Lawton R. Burns, PhD, MBA
Health Care Management Department
Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics
Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management
The Wharton School
CURRICULUM VITAE (November 2024)
Office Address:
Health Care Management Department
The Wharton School
203 Colonial Penn Center
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-898-3711
Fax: 215-573-2157
Email: burnsL@wharton.upenn.edu
http://hcmg.wharton.upenn.edu/burnsL
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Teaching Excellence Award. The Wharton School. 2024
Teaching Excellence Award. The Wharton School. 2023
Teaching Excellence Award. The Wharton School. 2022
Teaching Excellence Award. The Wharton School. 2020.
Midland Lecture, Ohio State University, March 2017
Excellence in Teaching Award, Wharton Weekend MBA Program, Class of 2017
Distinguished Scholar Award, Academy of Management – Health Care Administration Division, August 2015
Outstanding Author Contribution Award. Emerald Literati Network. 2012.
Institute of Medicine Committee on Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Center Merger (2011-2012)
Outstanding Author Contribution Award. Emerald Literati Network. 2010.
Wharton Faculty Seminar: Beijing and Shanghai, August 2009
Board of Institute of Medicine (IOM) – Health Services Section. 2003-2006.
Paul A. Gross Distinguished Leadership Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2002.
Election to Life Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. 2001.
Arthur Andersen Distinguished Visiting Professor, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge. 2001.
Invited Lecture Series, National University of Singapore (NUS). 2000.
James Joo-Jin Kim Professorship (Endowed Chair). 1999.
Teacher of the Year, Administrative Medicine Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. 1999.
Invited Lecture Series. Catholic University of Rome, LUISS, and the National Agency for Health Care Services (Italy). 1997.
Edwin L. Crosby Memorial Fellowship, Hospital Research and Educational Trust, Chicago IL. 1992-1993.
Udall Fellowship in Public Policy, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona. 1990-1991.
Graduate Training Fellowship, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. 1982-1984.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. 1981-1982.
Doctoral Research Fellowship, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. 1979-1980.
Doctoral Research Fellowship, National Health Care Management Center, University of Pennsylvania.1979-1980.
Ernest W. Burgess Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago. 1975-1976.
EDUCATION
MBA, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1984
Specialization in Hospital Administration & Marketing.
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1981
- Dissertation: "The Adoption and Diffusion of Decentralized Management in Hospitals."
- Committee: James Coleman, Edward Laumann, Charles Bidwell
M.A. Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
B.A. Sociology and Anthropology, cum laude, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1973
MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Health Care Management
- Integrated Health Care
- Strategic Alliances
- Organizational Change
- Strategic Management
- Formal Organizations
- Evaluation Research
- Strategic Implementation
- Health Care Systems of India & China
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Co-Director, Vagelos Life Sciences & Management Program (LSMP). 2013 – Present
Area Leader, Health Care Management Program, India School of Business. 2010 – Present.
Chair, Department of Health Care Management. 2007 - 2014.
Arthur Andersen Distinguished Visiting Professor, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, 2001
James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1999-Present
Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics, 1999-2000
Professor of Health Care Systems, The Wharton School, 1998-Present
Visiting Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1997-Present
Director of Research, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1996-2000
Associate Professor of Health Care Systems, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA (Tenured), 1994-1998
Associate Professor, College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Joint Appointments in Management & Policy, Public Administration & Policy, Psychology, 1992-1994
Assistant Professor, College of Business, Univ. of Arizona, 1985-1991
Administrative Practicum, Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1983-1984
Assistant to the Administrator, Medical Plaza Hospital, Ft Worth, 1983
Lecturer in Health Administration, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1981-1984
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Business, Univ. of Chicago, 1981-1982
GRANTS AWARDED
2022-2026 “Improving the Organizational Social Context to Address Structural Racism and Discrimination: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Racial Disparities in Viral Suppression and Retention in HIV Care.” National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Co-Investigator.
2017-2018 “Physician Consolidation and its Effect on Specialist Care: A Causal Analysis with Machine Learning.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Co-Investigator
2014 American Hospital Association. “Purchasing Executives' Perspective on Group Purchasing Organizations,” $138,000.
2011-2012 University of Pennsylvania Health System, “Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): Stakeholder Analysis in the Philadelphia Market,” $45,000.
2009-2011 Understanding the Role of Clinician Collaborators in Medical Device Innovation. InHealth. Award: $380,000.
2007-2 008 Retail Medical Clinics and Their Impact on Physician-Hospital Relationships. Center For Health Management Research. Award: $97,000
2006-2007 Guanghua - Wharton Joint Research Initiative. "Informal Payments in China's Health Care Sector."
2004-2006 National Science Foundation. "Inventory and Distribution in Integrated Delivery Networks." Co-Principal Investigator. Award: $200,000
2004-2006 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, HCFO Initiative. "Co-Evolution in HMO and Hospital Markets." (With Robert Town)
2003-2004 IBM Global Services. "Trends in the Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Market." Award: $50,000.
2000-2001 Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. "Implementing and Sustaining Fundamental Change in Health Care Organizations." (With Gloria Bazzoli). Award: $250,000.
1999-2001 Wharton Program on Pharmaceutical Policy, Economics, and Management." Research Grant from Merck Award: $200,000.
1998-2000 "Hospital Ownership Conversions." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Award: $349,000. (Co-Investigator; PI: Frank Sloan).
1998-1999 "Provision of Community Benefits among FAHS Member Hospitals." Federation of American Health Systems. Award: $120,000. (Co-Investigator; PI: Mark Pauly).
1998-2000 "Impact of Hospital Consolidation on Supplier-Provider Contracting: Value Chain Analysis." Center for Health Management Research. Award: $183,000. (Principal Investigator).
1996-1999 "Aligning Physician Groups and Health Systems." National Science Foundation and Center for Organized Delivery Systems. Award: $840,000. (Co-Investigator; PI: Steve Shortell). Analyze success factors in strategic alliances between integrated delivery systems and physician group practices.
1996-1999 "Referrals to Specialists in HMOs". Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (AHCPR). Award: $250,000. (Co-Investigator). Measure rates and types of referrals in midwestern HMO.
1996-1997 "Physician-Organization Arrangements: Impact on Integration and Managed Care." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Award: $232,394. (Co-Principal Investigator). Assess impact of integrated delivery systems on primary care and managed care infrastructure in hospitals.
