Robert F. Graboyes, MSHA, PhD
Senior
Fellow for Health and Economics
NFIB
Research Foundation | 1201 F Street NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20004
202.314.2063 | bob.graboyes@nfib.org | www.NFIB.com/DrBob
Professor
(health economics): VCU | UVa | GMU | GWU
Personal:
rfgraboyes@gmail.com | www.robertgraboyes.com
CV/Résumé (10/3/12)
EDUCATION
2000 Ph.D.,
Economics,
1998 M.S.H.A.,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
1984 M.Phil.,
Economics,
1981 M.A.,
Government,
1976 B.A.,
English, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
NONACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2011-date Senior
Fellow for Health and Economics, NFIB Research Foundation, Washington, DC
2007-2011 Senior Healthcare
Advisor, National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, DC
1996-2002 Manager and
Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of
1990-1996 Associate
Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA
1989-1990 Assistant
Economist/Managing Editor, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1989 Economist,
Virginia Department of Taxation, Richmond, VA
1985-1988 Economist/Second
Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank,
1983-1985 Associate
Economist, Chase Manhattan Bank,
1981-1982 Research
Assistant, Dr. Don Patinkin, Columbia University,
Department of Economics, New York, NY
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2012-date Adjunct
Professor, The George Washington University, Department of Health Services
Management and Leadership
2009-date Affiliate
Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health
Administration & School of Allied Health Professions
2008-date Adjunct
Professor, George Mason University, Department of Health Administration and
Policy
2005-date Clinical
Associate Professor, University of Virginia, School of Nursing
2002-2009 Affiliate
Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health
Administration & School of Allied Health Professions
1998-2002 Affiliate
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health
Administration & School of Allied Health Professions
2006-2007 Visiting
Lecturer, University of Richmond, Department of Economics
2005-2006 Visiting
Associate Professor, University of Richmond, Department of Economics
2002-2005 Visiting
Assistant Professor, University of Richmond, Department of Economics
2001-2002 Part-time Assistant Professor, University of
Richmond, Department of Management Systems
2005-2007 Director,
Language Across the Curriculum (Department Chair), University of Richmond
1983 Adjunct
Professor, Hunter College, Department of Economics
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 Outstanding
Faculty Award, The George Washington University, Department of Health Services
Management and Leadership
2007 Dennis
D. Pointer Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health
Administration.
2005 Outstanding
Professor of Economics, University of Richmond.
2005 Outstanding
Professor of International Business, University of Richmond.
1998 Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
1981, 1982 Student Fellow,
American Institute for Economic Research
RESEARCH GRANTS: PREVIOUS SUPPORT
2002 Co-Investigator
(P.I.). “Choosing
health versus wealth: a laboratory survey.” $6,000. Funding
Source: University of Richmond Research
Fund.
PUBLICATIONS
NFIB Healthcare Bulletin: Periodic email blasts
08/22/12 Small Business under PPACA: Behind the Eight-ball
06/20/12 The Day After: Health Care Reform after NFIB v
Sebelius
05/31/12 Self-insurance and Small Business
04/03/12 Health Care Law Blues: They Hear That Train a-Comin’
02/24/12 Cashews on the Hindenburg
11/28/11 PPACA’s Pyroclastic Plume
09/28/11 PPACA: Five Layers of Uncertainty
08/09/11 PPACA and the Jobless Recovery
06/14/11 The HIT Hit: PPACA's Health
Insurance Tax
05/03/11 Essential Health Benefits: The Secretary’s Joystick
04/03/11 The Incredible Shrinking Small Business Tax Credit
03/09/11 Small Business in Waiver World
01/06/11 Caught in the Middle (Douglas Holtz-Eakin, co-author)
10/20/10 No sales tax on home sales, BUT
...
10/04/10 Costs and the Law that Shall Not Be Named
08/31/10 1099 Collation Calamity
07/07/10 Premium Credits + Free Rider Provision = Mystery Tax
05/25/10 Healthcare Law vs. Employee Privacy
05/13/10 Small Business Tax Credit: Less Than Meets the Eye
04/19/10 The Majestic Equality of the Healthcare Law
03/18/10 To Congress: Three Proverbs for Healthcare Reform
10/15/09 Health Insurance Exchanges
08/19/09 Healthcare Reform and Wages
07/24/09 The Problem with Prevention
07/14/09 Healthcare lesson from Massachusetts: Deal with
costs from Day One
Altarum Blogs: Columns written for the Altarum Institute’s Health Policy Forum.
