Health Care

Michael R. Meacham, JD, MPH

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Education

M.P.H., University of Kansas School of Medicine / Wichita State University, December 1998

Research Topic: Collection of Outpatient Diagnostic and Treatment Data in Connecticut

J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, May, 1978

B.A., Political Science, Wichita State University, May, 1974

Academic Experience

Teaching

Management of Health Care Organizations (undergrad)

Introduction to US Healthcare System and Policy (MHA)

Professional Development (undergrad)

Management of Health Care Organizations (MHA)

Introduction to US Healthcare System (undergrad)

Strategy Development (MHA Capstone)

Internship (undergrad)

Health Law (MHA)

Several special topics and independent study courses.

Summer Residency (MHA)

Adjunct Faculty, University of Connecticut Health Center, Dept. of Community Medicine, Health Policy, Fall, 2000

Guest lecturer, University of Connecticut School of Business, Center for Health System Management, Health Law (fall, 2000

and 2002); Health Care Finance (fall, 1999); Health Care Planning (fall 1999); Wichita State University, State Government

(summer 1992, 1993).

Administration

Coordinated production and served as primary author of re-accreditation report

Cultivated alumni and health care provider involvement in MHA Program

Established multiple new partnerships with healthcare organizations to provide students with meaningful professional

development experiences and faculty with access to primary data research opportunities

Strengthened enrollment by expanding and enhancing recruitment and admission process for MHA Program

Developed first departmental comprehensive graduate student recruiting database

Improved minority enrollment and retention in MHA Program

Assisted in developing departmental and program class schedule, curriculum structure, and learning outcomes

Managed operating budget and supervised staff in MHA Program

Served on Department Executive Committee and College s PIC ( Professor in Charge ) Council.

Health Care and Other Leadership Experience

Budgeting

Advocated for and managed operating budget for MHA Program.

Managed multiple health care delivery operations with more than $15 million in budgets consisting of professional fees,

grants from federal and state agencies and private sources.

Managed a major portion of state agency operating budget as it related to matters affecting the unit.

Planned and developed annual operating budgets exceeding $800,000 for university alumni association.

Developed and drafted five-year plan with accompanying budget for a non-profit corporation.

Staff Supervision

Supervised support staff and collaborated with other professional and staff in support of MHA Program.

Led 11 administrative and support staff who managed more than 150 health care providers, health educators, professional

and clerical staff in both in-patient and out-patient settings.

Supervised 17 f.t.e professional and support staff in state government agency; led efforts to re-organize the staff and to

provide workforce and organizational development opportunities.

Supervised staff of 12.5 f.t.e. professional and support staff members in higher education setting and led staff development

efforts in numerous organizations.

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Systems Management

Supervised units charged with responsibility for managing care delivery and its billing component for operations, both out-

patient and occupational medicine, exceeding $12 million in revenue.

Led implementation of hospital budget reporting system, affording hospitals an Internet-based method of filing required

information with government agency.

Upgraded alumni association record management system to provide for preservation of biographical material of 60,000+

individuals on electronic imaging system.

Supervised maintenance of 90,000+ demographic records of alumni and friends of university.

Maintained small business on computer; experience with various software, Web browser and e-mail packages.

Oversaw development and installation of local area network for word processing and data base management.

Health Care Policy and Consulting Experience

Independent Consulting

Provided strategic planning consulting and facilitation, including detailed market and utilization data analysis for Titusville

Area Hospital (2009 and 2006)

Facilitate multiple annual and special planning sessions for Pennsylvania Mountains Health Alliance (2007, 2008 and 2009)

Survey of CEO attitudes toward organization policy options for Pennsylvania Mountains Health Alliance (2009)

Business Planning for Managers presentation for Susquehanna Health (2009)

Shamokin Area Community Hospital facilitated and wrote strategic plan (2007).

Family Health Associates facilitated strategic plan development (2006)

CHART Insurance Group facilitated strategic plan development (2006)

Included multiple presentations to Boards of Directors, senior management and other stakeholders).