1995-1997 "HMO Impact on Integrated Networks and Services." Grant from Agency for Health Care Policy & Research. Award: $288,157 (Principal Investigator). Assess impact of HMO prevalence and penetration on development of integrated systems in local markets.
1995-1997 "Managed Care and Hospital-Physician Integration." Grant from Agency for Health Care Policy & Research. Award: $313,482 (Co- Investigator). Assess impact of managed care on specific mechanisms used by hospitals to integrate their medical staffs.
1994-1997 "Managing Uncertainty to Promote Self-Help in Breast Cancer." Grant from National Cancer Institute. Award: $990,000. (Co-Investigator). Evaluation of efficacy of nursing intervention to promote self-care and self-help in treatment for breast cancer.
1993-1995 "A Comprehensive Evaluation of Physician-Hospital Arrangements." Grant from the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Health Management. Award: $200,000. (Co-Investigator). Evaluation of physician-hospital networks forming in response to managed competition and managed care contracting.
1991-1992 "Impact of State Subsidies for Liability Insurance on the Delivery of Obstetrical Care by Rural Physicians." Grant from Office for Rural Health Policy, Health Resources & Services Administration (USPHS). Award: $ 6,000. (Principal Investigator). Evaluation of impact of stipend award and stipend amount on decisions by rural physicians to continue obstetrical practice.
1990-1993 "Interdisciplinary Training for Rural Health Action." Grant from Bureau of Health Professions. Award: $891,000. Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona. (Faculty Trainer).
1990-1991 "Structure and Outcomes of Joint-Venture Relationships Between Physicians and Hospitals." Grant from Health Care Management and Technology Assessment Center, University of Arizona. Award: $ 6,700. (Principal Investigator). Survey of joint ventures between Arizona physicians & hospitals and their impact on utilization of hospitals.
1989-1991 "Nursing Interventions Promoting Self-Help to Cancer." Grant from the National Cancer Institute. Award: $1.2 million. College of Nursing, University of Arizona. (Co-Investigator). Experimental Design to study the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of three nursing interventions to improve self-care knowledge and behaviors among 360 women with breast cancer.
RESEARCH CONTRACTS
2020-2021 "Private Equity and Nurse Practitioners." Funded by the American Medical Association.
2006 "Determinants of Small Device Firm Survival and Growth.” Funded by C.R. Bard.
2005- 2006 "Assessment and Restructuring of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Supply Chain." Funded by UPHS.
2005 "Physician Preference Among Surgical Products." Funded by Broadlane.
2004 "Buyer-Supplier Contracting." Funded by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems.
2000 "Using Network Analysis to Understand Change in Local Healthcare Markets." Funded by Center for Studying Health System Change. (With Douglas Wholey)
1998-1999 "The Rise and Fall of AHERF: Lessons for Academic Medical Centers." Funded by Association of Professors of Medicine.
1995-1997 "Development of Integrated Delivery Systems in Illinois." Funded by Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association. Statewide study of integrated system development in community and academic medical centers. With Institute of Medicine.
1997 "Impact of Physician Practice Management Companies on Hospital-Based Integrated Delivery Systems." Center for Health Management Research. With James C. Robinson.
1992-1993 "Physicians' Decisions Concerning Resource Allocation by Hospitals." Funded by Tucson Medical Center, Tucson AZ. County-wide study of physician estimates regarding the areas to which hospitals should allocate their scarce resources.
1992 "Patient Care Restructuring Project." Funded by University Medical Center, Tucson AZ. Evaluation of new personnel roles on inpatient units to relieve nurses of nonprofessional tasks and improve patient management.
1992 "Decentralization of the Veterans Administration Hospital System." Funded by the VA Medical Center, Boston, MA. Study to develop models for the decentralized operation of the VA hospital system. Reviewer.
1991-1992 "Clinical and Cost Outcomes of Nurse Case Management in a Medicare HMO Setting." Funded by Carondelet-St. Mary's Hospital/Health System, Tucson AZ.
1989-1990 "Access and Quality of Care Outcomes in Medicaid HMOs." Funded by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Analysis of the adherence of Medicaid HMOs to JCAHO accreditation criteria.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Lawton R. Burns. The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers – 2nd Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2024).
Lawton Robert Burns. The Healthcare Value Chain: Demystifying the Roles of GPOs and PBMs (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). Reviewed in Health Affairs: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/understanding-history-group-purchasing-organizations-and-pharmacy-benefit-managers
Lawton Robert Burns. The Healthcare Value Chain: Demystifying the Roles of GPOs and PBMs (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
Stephen M. Shortell, Lawton R. Burns, and Jennifer Hefner (Eds.). Responding to the Grand Challenges in Healthcare via Organizational Innovation – Advances in Health Care Management 21 (Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, 2022).
Mark Pauly, David Asch, Lawton R. Burns, et al. Seemed Like a Good Idea: Alchemy versus Evidence-Based Approaches to Healthcare Management Innovation. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Lawton R. Burns. The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2021).
Lawton Burns. The Business of Healthcare Innovation – 3rd Edition. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press). 2020. Prior editions in 2005 and 2012.
David Dranove and Lawton R. Burns. Big Med: How Megaproviders Hurt American Health Care and What to Do About It. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, Forthcoming 2021).
Lawton R. Burns, Elizabeth Bradley, and Bryan Weiner (Eds.), Shortell & Kaluzny’s Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior - Seventh Edition. (Delmar). 2019. Prior edition in 2011.
Philip Rea, Mark V. Pauly, and Lawton R. Burns (Eds.). Managing Discovery: Harnessing Creativity to Drive Biomedical Innovation (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Lawton R. Burns and Gordon Liu. China’s Healthcare System and Reform (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017).
Lawton R. Burns. India’s Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Lawton Burns. The Business of Healthcare Innovation - 2nd Edition. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press). 2012.
Lawton R. Burns, Elizabeth Bradley, and Bryan Weiner (Eds.), Shortell & Kaluzny’s Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior - Sixth Edition. (Delmar). 2011.
Rosemary Stevens, Charles Rosenberg, and Lawton R. Burns (Eds.), Health Care History and Policy in the United States (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press). 2006.