08/21/12 Small Business Under PPACA:
Behind the Eight-ball
06/19/12 The Day After: Health Care Reform After
NFIB v Sebelius
04/03/12 Health Care Law Blues: They Hear That Train a-Comin’
02/16/12 Cashews on the Hindenburg
12/20/11 Small Business and Exchanges: SHOP Till You Drop
10/11/11 Health Care Law Subsidies: A Tale of Two Cities
08/09/11 PPACA and the Jobless Recovery
06/14/11 HIT Hit:
(PPACA’s Health Insurance Tax)
05/03/11 Essential Health Benefits: The Secretary’s Joystick
02/08/11 Small Business Health Care Wish List: Repeal and
Replace
04/27/10 Health Reform - New Burdens for Small Business
Miscellaneous writings, speeches, long interviews
02/12 CoBank Interview (cobank.com)
12/01/10 Job Stagnation: Lost Years’ Legacy Urban Institute speech
(Urban Institute speech)
07/20/09 Healthcare Reform and Small Business (National
Conference of State Legislatures speech)
06/23/09 Healthcare and Small Business: Problems and Fixes (National
Economists Club speech)
05/28/09 Small Business and Healthcare Reform (American
Benefits Council speech)
2007/08 Robb Mandelbaum interview
(inc.com)
Washington Post: Healthcare Rx blog
03/31/10 Not an ending, only a beginning
03/19/10 It will ravage small business
03/11/10 The cash cows' beef
02/24/10 Peggy Lee sings health care
01/21/10 Retreat, rethink, return to
principles
01/14/10 Beware. Destination unknown
01/07/09 A kick in the teeth
12/15/09 Doughnuts in the parking lot
12/21/09 Disaster turns to disgrace
11/30/09 With a huge pen and sharp scissors
11/18/09 Not Lucy Ricardo, but not Godot
11/03/09 Start with a smaller burger
10/29/09 Not enough, and yet too much
10/22/09 Westminster health-care show
10/07/09 Killer Tax on Low-Income Workers? No!
09/17/09 Malpractice Matters
08/07/09 Umpire or Play Ball, Not Both
07/29/09 Amending Marshal Lyautey
07/24/09 Rein Costs In or They'll Rein Us In
07/16/09 Only If You Like Killing Jobs
07/02/09 Innovation, Timeliness, Choice, Quality
06/16/09 Message to Obama from Small Businesses
Doctoral Dissertation
2000 Graboyes,
Robert F. Indemnities versus Deductibles
in Health Insurance: Relative Efficiency in Deterring Low-Benefit Medical
Treatments. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,
Master’s Thesis
1981 Graboyes, Robert F. Information,
Rationality, and Politics: A Critique of Anthony Downs's An Economic Theory of
Democracy. Unpublished master’s thesis, College of William and Mary, 1981.
Thesis committee: Donald J Baxter (chair), Roger W. Smith, Edward J. Woodhouse.
Peer-reviewed Paper
Published
2004 “Comment
Dit-On «Standard Deviation»?:
An Effortless Business-Language Curriculum” Global Business Languages
Unpublished paper
Graboyes,
R, Hanson, R, and Monks, J. “Choosing health versus wealth: a laboratory
survey.”
Technical
papers published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
08/00 “Our
Money or Your Life: Indemnities vs. Deductibles in Health Insurance” Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Paper
08/00 “Getting
Better, Feeling Worse: Cure Rates, Health Insurance, and Welfare” Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Papers
08/00 “Medicine
Worse than the Malady: Cure Rates, Population Shifts, and Health Insurance” Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Papers
F/94 “Medical
Care Price Indexes” Economic Quarterly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
07/90 “The
EMU: Forerunners and Durability” Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond, July/August 1990. English, French, and German adaptations published
by the Centre International de Formation Européenne
08/90 “A
Yankee Recipe for a EuroFed Omelet” Wall Street
Journal/Europe, August 1, 1990. Reprinted in Economic Review, Federal Reserve
Bank of
1990 “Wicksell's Monetary Framework and Dynamic Stability”
(co-author, Thomas M. Humphrey); Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Working
Papers
09/91
“International Trade and Payments Data” Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond
Book
Chapters
1995/96 “Derivatives
Made E-Z” Readings on Financial Institutions and Markets, 1995-1996 Edition
(Irwin), Peter S. Rose, ed.
