Resume

 

A. James Lee, Ph.D.

528 Andover Street

Lowell, MA 01852

978-703-0146

Ajames_Lee@uml.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

 

School

Degree

Area of Concentration

Year

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Ph.D.

Economics (Public Economics & Operations Research)

1976

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

M.A.

Economics

1972

St. Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota

B.A.

Economics & Mathematics

1970

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Organization

Position

Years

Department of Community Health & Sustainability, School of Health & Environment, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

Associate Professor

2005-

Schneider Institute for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Senior Scientist

1999-

Lee Analytics

Lowell, MA

Partner

1998-2005

Health Economics Research, Inc. (now RTI)

Waltham, MA

Vice President

1990-1998

Maine State Planning Office

Augusta, ME

Deputy Director

1989-1990

Arthur D. Little, Inc.

Cambridge, MA

Senior Consultant

1986-1989

1981-1984

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, OH

Vice President

1984-1985

Abt Associates, Inc.

Cambridge, MA

Senior Economist

1975-1981

 

 ARTICLES (refereed journals only)

 

Lee, A.J., C.S. Baker, S. Gehlbach, D.W. Hosmer and M. Reti, “Do Black Elderly Medicare Patients Receive Fewer Services? An Analysis of Procedure Use for Selected Patient Conditions,” Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 314-333, September 1998.

 

Lee, A.J., S.A. Garfinkel, R.K. Khandker and E.C. Norton, “The Impact of Medicare SELECT on Cost and Utilization in 11 States,” Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 19-40, Fall 1997.

 

Lee, A.J., “The Role of Financial Incentives in Shaping Clinical Practice Patterns and Practice Efficiency,” American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 80, No. 8B, pp. 28H-32H, October 30, 1997.

 

Lee, A.J., S. Gelbach, D. Hosmer, M. Reti and C.S. Baker, “Medicare Treatment Differences for Blacks and Whites,” Medical Care, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 1173-1189, December 1997.

 

Lee, A.J., J.H. Huber and W.B. Stason, “Factors Contributing to Practice Variation in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation,” Health Services Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 197-221, June 1997.

 

McCormack, L.A., S.A. Garfinkel, J.A. Schnaier, A.J. Lee and J.A. Sangl, “Consumer Information Development and Use,” Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 15-30, Fall 1996.

 

McCormack, L.A., Schnaier, A.J. Lee and S.A. Garfinkel, “Medicare Beneficiary Counseling Programs: What Are They and Do They Work?,” Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 127-140, Fall 1996.

 

Lee, A.J., R.P. Ellis and A.R. Merrill, “Bundling Post-Acute Care (PAC) with Medicare DRG Payments:  An Exploration of the Distributional and Risk Consequences,” Inquiry, Vol. 33, pp. 283-291, Fall 1996.

 

Lee, A.J., J. Huber and W.B. Stason, “Poststroke Rehabilitation in Older Americans: The Medicare Experience,” Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 811-825, August 1996.

 

Lee, A.J. and J.B. Mitchell, "Physician Reaction to Price Changes--An Episode of Care Analysis," Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 65-84, Winter 1994.

 

Lee, A.J., "A Primer on Managed Care," Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 144-156, Fall 1993.

 

Lee, A.J., "Key Factors Affecting the Future of Managed Care," Topics in Health Care Financing, Vol. 19:2, pp. 83‑88, Winter 1992.

 

Wolfe, H.B., A. Venable and A.J, Lee, "The Bedford‑Stuyvesant/Crown Heights Demonstration Project," Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 63‑69, Summer 1984.

 

Bentkover, J.D., R.E. Schroeder and A.J. Lee, "Effects of Rate Review on the Financial Viability of New York Hospitals: A Retrospective Assessment," Hospital and Health Services Administration, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 94‑105, May/June 1984.

 

Lee, A.J., H. Wolfe and B. Swenson, "A Comparison of Hospital‑Based vs. Freestanding Ambulatory Care Costs in the Bedford Stuyvesant/Crown Heights Demonstration Project," The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 7, pp. 24‑39, February 1984.

 

Lee, A.J., H. Birnbaum and C. Bishop, "How Do Nursing Homes Behave:  A Multi‑Equation Model of Nursing Home Behavior," Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 23, pp. 1897‑1906, 1983.

 

Lee, A.J. and H. Birnbaum, "The Determinants of Nursing Home Operating Costs in New York State," Health Services Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 285‑308, Summer 1983, Part II.

 

Lee, A.J., D. Hefner, et al., "Evaluation of the Maximum Allowable Cost Program," Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 71‑82, March 1983.