Lawton R. Burns. The Business of Healthcare Innovation (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press). 2005.
Lawton R. Burns & Wharton School Colleagues. The Health Care Value Chain: Producers, Purchasers, and Providers (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass). 2002.
Articles/Book Chapters:
Mark Pauly and Lawton R. Burns. “Equity Investment in Physician Practices: What’s All This Brouhaha?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law 49(4) (2024): 631-664.
Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly. Big Med's Spread. Milbank Quarterly 101(2) 2023: 287-324.
Lawton R. Burns. "Dark Territory: Lifting The Veil On GPOs And PBMs" In Vivo (January 4, 2023).
Lawton R. Burns, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Stephen Shortell. “Integrating Network Theory into the Study of Integrated Healthcare.” Social Science and Medicine (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114664
Mark Pauly, David Asch, Lawton R. Burns, et al. Seemed Like a Good Idea: Alchemy versus Evidence-Based Approaches to Healthcare Management Innovation. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Lawton R. Burns, Howard Forman, and Carolyn Watts. “Teaching the Introductory Course on the U.S. Healthcare System: Issues, Challenges, and Lessons.”Journal of Health Administration Education 39(1) (2022): 35-60.
Akshat Kumar, Rohit Gupta, and Lawton R. Burns. “Strategic Analysis of India’s Private Hospital Sector,” in Ali Mehdi and Irudaya Rajan (Eds.), Health of the Nation: Perspectives for a New India. (Oxford University Press 2020): 223-239.
Mark V. Pauly and Lawton R. Burns. “When is Medical Care Price Transparency a Good Thing (And When Isn’t It)?” in Jennifer Hefner and Mona Al-Amin (Eds.), Advances in Health Care Management – Transforming Health: A Focus on Consumerism and Profitability. Volume 19 (Emerald Press, 2020): 75-97.
Ann Kutney-Lee, Douglas Sloane, Kathryn Bowles, Lawton R. Burns, & Linda Aiken. (2019). “Electronic Health Record Adoption and Nurse Reports of Usability and Quality of Care: The Role of Work Environment. Applied Clinical Informatics.
Lawton R. Burns, Jeffrey Alexander, and Ronald Andersen. "How Different Governance Models May Impact Physician-Hospital Alignment." Health Care Management Review. 45(2): 173-184. April-June 2020.
Gregory Kruse, Lawton R. Burns, and Ralph Muller. “Health Care Inc.” in James Schaefer, Richard M. Mizelle, Jr., & Helen K. Valier (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of American Medical History. Chapter 16.
Akshat Kumar, Rohit Gupta, and Lawton R. Burns. “Private Hospital Chains in India,” in Ali Mehdi and Irudaya Rajan (Eds.), Health of the Nation: India Health Report. (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Edward Zajac, Thomas D’Aunno, and Lawton R. Burns. “Managing Strategic Alliances: Neither Make nor Buy but Ally,” in L.R. Burns, E. Bradley, & B. Weiner (Eds.), Health Care Management:Organization Design & Behavior. 7th Edition. (Delmar Cengage Learning, forthcoming).
Lawton R. Burns, Elizabeth Bradley, & Bryan Weiner. “The Management Challenge of Delivering Value in Health Care: Global and U.S. Perspectives,” in L.R. Burns, E. Bradley, & B. Weiner (Eds.), Health Care Management: Organization Design & Behavior. 7th Edition. (Delmar Cengage Learning, forthcoming).
Lawton R. Burns and Gordon G. Liu. “Health, Disease, and Medical Care,” in Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China (Sage, 2018).
Lawton R. Burns, Alex Rosen, Philip Rea et al. "Regeneron: Agility, Resilience, and Balance." Philip Rea, Mark V. Pauly, and Lawton R. Burns (Eds.), Managing Discovery in the Life Sciences. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Lawton R. Burns and Philip Rea. “Organization of the Discovery Process.” Philip Rea, Mark V. Pauly, and Lawton R. Burns (Eds.), Managing Discovery in the Life Sciences. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Simon Basseyn, Sourav Bose, Lawton R. Burns, and Chris Groskaufmanis. “The Development of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.” Philip Rea, Mark V. Pauly, and Lawton R. Burns (Eds.), Managing Discovery in the Life Sciences. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Mark V. Pauly and Lawton R. Burns. “When is Medical Care Price Transparency a Good Thing (And When Isn’t It)?” forthcoming in Len Friedman, Jim Goes, and Grant Savage (Eds.), Advances in Health Care Management – Price Transparency: Stakeholder and Policy Perspectives on Health Systems (Emerald Press, 2018).
Jeff Goldsmith, Lawton R. Burns, Aditi Sen, and Trevor Goldsmith. Integrated Delivery Networks: In Search of Benefits and Market Effects. (Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Social Insurance, 2015).
Guy David, Richard Lindrooth, Lorens Helmchen, and Lawton R Burns. “Do Hospitals Cross-subsidize?” Journal of Health Economics 37(September): 198-218. 2014.
Lawton R. Burns. The Performance of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) in the Health Care Value Chain: A Literature Review. (Philadelphia, PA: Wharton Center for Health Management & Economics, 2014).
Lawton R. Burns and Rada Yovovich. Hospital Supply Chain Executives Perspectives on Group Purchasing: Results from a 2014 Survey. (Philadelphia, PA: Wharton Center for Health Management & Economics, 2014).
R. Carter Clement, Arunavo Roy, Ravi Shah, James Calderwood, and Lawton R. Burns. "The Aravind Eye Care System," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Jessica Pickett, Aditi Sen, and Lawton R Burns. "The Health Insurance Sector in India: History and Opportunities," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Ajay Bakshi and Lawton Burns. “The Medical Profession in India,” in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton R Burns, Prashanth Jayaram, and Richa Bansal. "Medical Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton R. Burns, Bhuvan Srinivasan, and Mandar Vayda. "India’s Hospital Sector: The Journey from Public to Private Healthcare Delivery," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton R Burns. "India’s Healthcare Industry: A System Perspective," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton R Burns. "India’s Healthcare Industry: An Overview of the Value Chain," in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton Burns, Tanmay Mishra, Kalyan Pamarthy, and Arunavo Roy. “The Medical Device Sector in India,” in Lawton Burns (Ed.), India's Healthcare Industry: Innovation in Delivery, Financing, and Manufacturing (2014).