1994 “Security (not guns) and Butter” in
Economics 93/94, ed. Don Cole, Dushkin Publishing
Group; Guilford, CT
Other
Writings
01/11 “Does
Healthcare Reform Help U.S. Business?” Council on Foreign Relations expert
panel
01/11 “New
‘Medicare’ Taxes To Hit Middle Class,” co-authored
with Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Investor's
Business Daily
12/06 “Asian
Texas: Borat Misrepresents the Real Kazakhstan,” Richmond
Times-Dispatch
10/06 “A Wealth of Trouble” (a financial derivatives approach to
fighting obesity), forbes.com
04/05 Book
Review: Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World, by John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave,
and
2001/02 “Why
We Want What We Want” Equilibria
#7, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2001/02 “...
And Why What We Want Bugs Economists” Equilibria
#7, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2001/02 “Why
Vote? (Alex Rothenberg, co-author)” Equilibria
#7, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “You
Paid How Much for that Seat?” Equilibria
#6, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “Cattle
Drive Contracts: Economics in Literature” Equilibria #6, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1998/99 “Selling
Short: Fruit 'n' Finance”
Equilibria #6, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “Seeing
Economics at Gallaudet”
Equilibria #5, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “The
Economics of Language”
Equilibria #5, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “The
Bank at the End of the Universe” Equilibria #5, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1998/99 “Physics,
Economics, Science” Equilibria
#5, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1998/99 “Non-sedating
Economics: Three Book Reviews” Equilibria #5, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1997/98 The
Loneliest Teacher” Equilibria
#4, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1997/98 “Grandpa's
Neighbor” Equilibria
#4, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1997/98 “George,
Mickey, Michael, and Money”
Equilibria #4, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1997/98 “Experimental
Economics: Games Economists Play” Equilibria #4, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1997/98 “Rear
Windows, Trade Deficits”
Equilibria #3, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1997/98 “The
Free Trade Debate: 221 Years Running” Equilibria #3, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1996/97 “Viewer,
Puzzler, Pleader, Seer”
Equilibria #2, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1996/97 “Inflation,
Health Care, and Quality”
Equilibria #2, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
1996/97 “Health
Economics: The Physician's Visitor” Equilibria #2, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1996/97 “Secondary
Effects Matter” Equilibria #1, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1996/97
1996/97 “Does
the Fed Drive Interest Rates?” Equilibria #1, Federal Reserve Bank of
1996/97 “Public
Choice: The Economics of Government” Equilibria #1, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Fall/93 “Services
Drive Employment but Not Output” Cross Sections, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Summer/93 “Fifth
District Economic Developments in 1992” Cross Sections, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Spring/93 “Health
Care: Rising Costs and Public Policy” Cross Sections, Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
1995 “Los
Terremotos Latinos Causan Temblores en Virginia” El Sol de Virginia, 1995.
1994 “NAFTA,
GATT y el Libre Comercio” El
Sol de Virginia, 1994.
05/93 “Defense
Downsizing” Capitol Forum, May 1993.
1990
“Gush, Gush, Sweet Charlotte” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1990.
SELECTED
INVITED LECTURES
09/13/12 “Healthcare
Law Update,” NFIB, Conshohocken, PA.
09/12/12 “Healthcare
Law Update,” NFIB, Conshohocken, PA.
08/28/12 “Healthcare
Reform and Small Business,” NFIB Leadership Council, Madison, WI.
08/27/12 “Healthcare
Reform and Small Business,” NFIB Members, LaCrosse,
WI.
08/26/12 “Healthcare
Reform and Small Business,” Mid-States Distributors, Madison, WI.
