Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Management; Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Center for Health Incentives
Research Areas
Health services research; health economics; delivery of health care; quality of health care; behavioral economics
Current Projects
"Randomized Controlled Trials of Incentives for Warfarin Adherence" - Joint PI (Aetna
Foundation and NHLBI); "Impact of Treatment Profitability on Quality of Care" - PI (RWJ); Collaboration to Reduce Disparities in Hypertension (CHORD) through financial incentives for medication adherence - Co-PI (State of Pennsylvania); Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation - PI (CDC); Impact of Work Hour Rules on Errors and Quality - PI (VA HSR&D and NHLBI); Financial Incentives for Weight Loss (USDA, Hewlett Foundation, NIA)
)
Representative Publications
(with A.K. Rosen, P.R. Rosenbaum, P.Ss Romano, O. Even-Shoshan, A. Canamucio, L. Bellini, T. Behringer, Y. Wang, J.H. Silber)
"Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries in the First Two Years Following ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform." JAMA 298(9):975-83 (2007).
(with G. Loewenstein and T. Brennan)
"Asymmetric Paternalism to Improve Health Behaviors." JAMA 298(20):2415-2417 (2007).
(with A.K. Rosen, P.R. Rosenbaum, P.S. Romano, O. Even-Shoshan, L. Bellini, T. Behringer, A. Canamucio, J.H. Silber)
"Mortality Among Patients in VA Hospitals in the First Two Years Following ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform." JAMA 298(9):984-92 (2007).
(with A. Gurmankin, A. Gomez, D.A. Asch, J.A. Berlin, J.J. Murphy, J. Zhu, and C. Lerman)
"A Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 15(1):12-8 (2006).
(with J. Ketcham, A. Epstein, and S.V. Williams)
"Effect of Price Competition and Reduced Subsidies for Uncompensated Care on Quality of Care." Health Services Research 2005 40(4):1056-77.
(with J. Waldfogel, S.V. Williams, J.H. Silber, J.S. Schwartz, and M.V.Pauly)
"Market Reform in New Jersey and the Effect on Mortality from Acute Myocardial Infarction." Health Services Research 38(2): 515-533 (2003).
(with D. Grande)
"Within the Black Box: Suggestions for Reducing Errors in Teaching Hospitals." New England Journal of Medicine 348(9):851-855 (2003).
Education
PhD, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1998; MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1998; AB, Harvard College, 1989
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award for best public policy dissertation in United States, 1998; Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Awardee, 2002-2008; Veterans Administration Health Services Research & Development Career Development Awardee, 2003-2006; Outstanding abstract citation at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (with Meena Seshamani, 2004; with David Song, 2005; with Jalpa Doshi, 2006; with Amol Navathe, 2007; with Jeffrey Silber, 2008; with Amy Rosen, 2008); Presidential Early Career Scientist Award (PECASE), 2005, highest honor given by the US government to early career scientists; Outstanding Junior Faculty Member of the Year, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2006; John Thompson Prize for Young Investigators, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2006; Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award, Academy Health, 2007; "Best Paper Award", AcademyHealth National Meeting, 2007 (top
3 of about 1700 abstracts presented);
Elected to American Society for
Clinical Investigation (ASCI)-2008
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2002-present. University of Pennsylania: 2001-present; Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Center for Health Incentives, 2008-present; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Insititute. Previous appointment: Harvard Medical School
Other Positions
Faculty, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, 2001-present; Attending Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Medical Center, 2001-present; Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates: Intern in Internal Medicine, 1998-1999, Resident in Internal Medicine, 1998-2001
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Chair, Subcommittee on Designing Innovations in Work Environments for Physicians in Training and Member, ACGME Committee on Improving the Learning Environment (CILE); SGIM National External Funding Committee and Article of the Year Committee; CDC Health and Productivity Measurement Tools Expert Panel; Academy Health Annual Meeting Quality Theme Leader; AHRQ Advisory Panel on Future Design of Administrative Databases; Center for Global Development, Working Group on Performance-Based Incentives, Gates Foundation Policy Research Network; Editorial Board, Medical Care Research and Review; Advisory Board, VA Health Economics Research Center (HERC); VA Quality and Patient Safety Advisory Committee
Research Areas
Health services research; health economics; delivery of health care; quality of health care; motivation
Current Projects
Financial Stress in hospitals and quality of care - PI (Doris Duke Foundation); Comparing Disparities Inside and Outside VA – PI (Veterans Administration); Collaboration to Reduce Disparities in Hypertension (CHORD) through financial incentives for medication adherence – Co-PI (State of Pennsylvania; Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation – PI. Total Direct costs: $6.5 million.
Representative Publications
(with J. Waldfogel, S.V. Williams, J.H Silber, J.S. Schwartz, and M.V. Pauly)
"Market Reform in New Jersey and the Effect on Mortality from Acute Myocardial Infarction." Health Services Research 38(2): 515-533 (2003.
(D. Grande)
"Within the Black Box: Suggestions for Reducing Errors in Teaching Hospitals." New England Journal of Medicine; 348(9):851-855 (2003).
(with M.K. Bundorf)
Consumer Price Protection and the HMO Backlash: Are HMOs to Blame for Drive-Through Deliveries? Inquiry 1999;26:101-109
4. Volpp, KGM and Buckley E. The Effect of Increases in HMO Penetration and Changes in Payer Mix on In-hospital Mortality and Treatment Patterns for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Managed Care. 2004. In press.
Education
PhD, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1998; MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1998; AB, Harvard College, 1989
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award for best public policy dissertation in United States, 1998; Best oral presentation by junior faculty member - Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting, NY, NY, 2002; Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award Nominee, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2002; Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Awardee, 2002-present; Veterans Administration Health Services Research & Development Career Development Awardee, 2003-present; Outstanding abstract citation at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (with Meena Seshamani), 2004; Presidential Early Career Scientist Award Nominee – Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development, 2004
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2002-present. University of Pennsylvania: 2001-present (Senior Fellow, The Leonard Davis Institute, 2001-present). Previous appointments:VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; Harvard Medical School
Other Positions
Attending Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Medical Center, 2001-present; Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates: Intern, 1998-1999, Resident, 1998-2001
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Advisory Committee, Philadelphia’s Plan for Universal Health Care; AHRQ Ad Hoc Study Sections, “Rewarding Results” and “Partnerships for Quality”