Lawton R Burns. "Matrix Structure." Encyclopedia of Management Theory (2013).
Lawton R Burns, Stephen Sammut, and David Lawrence. "Healthcare Innovation across Sectors: Convergences and Divergences." Chapter 8. In LR Burns (Ed.), The Business of Healthcare Innovation (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Lawton R. Burns. "Clinical Technology: Confronting the Technological Imperative." Future Scan: Healthcare Trends and Implications, 2007 - 2012. pg. 29 - 33.
Lawton R. Burns, Thomas D’Aunno, and John Kimberly. “Globalization in Healthcare.” In H. Gatignon and J. Kimberly (Eds.), The INSEAD-Wharton Alliance on Globalizing: Strategies for Building Successful Global Businesses. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press). Pp. 395-421. 2003.
Lawton R. Burns. "Physician-Hospital Organizations." Encyclopedia of Health Care Management. 2003.
Lawton R. Burns. "Networks." Encyclopedia of Health Care Management. 2003.
Edward Zajac, Thomas D'Aunno, and Lawton R. Burns. "Managing Strategic Alliances." in Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior 4th Edition. (Albany, NY: Delmar). Pp. 307-329. 2000.
Douglas R. Wholey and Lawton R. Burns. "Tides of Change: The Evolution of Managed Care in the United States." In Handbook of Medical Sociology 5th Edition, Ed. By Chloe Bird, Peter Conrad, and Allen Fremont. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall). Pp. 217-237. 2000.
Jeffrey Alexander, Thomas Vaughn, and Lawton R. Burns. "The Effects of Structure, Strategy, and Market Conditions on the Operating Practices of Physician-Organization Arrangements." Health Services Management Research 13:1-15. 2000.
Lawton R. Burns, Kevin Anbari, and Jasmin Patel. "The Physician Practice Management Industry: A Partner for Pharmaceutical Companies in Clinical Trials?" Spectrum: Health Care Delivery and Economics. 2000.
Linda Dynan, Gloria Bazzoli, and Lawton R. Burns. "Assessing the Extent of Operational and Financial Integration Achieved Through Physician-Hospital Arrangements." Journal of Healthcare Management 43(3): 242-262. 1998.
Jeffrey Alexander, Michael Morrisey, Lawton R. Burns, and Victoria Johnson. "Physician and Clinical Integration in Rural Hospitals." Journal of Rural Health, 14(4): 312-326. 1998.
Lawton R. Burns, Stephen M. Shortell, and Ronald M. Andersen. "Does Familiarity Breed Contentment? The Effects of Physician-Hospital Integration." Research in the Sociology of Health Care, (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press). Pp. 85-110. 1998.
Lawton R. Burns, Jill Egan, and Susan Van Duyne. The Process of Physician-System Integration In Illinois. (Naperville, IL: Illinois Hospital & Health System Association). 1997.
Lawton R. Burns and Darrell P. Thorpe. "Managed Care and Integrated Healthcare." Health Care Management: Managed Care. Ed. by Harvey Jolt. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus. Pp. 101-108. 1995.
Lawton R. Burns. "Network Models of the Dissemination of Innovations and Information." Effective Dissemination of Clinical and Health Information, Edited by Lee Sechrest, Everett Rogers, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Pp. 153-158. 1994.
Lawton R. Burns, Douglas R. Wholey, and Marty O. Abeln. "Using Managed Care to Mainstream the Poor: Hospital Utilization and Mortality Levels for Patients in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System." Inquiry, 30(2): 142-156. 1993.
Douglas R. Wholey and Lawton R. Burns. "Organizational Transitions: Form Changes by Health Maintenance Organizations." Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Samuel Bacharach (ed.), Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, pp. 257-293. 1993.
Lawton R. Burns. 1991 Medical Staff Survey Report. Division of Medical Affairs. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association. 1993.
Lawton R. Burns. Physician-Hospital Relations: Bibliography Drawn from the Academic and Trade Literatures. Chicago, IL: Hospital Research & Educational Trust. 1993.
Lawton R. Burns, Jon Chilingerian, and Douglas R. Wholey. "Factors Affecting Physician Efficiency in Managing Hospitalized Patients." In M. Malek (Ed.), Strategic Issues in Health Care Management. Chichester: John Wiley, Pp. 211-228. 1993.
Linda D. Michigan, Lon N. Larson, JoLaine R. Drugalis, J. Lyle Bootman, and Lawton R. Burns. "Time Preference for Health Gains Versus Health Losses." PharmacoEconomics, 3(5): 374-386. 1993.
Lawton R. Burns et al. "The Use of Continuous Quality Improvement Methods in the Dissemination of Medical Practice Guidelines." Quality Review Bulletin Vol. 18(12):434-439. 1992.
Lawton R. Burns and Douglas R. Wholey. "Factors Affecting Physician Loyalty and Exit: A Longitudinal Analysis of Physician-Hospital Relationships." Health Services Research, Vol. 27(1): 1-24. 1992.
Lawton R. Burns and Douglas R. Wholey. "Differences in Access and Quality of Care Across HMO Types." Health Services Management Research Vol. 4 (1): 32-45. 1991.
Lawton R. Burns, Douglas R. Wholey, and John Huonker. "Physician Use of Hospitals: Effects of Physician, Patient, and Hospital Characteristics." Health Services Management Research, Vol. 2 (3): 191-203. 1989.
Lawton R. Burns and Selwyn Becker. "Leadership and Managership," in Stephen Shortell and Arnold Kaluzny (eds.), Health Care Management: A Text in Organizational Theory and Behavior, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 147-186. 1987.
Lawton R. Burns. "Hospital-Medical Staff Tensions: An Historical Overview and Analysis," Medical Practice Management, Vol. 1 (3): 191-198. 1986.
Lawton R. Burns, Ronald M. Anderson, and Stephen M. Shortell. "Evidence on Changing Hospital-Physician Relationships," in Cost Containment and Physician Autonomy: Implications for Quality Care, George Bugbee Symposium on Hospital Affairs, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, pp. 122-142. 1986.