08/21/13 “Small
Business in America,” visiting business group from Yemen, Washington, DC.
07/30/12 “Competition
in the Era of PPACA,” American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Chicago, IL.
06/26/12 “PPACA
at the Supreme Court,” Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Richmond,
VA.
06/11/13 “Small
Business in America,” visiting business group from Kosovo, Washington, DC.
04/15/12 “Healthcare
Law Update,” National Air Transportation Association, Washington, DC.
04/11/12 “Small
Business in America,” visiting business group from Iraq, Washington, DC.
03/30/12 “Health
Care Reform and Main Street – The Impact on Small Business,” National
Association of Specialty Health Organizations, New Orleans, LA.
03/30/12 “Big
Muddy for Small Business: The 2010 Healthcare Law and More Mire, Unless...,”
Professional Administrative Co-Employers (PACE), New Orleans, LA.
03/30/12 “How
Is the Healthcare Law Like Lake Pontchtrain?”
NFIB/LA, Metairie, LA.
03/15/12 “Small
Business Day,” NFIB/CO, Denver, CO.
02/29/12 “PPACA
and Innovation,” Healthcare Delivery Innovation Alliance, Phoenix, AZ.
01/22/12 “2010
Healthcare Law,” Hope College visitors, Washington, DC.
01/17/12 “Healthcare
Reform,” Domenici Forum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.
01/16/12 “PPACA
Piñata,” Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of El Paso, El Paso, TX.
01/13/12 “PPACA
and Your Business,” NFIB/NM, Santa Fe, NM.
01/12/12 “PPACA:
Risk & Uncertainty,” New Mexico Angels, Albuquerque, NM.
01/12/12 “PPACA
and Your Business,” NFIB/NM and ABC, Albuquerque, NM.
12/13/11 “The
New Market: Small and Large Businesses,” NCQA, Washington, DC.
11/11/11 “Health
Insurance Exchanges and Small Business,” Baltimore, MD.
10/28/11 “Healthcare
Reform, University Reform,” American University, Washington, DC.
10/03/11 “Federal
Healthcare Reform: The Search for Sasquatch,” NFIB/OR, Bend, OR.
09/28/11 “Federal
Healthcare Reform - What it Means for Your Business” or “A Rainy Night in
Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana,
and Alabama,” webinar.
08/14/11 “Healthcare
Reform: How High’s the Water, Mama?” Industrial Association
of Quincy, IL.
07/14/11 “Health
Care Reform Workshop,” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
07/12/11 “Don’t
Believe This Title: What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know about Healthcare,” LeadAmerica, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
06/29/11 “Health
Care Reform,” webinar for NFIB/NC/VA/WV.
06/16/11 “Healthcare
Reform Update,” TDAmeritrade, Miami Beach, FL.
05/25/11 “PPACA
and Small Business,” Small Business Day, State Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA.
05/19/11 “The
Health Care Overhaul: Threat or Opportunity for Your Business?” New York Association of Convenience Stores, Rochester, NY.
04/13/11 “PPACA
Update,” Council on Affordable Health Insurance, Washington, DC.
12/10/10 “The
New Unemployment and What to Do About It,” Urban Institute, Washington, DC.
11/21/10 “Employers
and Healthcare Reform: What Does the Future Hold?” (panel
discussion) National Conference of Insurance Legislators,
Austin, TX.
11/15/10 “Soaring
Cost of New Cancer Treatment - How Will We Address It?” (panel
discussion) iiBIG Oncology Payer Conference ,
Baltimore, MD.
11/09/10 “The
PPACA: Small Business and the New Horizon,” GTCBio
Healthcare Reform Conference, Arlington, VA.
11/04/10 “Healthcare
Law and Small Business” Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, Dallas, TX.
10/07/10 “The
Healthcare Law: Small Business & the New Horizon” National Association of
Convenience Stores, 10/07/10.
10/01/10 “The
Trillion Dollar Question: Implications of Medicare Sustainability” Owen
Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Health Care Business
Alliance Conference, Nashville, TN.
