Economic Consulting
Data Analytics, Predictive Modeling, and Econometric Theory
Academic Publications:
"Quality of Care and Preventive Screening Use in the CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home Program" (with Iwona Kicinger, Alison Cuellar, Lorens Helmchen, Gilbert Gimm, and Len Nichols) Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2019.
"The CareFirst patient-centered medical home program: cost and utilization effects in its first three years" (with Alison Cuellar, Lorens Helmchen, Gilbert Gimm, Sriteja Burla, Iwona Kicinger, and Len Nichols) Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2016.
"Profitability of cellulosic biomass production in the Northern Great Lakes Region" (with Scott Swinton) Agronomy Journal, 2014.
Working Papers:
Kells B, Cuellar A, Helmchen L, Gimm G, Burla S, Kicinger I, Nichols L. The CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home Program After Six Years.
Kells B. Inequality of Treatment Assignment Among American Prostate Cancer Sufferers.
Work in Progress:
Kells B. Heterogeneous Incentives in Responding to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
Kells B, Freer M. How Markets React: Social Media and Event Probability.