Lawton R. Burns. "A Framework to Measure the Impact of Hospital-Sponsored Primary Care on Patient Access," in Hospital-Physician Sponsored Primary Care: Marketing and Impact, by Lu Ann Aday, Ronald M. Anderson, et al. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Health Administration Press, pp. 20-34. 1985.
Lawton R. Burns and Selwyn Becker. "Leadership and Decision Making," in Stephen Shortell and Arnold Kaluzny, (eds.), Health Care Management: A Text in Organizational Theory and Behavior, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 128-166. 1983.
Web Affairs Blogs:
Mark V. Pauly and Lawton Robert Burns. “Out of Balance: Who Is at Fault for High Out-of-Network Bills?” (June 2024). https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/out-of-balance-who-is-at-fault-for-high-out-of-network-bills/.
David Dranove and Lawton R. Burns. “Where Did All Our Provider Systems Come From? Part I: Large Provider Systems Dominate American Healthcare.” Psychology Today (June 3, 2021). https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-health-healthcare/202106/where-did-all-our-provider-systems-come
Ingrid Nembhard, Lawton R. Burns, and Stephen Shortell. “Responding to Covid-19: Lessons from Management Research,” NEJM Catalyst (April 17, 2020). https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0111
Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly. “Detecting BS in Health Care,” https://ldi.upenn.edu/brief/detecting-bs-health-care
Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly. “Detecting BS in Health Care 2.0,” https://ldi.upenn.edu/brief/detecting-bs-health-care-20Jeff Goldsmith and Lawton R. Burns, “Fail To Scale: Why Great Ideas In Health Care Don’t Thrive Everywhere,” September 29, 2016. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/09/29/fail-to-scale-why-great-ideas-in-health-care-dont-thrive-everywhere/.
Jeff Goldsmith, Nathan Kaufman, and Lawton R. Burns. “The Tangled Hospital-Physician Relationship,” May 9, 2016. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/05/09/the-tangled-hospital-physician-relationship/.
Francois de Brantes and Lawton R. Burns, “Payment Reform Should Drive Delivery System Reform,” April 16, 2009. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/04/16/payment-reform-should-drive-delivery-system-reform/.
Book Reviews:
All Organizations are Public by Barry Bozeman, Contemporary Sociology (September).1988.
Wall Street Reports:
Case Studies:
Multispecialty Practice Plan at Academic Medical Center. 1997.
RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW & CURRENT MANUSCRIPTS
Articles/Book Chapters:
Lawton R. Burns, Alejandra Benitez, Michael Sielski, and Mark V. Pauly. “Big Med’s Other Problem,” Submitted to Milbank Quarterly.
Lawton R. Burns, Mark V. Pauly, and Judd Hollander. “Can Retail Clinics Serve as a Healthcare Hub? Assessing the Rationales for Pharmacy-Insurer Mergers.”
Allison Briggs and Lawton R. Burns. “Do Group Purchasing Organizations Help Hospitals to Reduce Supply Costs?”
Lawton R. Burns, Michael Housman, Allison Briggs, Robert Booth, and Aaron Koenig. “What Factors Shape Physician Preferences for Physician Preference Items?”
Lawton R. Burns, Mark V. Pauly, and Philip Rea. “How to Manage Scientific Innovation: Penn’s Program in Life Sciences & Management (LSM).”
Lawton R Burns, Riitta Katila, Sruthi Thatchenkery, and Stefanos Zenios. "Innovation in Medical Device Startups: A Multi-Level Analysis".
RECENT INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (Palo Alto), July 1994
Western Network for Healthcare Education (Berkeley, CA), August 1994
Berlex Laboratories (NJ), January 1995
Main Line Health (Radnor, PA), January 1995
Medical Group Management Association, January 1995
St. Luke’s Medical Center (K.C.), January 1995
Center for Physician Development, Beth Israel Hospital (Boston), May 1995
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program, June 1995
American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (Nashville, TN), August 1995
Orthopedics in a Managed Care Environment (Scottsdale, AZ), October 1995
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (Boston), September 1995
Berlex Laboratories (NJ), January 1996
Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA), January 1996
American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators, February 1996
Main Line Health (Radnor, PA), February 1996
Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA), May 1996
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program, June 1996
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Nashville), July 1996
VA/VISN 11 Task Force (An Arbor), November 1996
Health Strategy Network (Philadelphia), December 1996
American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators, January 1997
Main Line Health (Radnor, PA), February 1997
UNUM Insurance, March 1997
AHA Center for Health Care Leadership (Chicago), June 1997
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program, June 1997
Prime Care/Merck (Staten Island), June 1997
Association of Professors of Medicine (Philadelphia), July 1997
University of Alabama Alumni of Health Administration (Fort Walton Beach), August 1997
HRET Future Focus Forum (Boston), September 1997
Illinois Hospital & Health Systems Association (Chicago), October 1997
Brazilian Social Security Cultural Institute, November 1997
Catholic University of Rome (Rome), November 1997
Italian National Agency for Health Care Services (Rome), November 1997
Memorial Health System (Springfield, IL), November 1997
Main Line Health (Radnor, PA), December 1997
American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators, January 1998
Association of Professors of Medicine (Scottsdale), February 1998
American Organization of Nurse Executives, March 1998 (San Diego)
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Phoenix), March 1998
University of Alabama Executive Education Program for Physicians, March 1998
UNUM Insurance, March 1998
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program, June 1998
Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, NJ), June 1998
Smithkline Beecham, June 1998
Small & Rural Hospitals Constituency Section, IHHA (Springfield, IL), September 1998
National Association of Children's Hospitals (Houston), October 1998
Meridian Health System (NJ), October 1998
University of Alabama Executive Education Program for Physicians, October 1998
Premier Health Alliance (Chicago), November 1998
Martins Point Health Care (Portland, ME), January 1999
Association of Professors of Medicine (Scottsdale), February 1999
Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH), February 1999
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL), February 1999
Christiana Care Physicians Organization (Wilmington, DE), February 1999
Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ), February 1999
Martins Point Health Care (Portland, ME), February 1999
Integrated Healthcare 2000 (Vail, CO), March 1999
IBM Global Services (Palm Beach), April 1999
Interurban Clinical Club (Philadelphia), April 1999
East Coast Health Care Executive Summit (Boston), June 1999
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program, June 1999
Premier Practice Management (Charlotte), June 1999
Annual Symposium on Governing Integrated Healthcare Systems (Aspen, CO), August 1999
University of Alabama Alumni of Health Administration (Fort Walton Beach), August 1999
Wisconsin Health & Hospital Association Convention (Lake Geneva), September 1999
Austral University (Argentina), October 1999
