Medical Policy Advisory Committee.
Centers and Institutes
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Research Interests
Payment policy, FDA regulatory policy, Healthcare Competition Policy
Research Summary
Dr. Miller's research focuses on the intersection of healthcare and the state: healthcare competition policy, health insurance program design, and the FDA regulation of drugs, devices, and tobacco products. Applied in nature, his research is conducted in partnership with academics, federal regulators, corporations, and policymakers.
Dr. Miller's goal is to understand how public-private health financing models, improved benefit design, and increased service delivery competition can drive increased productivity, lower costs, and improve quality. Finally, he aims to understand how FDA regulatory pathways for drugs, devices, and tobacco products can be redesigned to expand access to care, lower the cost of innovation, and support cost-effective clinical practice.
Selected Publications
- Davis MC, Miller BJ, Kalsi J, Birkner T, Mathis MV. Efficient Trial Design - FDA Approval of Valbenazine for Tardive Dyskinesia. The New England Journal of Medicine 2017;376:2503-2506
- Yagi B, Lushniak BD, Miller BJ. “Appropriate for the Protection of the Public Health: Why We Need Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Product Standards.” Food and Drug Law Journal 2023;78(1):16-62.
- Yagi B, Blanks W, Miller BJ. “The 510(k) Third Party Review Program: Promise and Potential.” Journal of Medical Systems 2023;45:93.
- Spear J, Ehrenfeld JM, Miller BJ. “Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Delivery.” Journal of Medical Systems 2023;47(121).
- Cho T, Gowda V, Schulzrinne H, Miller BJ. “Integrated Devices: A New Regulatory Pathway to Promote Revolutionary Innovation.” Milbank Q. 2024 Jan 22. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12692. Epub ahead of print
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2020
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2016
- Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH, 2015
- Graduate School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, MBA, 2013
- Medical Education: Northwestern University School of Medicine, MD, 2011
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2020
- Public Health and General Preventive Medicine: American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2017
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)