Cory Capps has more than 10 years of experience as an economist specializing in the health care industry. Dr. Capps has advised both private firms and government agencies on issues relating to hospital market power and competition. He provided written testimony on geographic market definition before the DOJ/FTC Hearings on Health Care Competition, Policy, and Law; and he provided oral testimony on for-profit and nonprofit hospital market power and pricing before the DOJ/FTC Hearings on Health Care Competition, Policy, and Law. His international experience includes advising the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) and the Netherlands Healthcare Authority (NZa) on competitive issues engendered by new legislation partially deregulating pricing in the Dutch hospital sector.

Prior to joining Bates White, Dr. Capps was an Economist at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, where he specialized in the analysis of competition in health-care markets, including merger and civil nonmerger investigations of hospitals, physicians, nurses, insurers, home health agencies, and ambulatory surgery centers. He has experience analyzing joint ventures, group purchasing organizations, price-fixing and market allocation, and vertical foreclosure. Dr. Capps has published widely. His academic career includes positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University; B.A., Economics, University of Texas at Austin