09/23/10 “The
Healthcare Law and Small Business,” World Congress, Tysons Corner, VA
09/15/10 “The
Healthcare Law: All Aboard the Mystery Train,” NFIB
Area Action Council, Memphis, TN
09/10/10 “The
Healthcare Law: Rollin’ ‘round the Bend,” Hylant
Group, Nashville, TN
07/26/10 “Behind
the Curtain: The Healthcare Law’s Impact on Small Business,” U.S. Chamber of
Commerce/NFIB/American Action Forum Conference, Washington, DC.
07/21/10 “Healthcare
Law: Into the Wild Blue Yonder,” National Air Transportation Association
webinar, Washington, DC.
06/24/10 “Into
Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall,” Women’s Business Enterprise National Council,
Baltimore, MD.
06/23/10 “Healthcare
Reform: Here Be Dragons,” Charlotte Economics Club, Charlotte, NC.
06/15/10 “Healthcare
Reform: An Initial Checkup,” American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
05/21/10 “How
Will the New Health Care Plan Affect Your Business ,”
CFESA, Chicago, IL.
05/21/10 “How
Will the New Health Care Plan Affect Your Business ,”
NFIB Area Action Council, Aurora, IL.
04/27/10 “Small
Business and Healthcare Reform,” National Air Transportation Association,
Alexandria, VA.
03/15/10 “Healthcare
Reform 2010,” KMU (Taiwan) Associates’ Program, Washington, DC.
02/24/10 “Small
Business and Healthcare Reform: Where Now?” NABE Small
Business / Entrepreneurial Roundtable (webinar), Washington, DC.
02/09/10 “Prospects
for Healthcare Reform,” Heritage Foundation, Blogger’s Briefing, Washington,
DC.
02/04/10 “Healthcare
Reform 2010: Johnny Cash to Dinah Washington,” World Congress, Washington, DC.
01/25/10 “Healthcare
Reform 2010: Johnny Cash to Dinah Washington,” National Air Transportation
Association, San Antonio, TX.
12/10/09 “Healthcare
Reform and Small Business,” Employee Benefits Research Institute, Washington,
DC.
09/30/09 “Deep
Dive into Health Care Reform – What it Means to You and Your Market,” World
Congress, Alexandria, VA.
07/20/09 “Healthcare
Reform and Small Business,” National Conference of State Legislatures,
Philadelphia, PA.
06/23/09 “Healthcare
and Small Business: Problems and Fixes” National Economists Club, Washington,
DC.
05/28/09 “Small
Business and Healthcare Reform,” (panel discussion) American Benefits Council,
Washington, DC.
07/25/08 “Federal
Health Care Reform and Small Business: What Are the Key Components to a
Successful Plan?” (panel discussion) National Conference of State Legislatures, New Orleans, LA.
07/12/08 “State
Healthcare Innovations: What Works, What Doesn’t?” (panel
discussion) National Conference of Insurance Legislators, New
York City, NY.
07/08/08 “Small
Business Healthcare Briefing” Council on Affordable Health Insurance,
Washington, DC.
06/05/08 “Opinion-Makers’
Forum” (panel discussion) Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT.
02/14/08 “Health
Care: When It’s Fixed for Small Business, It’s Fixed for America” Charlotte
Economics Club, Charlotte, NC
02/13/08 “Surgeon
and Pilot” University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
02/06/08 “NFIB:
Small Business Healthcare Principles” Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia,
Richmond, VA.
11/02/07 “Individual
Mandate: Inevitable, Unsustainable or Both?” School of Public Health –
University of California – Berkeley
08/26/07 “American
Health Care System: Don’t You Call Me, ‘Cause I Can’t Go” NFIB Texas Leadership
Council, Bastrop, TX
08/07/07 “Employer
Provided Health Care (Dis)Advantage: Small Business
Perspective” National Conference of State Legislatures, Boston, MA
07/11/07 “Surgeon
and Pilot: Who Chooses?” American Institute for Economic Research, Great
Barrington, MA
03/27/07 “Surgeon
and Pilot: Can Consumers Choose?” University of Richmond Pre-Health Professions
Club
03/19/07 “Desert,
Health, and Aid” Quest University Canada, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
03/15/07 “Who
Says No?: Consumer Sovereignty In Health Care”
Kaohsiung Medical University, Richmond, VA
03/09/07 “Seven
Lessons in Risk,” U.S. State Department, Arlington, VA
06/05/06 “Choosing
Health vs. Wealth: A Laboratory Experiment” American Society of Health
Economists, Madison, WI
11/05/05 “Language
Across the Curriculum: The Richmond Model” Foreign
Languages and Cultures Conference, Iowa City, IA
11/01/05 “Health
Care Update” National Business Council on Economic Issues, Philadelphia, PA
05/10/05 “Health
Care Update” National Business Council on Economic Issues, Washington, DC
03/17/05 “Nutrition
and Obesity” Virginia Commonwealth University, to visiting Taiwanese medical
group.