IBM Global Services (Palm Beach), October 1999
The Global Rx Supply Chain Conference (Philadelphia), October 1999
University of Alabama Executive Education Program for Physicians, October 1999
Symposium for Governing Healthcare Systems (Palm Springs), November 1999
Symposium on Governing/Managing Integrated Health Systems (Naples), January 2000
Annual Winter Symposium on Integrated Healthcare (Aspen), March 2000
Centocor/Johnson & Johnson (Cincinnati), April 2000
INSEAD, Seminar on Healthcare Management (Fontainebleau), May 2000
Merck Advisory Board (Chicago), May 2000
National Association of Children's Hospitals (Philadelphia), September 2000
SmithKline Beecham (Philadelphia), September 2000
University of Alabama Physician Leadership Institute (Birmingham), October 2000
Johnson & Johnson Hospital Program/National University of Singapore, November 2000
Sparrow Hospital and Health System (Lansing, MI), November 2000
Glaxo SmithKline Industry Conference, (Raleigh, NC), May 2001
J&J Wharton CEO Program in Health Care Leadership (Philadelphia), October 2001
Johnson & Johnson Hospital Program/National University of Singapore, November 2001
Johnson & Johnson Health System CEO Forum (Philadelphia, PA), December 2001
Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans, LA), December 2001
Chestnut Hill Health Care - Board Retreat (Philadelphia), February 2002
Glaxo SmithKline Pharmacy Leaders (Philadelphia), February 2002
Health Industry Distributors Association (Tucson, AZ), March 2002
College of Surgeons (Philadelphia), "Lessons from the Allegheny Bankruptcy," April 2002
Center for Health Management Research CHMR Value Chain," May 2002
Goldman Sachs Institutional Investors (NYC), "Improving the Health Care Value Chain," May 2002
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association Global Summit (Amsterdam), May 2002
Putnam Institutional Investors (Boston), "Improving the Health Care Value Chain," May 2002
Accenture Conference on Supply Chain Excellence (London, UK), June 2002
Association for Health Services Research and Policy (Washington D.C.), June 2002
Johnson & Johnson Nurse Fellows Program, "Integrated Delivery Networks," June 2002
American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators and American Society of Corrective and Refractive Surgeons (ASOA/ASCRS), August 2002
Association for Health Resource and Materials Management (San Antonio), August 2002
IDN Summit (Atlanta), "Improving the Health Care Value Chain," September 2002
UniMED (Sao Paolo), September 2002
VHA West Materials Managers Meeting, September 2002
Workshop on Antitrust in Health Care. Federal Trade Commission (Washington D.C.), "Group Purchasing Organizations and Antitrust Implications," September 2002
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (Orlando), October 2002
Healthcare Marketing and Manufacturers Council (Chicago), November 2002
Johnson & Johnson Hospital Management Program (Singapore), November 2002
Premier 2002 Partnerships Meeting (Chicago), November 2002
Dade Behring (Fort Lauderdale), January 2003
Premier Governance Education Conference (Naples), January 2003
NCI Conference on Hospital Systems (Orlando), January 2003
International Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Conference (New York), February 2003
Aventis Pharmaceuticals (Philadelphia), April 2003
Inova Health Systems (Virginia), April 2003
VHA Leadership Conference (Boston), April 2003
Premier Leadership Conference (Las Vegas), May 2003
Humana (Philadelphia), June 2003
Association of Biotechnology Financial Officers (Scottsdale), June 2003
UniMED (Sao Paolo), July 2003
Dade Behring Executive Team (Philadelphia), July 2003
Association of Healthcare Resource and Materials Managers (San Diego), August 2003
McKesson Corporation (Atlanta), August 2003
W.L. Gore & Associates (Maryland), August 2003
UNIMED (Philadelphia), September 2003
Kettering Medical Center Network (Dayton), October 2003
DePuy, November 2003
Johnson & Johnson Hospital Management Program (Singapore), November 2003
Ethicon (Somerville, NJ), January 2004
Health Industry Distributors Association (Amelia Island Plantation), March 2004
Lehigh Valley Health System (Allentown), March 2004
Heritage Valley Health System (Beaver, PA), April 2004
New England Health Care Assembly (Worcester, MA), April 2004
Ohio State Medical Society (Cincinnati), May 2004
Inova Health System (Virginia), May 2004
American Medical Association - HMSS Section (Chicago), June 2004
Johnson & Johnson Contract Excellence (Princeton), September 2004
Chesapeake General Hospital (Williamsburg), September 2004
Biosciences Forum (Philadelphia), October 2004
Cooper Heart Institute (Voorhees, NJ), October 2004
Adventist Health Care (Nemacolin, PA), October 2004
Christiana Care (Wilmington, DE), November 2004
Christiana Care (Wilmington, DE), January 2005
Cooper University Hospital (Camden, NJ), May 2005
Cerner Corporation May 2005
HDMA (Orlando, FL), June 2005
Johnson & Johnson Wharton Nurse Fellows Program, June 2005
Maine Health (Bar Harbor, ME), October 2005
Greater New York Hospital Association (NYC), October 2005
DePuy (Puerto Rico), January 2006
Broadlane Annual Client Summit (Dallas), March 2006
Owens & Minor Board Retreat (Richmond), March 2006
Johnson & Johnson/ Wharton Executive Management Academy, April 2006
Cooper University Hospital - Heart Institute Advisory Board, May 2006
Medtronic Marketing Leader Program (Minneapolis), May 2006
Johnson & Johnson/Wharton Nurse Fellows Program, June 2006
Medtronic Directors Program, July 2006
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (San Diego), October 2006
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), 2006 Expo, October 2006
National Federation of Municipal Analysts. (Washington, D.C.), November 2006
ECRI Conference on “Confronting Dilemmas of Risk in Healthcare” (Plymouth Meeting, PA), November 2006
Greater New York Hospital Association (NYC), November 2006
Johnson and Johnson/ Wharton Hospital CEO Program, November 2006
South Jersey Healthcare, December 2006
Medtronic Director Development Program, January 2007
World Congress Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management, January 2007
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems National Meeting, February 2007
Lancaster General Hospital Leadership Conference, April 2007
Medtronic Directors Program, May 2007
United Healthcare (Minneapolis), May 2007
Cooper Health System, June 2007
Healthcare Distribution Management Association, June 2007
Johnson & Johnson/ Wharton Nurse Fellows Program, June 2007
Teva Pharmaceuticals, June 2007
Eisai Pharmaceuticals, July 2007, August 2007
Hospital & Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania, July 2007
Novartis, July 2007
United HealthCare, July 2007
Medtronic Directors Program, August 2007
University of Miami / Humana Health Services Research Center, January 2008
United Healthcare, January 2008
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, February 2008
United HealthCare, April 2008
Cooper University Hospital, May 2008
Trinity College - Dublin, June 2008
Health Services Executive, Republic of Ireland, June 2008
Johnson & Johnson / Wharton Nurse Fellows Program, June 2008
Medtronic Directors Program, June 2008
Lehigh Valley Health System, June 2008
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), October 2008
Ephrata Community Hospital. September 2008
American Health & Drug Benefits Conference, October 2008
World Health Care Information Technology Congress, December 2008
Novartis, February 2009
Astra-Zeneca, March 2009.
