Consulting

Public Health

Economics of Tele-health and Telemedicine

Telemedicine or telehealth (TM) has garnered attention of research communities around the world because of its potential to increase the access to and quality of health care. Increased access poses the problem of increased overall cost of healthcare services while leaving unanswered the question of cost-benefits related to the use of technology to improve preventive and curative services, and ultimately the nation’s health. In association with the Dept. of Public Health at Mercer University, the Center for Telehealth & e-Health Law (CTeL) and the Center for Evaluation and Applied Research at Mercer University, we are trying to demystify the cost advantages and disadvantages of introducing telemedicine services as complements and substitutes of traditional health services in different health institutions across different disease areas. Apart from doing a detailed review of the existing literature, we are seeking funding for a large, generalized primary research of all kinds health institutions across the U.S. to seek answers to this question.

Transfer Pricing

3 Year Experience as Economist in Deloitte Transfer Pricing Practice

• The 2009 UNCTAD World Investment Report estimates that 58 percent of the world GDP in 2007 was generated by multinational enterprises (MNE) through transactions of goods, services and intangibles between the MNE subsidiaries.
• In Deloitte’s transfer pricing group, economists work with lawyers and tax specialists to provide transfer pricing solutions to MNE. I gained a thorough knowledge of the public policies on transfer pricing in different countries during my tenure at Deloitte.
• I have firsthand knowledge on the transfer pricing policies in different countries and how MNE behave under these policies.
• Have had direct experience in the most important public policy questions facing the world including: MNE intellectual property migration under policy incentives in different countries, international profit transfers by MNE through loans and guarantees, tax base shifting strategies under increasing move of business to online platforms.
• Work involved generating business structure planning and creating transfer pricing policies for world’s biggest and fastest growing companies in different industries including: fast moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, aviation and shipping, marketing, heavy metals, tourism and hotel businesses, contract research and international investment banking and real estate investment companies.
• As more governments introduce transfer pricing regulations, demand for employees having the knowledge of transfer pricing is going up every day; both in the industry and also due to more regulatory and tax implementation positions available in governments.