10/28/04 “Life,
Death, Bones, and Obesity: Consumer-Driven Health Insurance and Economic
Experiments” University of Central Florida, Department of Health Professions
10/20/04 “Life,
Death, Bones, and Obesity: Consumer-Driven Health Insurance and Economic
Experiments” Virginia
09/23/04 “Consumer-Driven
Health Insurance: Economic Experiments in Life, Death, and Obesity” Virginia
Commonwealth University, Medical Campus
09/07/04 “Obesity:
An Economic View”, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School, Grand
Rounds
07/22/04 "Eating
Medicare: The Economic Impact of Today's Lunch on Tomorrow's Health"
Richmond Association for Business Economics
07/13/03 "Indemnities:
Unmasking the Health-Wealth Tradeoff" Western Economic Association
International, Denver, CO
06/16/03 "High
Cost, Low Benefit: Inducing Patients to Opt Out?" International
Health Economics Association, San Francisco, CA.
05/02/03 "Health/Wealth
Experiment Project: Finding the Margin" Proposal for using economic
experiments for generating health insurance data": George Mason
University, IFREE Visiting Scholar Lecture Series at ICES Arlington, VA. (IFREE
is the research department headed by Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith.)
04/03/03 "Comment
Dit-On "Standard Deviation"?*: An
Effortless Business-Language Curriculum." Center for
International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Miami Beach, FL.
09/18/02 "High
Cost, Low Benefit." Research luncheon, University of
Richmond.
04/25/02 "High
Cost, Low Benefit: Inducing Patients to Opt Out?" Research
luncheon, Virginia Commonwealth University medical campus.
06/09/99 "Health
Care Policy." Pension Managers' Group.
05/14/98 "The
Role of the Federal Reserve." Central Bank of Armenia.
02/12/98 “Medical
Care and the Regional Economy." Richmond Medical Group Management Association.
09/18/97 “Technology:
Why It Bites Back." National Council on Economic
Education.
07/15/97 “CPI:
The Burden of Bias." Southeastern Association of Tax
Administrators.
06/05/97 “Happiness,
Health, and the CPI." Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
06/02/97 “The
Fed and the Federal Government." Guangdong Development Bank of Shenzhen, Richmond, VA.
06/16/97 “CPI
Reform." Charleston Southern
University.
03/18/97 “Happiness,
Health, and the CPI." Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Small Business and Agriculture
Advisory Council.
11/04/97 “The
Federal Reserve." Gallaudet University.
11/04/97 “Teaching
and the Language of Economics." Gallaudet University.
11/03/97 “Economics
and Deafness." Gallaudet University.
11/03/97 “Introducing
the Federal Reserve." Gallaudet University.
10/16/96 “CPI
Reform." James
09/27/94 “Medical
Care Price Indexes." National Association of Business Economists Policy Conference.
10/08/93 “Industrial
Sectors: U.S. vs. State Trends." Co-authored with
Stephen Stanley. Federal Reserve Bank of
02/06/91 “Structure
of Monetary Policy." College of William and Mary Business School.
10/26/90 “Wicksell's Monetary Framework and Dynamic Stability."