LeHigh Valley Health System, April 2009
West Penn Allegheny Health System, April 2009
McKesson, April 2009
West Penn Allegheny Health System, June 2009
Boston Scientific, June 2009
Cooper Heart Institute, June 2009
Johnson & Johnson / Wharton Nurse Fellows Program, July 2009
Beijing University, August 2009
Anesthesia Business Group, September 2009
American Health & Drug Benefits Conference, October 2009
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, January 2010
World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland), January 2010
West Penn Allegheny Health System, March 2010
Medtronic, March 2010
Universal Health Services, March 2010
Wheaton Franciscan Health System, April 2010
Johnson & Johnson/Wharton Nurse Fellows, June 2010
Anesthesia Business Group, September 2010
Sanofi/Aventis, September 2010
Cooper Heart Institute, September 2010
Academy Health and Research Insights, December 2010 and February 2011
Methodist Health System, February 2011
Lockheed Martin, March 2011
Becton Dickinson, April 2011
Association of Health Journalists, April 2011
VHA Leadership Conference, May 2011
MacEachern Symposium/Kellogg Graduate School of Management, May 2011
West Penn Allegheny Health System, June 2011
Johnson & Johnson, June 2011
Harkness Fellows Program, September 2011
APAX Partners, October 2011
Anesthesia Business Group, January 2012
PricewaterhouseCoopers, March 2012
Morgan Stanley, May 2012
US-China Biopharma Congress 2012 & SAPA-GP 10th Annual Conference, June 2012
HealthTrust, July 2012
Rite-Aid, August 2012
Edwards Life Sciences, December 2012
Anesthesia Business Group, January 2013
Astra-Zeneca, January 2013
US Congressional Staffers & Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, January 2013
Edwards Life Sciences, April/May 2013
Rite-Aid, August 2013
Edwards Life Sciences, August 2013
Novo Nordisk, December 2013
Anesthesia Business Group, January 2014
Novo Nordisk, January 2014
Securities Industry Institute, March 2014
Novo Nordisk, April 2014
World Bank, April 2014
Wharton Global Forum – Beijing , June 2014
Novo Nordisk, October 2014
Novartis, October 2014
Edwards Life Sciences, October 2014
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, November 2014
Edwards Life Sciences, November 2014
Webinar on India’s Healthcare System, November 2014
Penn Medicine - University of Pennsylvania, January 2015
Anesthesia Business Group, January 2015
McKesson, February 2015
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, February 2015
Edwards Life Sciences, March 2015
Securities Industry Institute, March 2015
Princeton Healthcare Conference, May 2015
Genentech, July 2015
Mayo Clinic, September 2015
Genentech, October 2015
Bristol-Myers Squibb, October 2015
Novartis, November 2015
The Health Industry Forum, November 2015
Anesthesia Business Group, February 2016
Securities Industry Institute, March 2016
Novo Nordisk – China, April 2016
Genentech, April 2016
Edwards Life Sciences, May 2016
Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA), June 2016
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, August 2016
Cooper Health System, September 2016
Edwards Life Sciences, November 2016
Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, November 2016
Webinar on China, December 2016
Anesthesia Business Group, February 2017
Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, April 2017
China – U.S. Business Leaders Roundtable, NYC, April 2017
Edwards Life Sciences, April 2017
Lehigh Valley Business Coalition, May 2017
Central Pennsylvania Business Group on Health, September 2017
Healthcare Executives Leadership Network, January 2018
Securities Industry Institute, March 2018
Population Health Colloquium, Jefferson Health, March 2019
Securities Industry Institute, March 2019
Physician Group Practice Strategic Transactions, NYC, April 2019
Novo Nordisk, Philadelphia, June 2019
Veterinary Trends, Philadelphia, June 2019
Association of Academic Health Centers, Boston, July 2019
Teva Pharmaceuticals, September 2019
Central Pennsylvania Business Group on Health, October 2019
Pharma & Healthcare Business Summit, University of the Sciences, February 2021
Securities Industry Institute, March 2021
Medtronic, July 2021
Securities Industry Institute, March 2022
Harkness Fellows Program, Commonwealth Fund, March 2022
Securities Industry Institute, March 2023
Pennsylvania Medical Society, March 2023
American Association of Family Practitioners, May 2023
Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, June 2023
Cato Institute, August 2023
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, September 2023
Health Industry Group Purchasing Organization, October 2023
American College of Emergency Physicians, October 2023
Yuwell Leadership Program, October 2023
American Society of Anesthesiologists, January 2024
IndeDocs, January 2024
Securities Industry Institute, March 2024
NeuroFlow Summit 2024, September 2024.
National Specialty Care Transformation Summit. September 2024.
YSB Pearl River Program. October 2024.
Department of Justice, Department of Health & Human Services, & CMMI. October 2024.
Bain Capital. November 2024.
Health Care Leadership Program. November 2024.
