Crystal Pike

Managing Principal
Crystal Pike
Boston

Education

M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management; B.A., economics, Mount Holyoke College

Summary of Experience

Ms. Pike applies her expertise in health economics, statistics, and large administrative claims and transaction-level databases to help resolve complex litigation and strategic business questions in a variety of contexts, including matters involving the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Controlled Substance Act. She has performed economic analyses and presented findings to US Attorney's Office investigators in numerous cases involving allegations of off-label promotion, kickback, and pricing issues. Ms. Pike also applies economic theory and empirical estimation methods in a variety of product liability, breach of contract, intellectual property, and transfer-pricing engagements. She has extensive experience in developing flexible damages models for real-time use in high-stakes negotiations. 

Ms. Pike has been instrumental in developing bespoke suspicious order monitoring programs; building internal analytical programs to assess the risk of theft or diversion; and assisting manufacturers, wholesalers, and pharmacies in responding to government investigations and/or lawsuits related to controlled substance distribution and dispensing. She has managed a range of health care cases involving analysis of future lost profits; economic analysis of physician payment structures under capitation; studies of the cost effectiveness, budget impacts, and direct and indirect costs of illness associated with a variety of diseases; and pricing analyses for large multinational corporations across numerous industries. Ms. Pike has published numerous articles on related topics in health care economics and clinical journals.

 

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