Jefferson School of Population Health

Fellows Day Master of Science in Applied Health Economics & Outcomes Research (MS AHEOR)

June 25, 2012

Joe Jackson, Program Director

Todayʼs Agenda• Introduce

– Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson School of Population Health

– The MS-AHEOR Online Program• What does it do?• Who is it for? • Program overview• Curriculum and Instructors

•Online learning at JSPH•Q & A

Caroline Golab, PhD– Associate Dean

Student and Academic Affairs

JSPH Programs• PhD in Population Health Sciences• Master of Public Health (MPH)• Master of Science in Health Policy (MS-HP)• Master of Science in Healthcare Quality & Safety (MS-HQS)• Master of Science in Healthcare Quality & Safety Management

(MS-HQM)• Master of Science in Applied Health Economic & Outcomes Research

(MS-AHEOR)• Certificates: Public Health, Health Policy, Healthcare Quality & Safety

MS-AHEOR prepares leaders to •Appreciate the dynamics of the US healthcare system •Learn and apply methods and techniques to assess

Value in Healthcare•Develop capabilities to critically evaluate:

• Outcomes in healthcare• Economics in healthcare• Quality of Life in healthcare• Health Technology Assessment

•Use AHEOR to communicate policy ramifications to stakeholders in customer relevant ways

•Be prepared to assume leadership roles concerning the efficient allocation of healthcare resources

AHEOR Program Overview

•Requires completion of 39 credits, including a Capstone – The Capstone research project applies AHEOR

concepts and methods to real world settings.•All courses are offered asynchronously online.•Classes are offered in three 14-week sessions per year. • Program accommodates working professionals

(one or two courses per term, completing in 26 – 48 months) •Upon completion of coursework, students come to campus to

present their Capstone projects and to attend seminars and discussions concerning AHEOR and population health.

MS-AHEOR Curriculum (39 credits)

• US Healthcare Organization and Delivery (3 c)• US Healthcare Financing and Reimbursement (3 c)• Health Economics (3 c)• Health Research Methods (3 c)• Epidemiology for Outcomes Research (3 c)• Subjective Outcomes in Health Evaluation (3 c)• Econometric and Observational Methods (3 c)• Economic Modeling in Healthcare (3 c)• Simulation for Economic Evaluation (3 c)• Outcomes and Economic Analyses (3 c)• Elective (3 c)• Capstone Seminar/Project (6 credits)

HPL 500: US Healthcare Organization and Delivery (3 c)

• Past Professor and Chair Pathology, CMO of an integrated delivery system, advocate for evidence-based medicine, and an Officer in a bio-tech start-up

• Phi Beta Kappa and recipient of The Rodney T. West Literary Achievement Award for the most important article on medical management in 2001 from ACPE

• Resident Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Iowa, Department of Pathology

• UCSF Class of 1990 and 1991 Certificates of Distinction (Teaching), and the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching at UC San Francisco for Basic Science

Kent Bottles, MD

HPL 500: US Healthcare Organization and Delivery (3 c)

• Director, Healthcare IT Practice – L-3 Communications

• Ph.D. in Science Education from U Penn• MS in Clinical Pathology/Immunology from the

Medical College of Pennsylvania• BS in Medical Technology from Un of Scranton• 25+ years experience in the healthcare and

information services• Consulted with the leading healthcare,

pharmaceutical, insurance and state and local governments in the areas of HIPAA and HITECH regulatory compliance, strategic planning, financial and professional business services.

Lynne Matthews, PhD, MS

AHE 500: US Healthcare Financing and Reimbursement (3C)

• Visiting Instructor at Saint Joseph’s University• M.B.A. in Accounting from LaSalle University• B.S. in Accounting from Saint Joseph’s University• Previously, VP and CFO of Maxis Health System

in Northeast Pennsylvania, and CFO in several healthcare organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area

• Served with the United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade in South Viet Nam where he was awarded the Bronze Star for service

• Expertise in 3rd Party Reimbursement Strategies, Budgeting, Treasury Management, and high performance outcomes in Revenue Cycle Operations

• Fellow and Past President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and recipient of numerous awards

Thomas L. Heron, Masters of Accounting

HPL 540: Health Economics (3 c)• Assistant Professor in JSPH • Extensive experience in economic analysis of

insured populations, health systems, and the impact of health finance on performance

• An Actuary as well as an Economist, and has a wide range of publications and presentations in a diverse array of professional societies, including HEOR, Actuarial and Statistical

• PhD in Managerial Science and Applied Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with Mark Pauly

• Previously experience in actuarial benefits consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Robert Lieberthal, PhD

HPL 510: Health Research Methods (3 c)

• Associate Professor at Temple University• Carnegie Scholar • Directs Online Learning Programs and founded

a Teaching and Learning Center• Her research has focused on distance education

and technology integration in education• Ph.D. from U Penn• Formerly Assistant Professor at the School of

Dental Medicine at the U of Penn• Awards include: the Earl Banks Hoyt teaching

award and the Clinical Research Award from the American Academy of Periodontics.