Mathematica. December 2024
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR - EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA), August 2002
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, April 2003
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, January 2003, April 2003, October 2003, February 2004
Humana, June 2003
Eisai Pharmaceuticals, July - December 2007
Novo Nordisk, October 2014
Bristol-Myers Squibb, October 2015
American Association of Orthodontists, Spring-Summer 2021
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY
Federal Trade Commission: "Group Purchasing Organizations and Antitrust Implications." Workshop on Antitrust in Health Care. Federal Trade Commission. September 9, 2002.
Federal Trade Commission: "Hospital Vertical Integration and Antitrust Implications." Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy. April 9, 2003.
Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Hearings on Independence Blue Cross, April 12, 2004.
Federal Trade Commission. Expert Witness, FTC v. Piedmont Health Alliance. 2004.
Federal Trade Commission. Expert Witness, FTC v. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Group. 2004-2005.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. (MedPAC), “Perspectives on Physician Group Practices,” October 2006.
Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Hearings on IBC - Highmark Merger. April 9, 2007
Pennsylvania Senate, Committee on Banking and Insurance, Hearings on IBC - Highmark Merger. June 26, 2007.
Federal Trade Commission, "Clinical Integration in Health Care: A Check-up," May 29, 2008
Expert Witness. Department of Justice. DOJ v. Childrens’ Health Associates, 2009.
Expert Witness. Department of the Treasury. IRS Commissioner v. Boston Scientific, January 2013 – 2016.
Federal Trade Commission, Health Care Competition Workshop, February 2015
Expert Witness, Federal Trade Commission, United States v. St. Cloud Medical Group / CentraCare Health, 2016
Expert Witness, Department of Justice, United States and State of Michigan vs. Hillsdale Community Health Center and Allegiance Health, 2016
Expert Witness, Department of Justice, United States V. Aetna and Humana, 2016
Expert Witness, Attorney General, State of Washington, State of Washington v. Franciscan Health System, 2017-18
Expert Witness, Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Attorney General v. Lifespan/Care New England
Expert Witness, Attorney General, State of Washington, State of Washington v. Providence, 2023
U.S. Senate Finance Committee, March 2023
Oregon. State Senate Health Committee, November 2023
Expert Witness, Federal Trade Commission, FTC v. Novant Health and Community Health Systems, 2024
PRIVATE SECTOR: EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY
Cravath, Swaine, and Moore. Unsecured Creditors of Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation v. PricewaterhouseCoopers. 2004-2005.
Sidley Austin. ConMed Corporation v. Ethicon/Ethicon Endo-Surgery. 2005.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System v. Hillenbrand Industries. 2005.
Winston and Strawn. Rochester Medical Corporation v. C.R. Bard. 2006.
ECRI v. Guidant, 2007
Goodwin Proctor. USA v. Richard Lane, 2008.
Winston and Strawn. Southeast Missouri Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center v. C.R. Bard, 2009.
Venable. Retractable Technologies Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 2009-2010.
Baker and McKenzie. Medtronic Inc. v. IRS Commissioner, 2010.
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius. USA v. Amgen, 2011.
Greenberg Traurig. Freedom Medical v. Universal Hospital Services, 2011.
Lenox MacLaren v. Medtronic, 2012.
Lowis & Gellen, Fabiszak v. Silver Cross Hospital, 2013
Bubb, Grogan, and Cocca, AHS Hospital Corporation v. Town of Morristown, 2013
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. Aetna Life Insurance v. Foundation Surgical Associates, 2015.
Dykema. Kerrins v. Palos Community Hospital, 2016.
Hamstead Williams & Shook, Wiles v. West Virginia University Hospitals, 2017-2018
Lowenstein Sandler, Appraisal of Team Health Holdings, 2018
Lowenstein Sandler, Brigade Capital v. Kindred Healthcare, 2018-2019
American Medical Association. CVS Health / Aetna Merger. 2018
Dorsey & Whitney, Consolidated Class Action Lawsuit – EpiPen ERISA Litigation, 2019-2020.
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein. The Hospital Authority of Metropolitan Government of Nashville & American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 37 Health and Security Plan. 2019.
Kirkpatrick Townsend. Premera v. The Everett Clinic, Eastside Family Medical Clinic. 2020.
Oxley Rich Sammons. Jane Doe and West Virginia Residents v. Steven Matulis. 2021.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Vascular Solutions v. Medtronic 2021-2022
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, 2022
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Strauss v. Premera Blue Cross, 2022
Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Tillman v. Riverton Memorial Hospital, 2022
Hall Booth Smith, Musto v. Heekin/St. Vincent’s Medical Center, 2022-2023
Quinn Emanuel. Jefferson County v. Williams, 2023-
Williams & Connolly. State of Mississippi v. Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Optum, CVS/Health, Express Scripts, 2023-
Compass Lexecon. Epi-Pen Direct Purchaser Litigation. 2024.
Compass Lexecon. City of Rockford IL v. Mallinckrodt. 2024
Lincoln Derr. Andrew v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority. 2024-
Moore & VanAllen. Premier Purchasing Partners v. FFF Enterprises. 2024.
FTC v. Prime Therapeutics. 2024.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board:
Health Care Management Review (1992-2000). Associate Editor (1994-2000)
Health Services Research (1994-Present)
AUPHA / Health Administration Press
Governmental Research Review Committees:
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research:
Health Services Research Review Subcommittee (1994-1998)
Consulting Reviewer (Journals):
Academy of Management Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly
Health Affairs
Health Care Management Review
Inquiry
Journal of American Medical Association
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Management Studies
Medical Care
Milbank Fund Quarterly
Social Science and Medicine
Strategic Management Journal
Consulting Reviewer (Grants):
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (Rockville, MD)
Health Care Financing Administration (Baltimore, MD)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Veterans Administration (Washington, DC)
Affiliations:
Academy of Management
American Hospital Association
Association for Health Services Research
TEACHING
Integrated Delivery Systems
Analysis of Health Systems
Comparative Health Care Management
Organizational Behavior
Health Care Strategy
Organizational Change
Innovation in India’s Health Care System
Life Sciences & Management
Seminar on the Professions
Health Care Policy
Evaluation Research
Issues in Rural Health Care
Managed Care & Industrial Organization of Healthcare
Strategic Implementation
China’s Healthcare System & Reform