Co-authored with Thomas Humphrey. Federal Reserve Bank of
10/11/90 “Unburdening
the Data." Federal Reserve Bank of
--/11/83 “The
IMF and Rescheduling." 11/83, Chase Bank
PROFESSIONAL SESSIONS
ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED
National Federation of Independent
Business
2008 “Healthcare Forum: Will
Reform Become Reality?” Stephen Moore (Wall Street Journal), Ceci Connolly (
2008 “Healthcare
Forum: Does Portability Enhance Affordability?” Stuart Butler (Heritage
Foundation), Devon Herrick (National Center for Policy Analysis), Scott Keefer
(America’s Health Insurance Plans), Karen Davenport (Center for American
Progress).
2008 “Healthcare
Forum: Coverage vs. Cost: What’s the Priority?” Katherine Hayes (
2008 Healthcare
Forum: Are Individual Mandates the Answer? Michael Cannon (Cato Institute),
Sherry Glied (
Small Business Administration
2008 “Options
Cost and Coverage: Healthcare Chicken
and Egg” Newt Gingrich (Former Speaker of the House), Michael O. Leavitt
(Department of Health and Human Services), David B. Kendall (Progressive Policy
Institute), Kirsten Sloan (Divided We Fail and AARP), and Nina Owcharenko
(Heritage Foundation), Washington, DC.
National Association for Business Economics
2007 “Options
for Medicaid Reform—Enhancements or Radical Change?” Devon Herrick (
2006 “Health
Care, Information, and Technology: A New World for Business” Blackford
Middleton (
2006 “Policy
Solutions to Cost Shifting in Health Care” Louis F. Rossiter (
2005 “Consumer-Oriented
Health Economics: Past, Present, Future” James G. Rodgers (Blue Cross Blue
Shield of
2005 “Health
Care Policy: The Way Forward: A look at federal health care policy reforms that
address the three pillars of cost, access, and quality” Harvey Rosen (Council
of Economic Advisors), Washington, DC.
2004 “Consumer-drive
Health Care” John Goodman (
TEACHING
Graduate level
2012-date Department of Health Services Management and Leadership, The
George Washington University. Health Economics and Finance.
2008-date Department of Health Administration and
Policy, Master’s of Health Administration, George Mason University. Health
Economics and Finance.
2005-date
2002 Department of Economics,
Master’s of Business Administration, University of Richmond. Managerial
Economics.
2001-2003 Department of Economics, Master’s of
Business Administration, University of Richmond. Quantitative Analysis.
2000-date Department of Health Administration,
Executive Masters Program, Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Economics and Finance.
2000 Department of Health
Administration, Master’s Program,
1999-date
1999-date Miscellaneous thesis and dissertation
advising.
Undergraduate level
2002-2007 Department of Economics, University
of Richmond. Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Business Statistics, Quantitative
Analysis, Health Economics, Social Analysis, Language Across the Curriculum.
1983 Department of Economics,
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Other Professional
Affiliations
2000, 2007 Visiting
2007 Visiting Research Fellow,
American Institute for Economic Research, Great
2006-date Senior Fellow,
2006-date Member, Global Health Committee,
Editorial Boards and
Reviews
Editorial
Board Member, Business Economics.
Reviewer,
Business Economics, Health Economics,
International Journal of Public Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Health
Care Management Science.
International, National, and Regional Committees
2001-2002 AP Curriculum Committee, National
Council on Economic Education.
2001 Grant Proposal Reviewer,
Freedom Grants Proposal,
1995-1996 Board of Medical Price Measurement
Experts, U.S. General Accounting Office.
1992 Economic Impact Study
Commission,
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETY ACTIVITY
2011-date Executive Board, Healthcare Delivery
Innovation Alliance
2010-date Board of Advisors, Benjamin Rush
Society
2012 President, National
Economists Club (NEC), Washington, DC
2010-2011 VP for Programs, NEC, Washington, DC
2009 Secretary, NEC, Washington,
DC
2004-2006 Chair, National Association for
Business Economics (NABE), Health Economics Roundtable
2003-2004 Secretary-Treasurer, NABE, Health
Economics Roundtable
1991-1995 Board of Directors, Virginia
Association of Economists (VAE)
1989-1991 President, Richmond Association of
Business Economists (RABE), Richmond, VA
1989 Secretary, RABE, Richmond,
VA
Memberships
American Economic Association
American
Society for Health Economics
International
Health Economics Association
National
Association for Business Economics
National
Economists Club