Catherine Schifter, PhD

AHE 508: Epidemiology for Outcomes Research (3 c)

• Senior Research Statistical Analyst at JSPH• Provides design, statistical and programming

support• BS in biology from Manhattan College• MA in biology from City College of New York• PhD in epidemiology from U of Penn• 14 years in health services research (Independence

Blue Cross and Greater Atlantic Health Service) • 6 years in the biomedical information industry • 6 years in public health (NY and NJ)• Research interests: evaluation of care management

and provider assessment programs

John McAna, PhD

AHE 510: Econometric and Observational Methods (3 c)

• Therapeutic Head (Endocrinology, Urology & Oncology) Endo Pharmaceuticals – HEOR, HTA and Pricing

• 15 years with: Bridgehead International, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, Pharmacia and Roche

• Adjunct faculty at Un of Sciences in Philadelphia• Service award winner for ISPOR Global HTA

special interest group and faculty for ISPOR’s short course: European Healthcare Reimbursement Systems

• PhD at University of Louisiana at Monroe• MS in Neuro-Psychology, University of Memphis • Post-doc in Clin Pharm and Economics, State

University of New York at Buffalo and FDA•

Kevin Mayo, PhD

AHE 504: Economic Modeling in Healthcare (3 c)• Medical Director for Ibis Biosciences (Abbott)• Former CMO of Analytica International • Former Dir OR, Div Critical Care Med, Montefiore• Former faculty at Albert Einstein Coll of Medicine• Board certified: critical care, internal medicine,

and hospice and palliative medicine• 80+ peer-reviewed articles and book chapters • BA - University of Pennsylvania• MD - Mount Sinai School of Medicine and MS in

health management from New York University• IM residency at the Long Island Jewish Medical

Center and fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Donald B. Chaflin,

MD, MS, FCCP,

FCCM

AHE 506: Subjective Outcomes in Health Evaluation (3 c)• Senior director in Patient-Reported Outcomes at

Janssen / Johnson and Johnson Company• Responsible for PROs in oncology products• Previous in academia, government and consulting• Research interests: methodological issues in

subjective assessment in drug development and PRO endpoints in clinical trials

• Served on PRO committees: PRO Consortium, IMMPACT, PhRMA Health Outcomes Committee, PROMIS, ISPOR PRO Task Force and PRO Harmonization Group

• PhD quantitative psychology and Certificate in Health Services Research from the University of Washington (Seattle).

Margaret L. Rothman, PhD

AHE 512: Simulation for Economic Evaluation (3 c)• Senior VP Research at UBC• MD and MS Epidemiology at McGill University• Co-Chaired joint ISPOR/SMDM Good Modeling

Practices Task Force in 2011• Lead German government HTA Task Force and

pioneered the efficiency frontier HTA method• Collaborates with Japan, Uruguay, WHO…• Adapted an engineering technique – discrete event

simulation to applications in healthcare• Consulted with the World Bank Institute and the

InterAmerican Court for Human Rights address the growing problem of Supreme Courts overriding health care system decisions and ordering them to provide treatments that had been considered unwarranted.

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Jaime Caro, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP

AHE 514: Outcomes and Economic Analyses (3 c)

• Program Director for MS in AHEOR at JSPH• 30 years of industry experience : BMS and Hoechst,

most in clinical research and the practice and management of Outcomes Research

• Generated user-friendly cost-effectiveness models, HTA filings, and labeled claims for PROs (aka Quality of Life) in USA and Europe

• PhD and MS, University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy

• Residencies with Health Services Administration and the National Institute of Mental Health, DHEW, US Government

• Adjunct at Mississippi, Rutgers and Maryland Schools of Pharmacy, and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Joseph D. Jackson, PhD

Why Do Jeffersonʼs MS-AHEOR? • Thomas Jefferson University is a major US academic health center.

Itʼs been around a long time (since 1824) and health and healthcare is all that we do!

• The MS-AHEOR is highly focused on the knowledge and skills needed to perform and to evaluate value in outcomes research

• The MS-AHEOR stresses applied methodologies, real-world applications that are relevant to actual practice settings.

• MS-AHEOR instructors are experienced practitioners. • They have been there and done it! • Courses for the MS-AHEOR are offered entirely online, utilizing best

practices in web-based learning, and fitting the schedules of busy students

Juan Leon, PhD– Director of Online Learning– Education: Harvard– Specialization: Online Education– Experience:

• Harvard, Un of Michigan• Kyoto University, Japan

Online Learning at JSPH

Lisa Chosed, MA– Online Programs

Administrative Liaison (OPAL)

Benefits of Online Learning at JSPH

•What are the benefits of online degree programs?– Flexible scheduling– Removal of geographical barriers– Enriched interactions and resources

Online Learning at JSPH

•How does learning online differ from learning in a classroom?

– Discussion: Extensive use of asynchronous online discussion forums each week

– Self-management: Self-paced study including readings and mini-lectures

– Application: Extensive use of weekly learning activities applying new learning tothe workplace

Thanks You!

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Questions?

Jefferson School of Population Health