SPECIALIZATION in the
design of innovative health care payment systems, expert testimony on health
care regulation and statistics, negotiation of PPOs and efficiency analysis
of hospitals and other health care providers for state and county governments,
individual hospitals, hospital associations, Blue Cross plans, insurance companies,
and business coalitions.
REPRESENTATIVE consulting projects include assisting several states'
legislatures and administrations in the design of hospital cost control systems.
These include Maryland, Maine, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, Washington and
West Virginia.
PUBLICATIONS in the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs,
the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Aspen Publication, and publications
in the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Nursing, and the
American Enterprise Institute.
PREPARATION AND APPOINTMENTS
First class honors from Saint Andrews University, Scotland. Doctorate, Oxford
University
Faculty, Oxford University
Scientific Liaison Officer , British Embassy in Washington
Research Statistician, Chief of Methodology Development,
Chief Rate Analyst with Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
Member, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
Board, Rockburn Institute