 

Birnbaum, H., C. Bishop, A.J, Lee and G.A. Jensen, "Why Do Nursing Home Costs Vary?  The Determinants of Nursing Home Costs," Medical Care, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 1095‑1107, November 1981.

 

Lee, A.J. and G.A. Jensen, "Prospective Reimbursement in Minnesota," Topics in Health Care Financing, Vol. 6, pp. 81‑86, Fall 1979.

 

Hamilton, D., A.J, Lee and R. Weinstein, "Prospective Payment in Washington State," Topics in Health Care Financing, Vol. 6, pp. 117‑126, Fall 1979.

 

 

MANUSCRIPTS

 

Shepard, D.S., A.J. Lee, E.L. Stone and E.A. Jacobs, "Estimating Interpreter Services Need and Cost in a State Medicaid Program," submitted to Inquiry.

 

Lee, A.J., "Towards Greater Equity and Efficiency in Rate Setting: The Adult Residential Rehabilitation Programs in Massachusetts," submitted to Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.

 

Lee, A.J., Shepard, D.S. and S. Bhalotra, " The Costs of Providing an Enhanced Lifestyle Modification Benefit to Medicare Cardiac Patients," in preparation.

 

Lee, A.J., Strickler, G.S. and D.S. Shepard, "The Economics of Cardiac Lifestyle Modification," in preparation.

 

Lee, A.J.,  "An Investigation of Scale Effects in Family Substance Abuse Treatment Programs," in preparation.

 

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

 

Lee, A.J., J.H. Huber and W.B. Stason, "Health Policy" and “A Multivariate Analysis of Practice Variation in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation of Medicare Patients” in GE Gresham, et al., Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Guidelines Report, Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1995.

 

Lee, A.J., H. Wolfe and B. Swenson, "Hospital‑Based Versus Free‑Standing Ambulatory Care Costs: A Comparison," in Norbert Goldfield and Seth B. Goldsmith eds., Financial Management of Ambulatory Care, Rockville, Maryland:  Aspen Systems Corporation, 1985, 91‑106.

 

Bentkover, J. and A.J, Lee, "Projection of Physician Supply and Demand in Ontario to the Year 2001," in Medical Manpower for Ontario, Toronto: The Ontario Council of Health, 1983.

 

Birnbaum, H., A.J, Lee, et al., Public Price‑Setting in the Nursing Home Industry, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Abt Books, 1982.

 

Lee, A.J., Employment, Unemployment and Health Insurance: Behavioral and Descriptive Analyses of Health Insurance Loss Due to Unemployment, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Abt Books, 1979.

 

Lee, A.J. and B.A. Weisbrod, "Public Interest Law Activities in Education", in Weisbrod, et al., (eds.), Public Interest Law: An Economic and Institutional Analysis, Berkeley, California: University of California Press, pp. 313‑348, 1978.

 

Lee, A.J. and B.A. Weisbrod, "Collective Goods and the Voluntary Sector: The Case of the Hospital Industry," in Weisbrod, ed., The Voluntary Non‑Profit Sector:  An Economic Analysis, Lexington Massachusetts:  D.C. Heath and Company, pp. 77‑100, 1977.

 

Lee, A.J. and B.A. Weisbrod, "Public Interest Law Activity and the Litigation of School Finance ‑An Appraisal of the Equity and Efficiency Consequences," Proceedings of the National Tax Association, Columbus, Ohio, National Tax Association, pp. 70‑78, 1977.

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Phi Beta Kappa, 1969

Summa Cum Laude, 1970

Employment, Unemployment and Health Insurance selected as one of the outstanding books in industrial relations and labor economics for 1979 by the Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University.

Various HCFA (now CMS) Grant and Contract Review Panels

Reviewer, Health Care Financing Review

Reviewer, Medical Care

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (selected)

 

2002-2003         CSAT & DPH (MA), Rate Setting for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

1999-2001         DMA (MA), Estimating the Need and Costs of Interpreting for MassHealth Participants

2001                 State of West Virginia, Financial & Economic Analysis of Rural Hospitals

1999                 DMH (MA), Business & Financial Planning for a Cambodian Mental Health Clinic

1995-1998         HCFA, Per Case Prospective Payment for Episodes of Hospital Care

1991-1995         AHCPR, Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Guidelines Panel

1991-1995         RWJ, Racial Disparities in Procedure Use among Medicare Beneficiaries

1993-1994         HCFA, Evaluation of Global Budgeting Strategies

1992-1996         HCFA, Evaluation of Medicare SELECT Amendments

1993-1997         HCFA, Evaluation of the Medicaid Expansion Demonstration

1995-1998         HCFA, Evaluation of the Oregon Health Plan