Jack Ashby, MHA

Jack Ashby is the Director of Hospital Research at the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), where he leads initiatives focused on improving hospital payment systems, cost efficiency, and quality of care across the state of Hawaii. With more than three decades of experience in health care policy and finance, he specializes in research related to third-party payments, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers. His current work centers on analyzing hospital costs, payment-to-cost ratios, and the development and operation of HMSA’s hospital pay-for-performance program.

Before joining HMSA in 2007, Jack served as Research Director at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), where he spent 19 years advancing federal policy on Medicare payment systems and hospital reimbursement models. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles as Vice President for Finance at the District of Columbia Hospital Association and as Group Manager for Health Systems at Applied Management Sciences, Inc., where he focused on health system performance and financial analysis.

Jack holds both a Master of Health Administration (MHA) in Health Care Management and Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan. Drawing on his extensive experience across the public and private sectors, he continues to contribute to the evolution of hospital payment reform and data-driven health policy in Hawaii.

• University of Michigan-MHA
• University of Michigan-BA