Medicaid

Initiated and successfully developed city-wide (Wichita, KS) Mayor s Conference on Welfare Reform.

Served as administrative coordinator, state (KS) contract negotiator and as legislative agent for community-based provider-

sponsored Medicaid organization.

Testified to state legislative committees regarding policy options for expansion of health insurance for children.

Regulatory

Led the unit charged with administration of Connecticut s Certificate of Need law, hospital budget reporting and related

matters.

Developed policies restructuring the State s Certificate of Need process facilitating public access to and promoting

equilibrium in the health care system.

Consulted for Connecticut s Office of Health Care Access, providing leadership in:

re-engineering Certificate of Need processes;

authoring outpatient data collection plan;

overseeing special research projects concerning ambulatory surgery centers, specifically identified Certificate of Need

applications, and cardiac angiography.

Served 4-month administrative internship in Connecticut s Office of Health Care Access.

Led Office of Health Care Access Cardiac Services Work Group and supervised statewide comprehensive study of

cardiovascular care needs analysis.

Led and facilitated negotiations among multiple health care providers to implement regional planning and dissemination of

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) technology.

Legislative/Public Policy Experience

Member, Kansas House of Representatives, 83rd district (1977 1985)

Represented a diverse constituency in undertaking policy analysis and decision-making.

Communicated complex political and governmental issues to the public

Served as Chairman of the Committee on Communications, Computers and Technology; member of and subcommittee

chairman for Appropriation Committee; multiple other legislative committee assignments.

Related Legislative Experience

Served as a lobbyist during the 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 session for multiple clients in Kansas.

Leadership experience in 10 national, state and local political campaigns

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Community/Public Relations/Marketing Experience

Media Relations and Spokesperson

Arranged news conferences, wrote news releases and served as media spokesperson on many occasions.

Represented Office of Health Care Access in numerous forums and public presentations including: Connecticut Health

Lawyers Association presentations and OHCA Statewide Forums in 1999 and 2000.

Special Events

Initiated MHA Oral Competition Program and coordinated multiple site visits for master s students to health care institutions.

Oversaw unit responsible for over 75 lectures, seminars, symposia and special events per year.

Arranged or promoted many special events, including but not limited to: fundraising auction for university alumni

association; educational and social conferences; major fundraising banquets; legislative bill signing ceremony; awards

banquets; alumni chapter events across the United States; others.

Publications Management

Led design and production of promotional literature for MHA Program.

Oversaw unit charged with content coordination and shared design development for quarterly informational and marketing

publication.

Led concept development, published alumni/community magazine and alumni member newsletter.

Special Projects

Led Development and coordination of Board of Visitors for MHA Program.

Developed and implemented student recruitment strategy for MHA Program.

Initiated marketing plan development for physician promotion and selected health care service lines.

Judicial Experience

Attorney at Law

Served as Trial Counsel for Sedgwick County, Kansas, emphasizing civil rights litigation.

Handled a variety of business contract and tort litigation; contract and lease negotiations.

Division of Worker s Compensation

Represented the State Second Injury Fund, employing expert medical testimony.

Administrative Law Judge

Administrative Hearing Officer, Department of Revenue

Professional History

Medical University of South Carolina Department of Health Sciences and Research (July 2010 present)

Associate Professor

Teach in the MHA and DHA programs; provide leadership role in development of new program, the MHA Global, which seeks to

export health administration education to multiple locations around the world.

The Pennsylvania State University Department of Health Policy and Administration (July 2003 June 2010)

Associate Professor (July 2003 present)

Developing and maintaining outreach program to facilitate continuing professional development opportunities for health care

administrators and for benefit of students seeking internships, residencies and employment; responsible for teaching graduate and

undergraduate courses in health administration, health law, leadership and management in health care organizations, health policy, and

professional development. Multiple classes taught: including, US health system, healthcare management, strategic planning,

leadership, law and professional development.

Director of External Relations and Professional Development (July 2008 present)

New position created to facilitate expansion of alumni and industry relationships for the MHA Program and to provide leadership

in competency development. Organized program site visits; oversee co-curricular professional development activity; cultivate

individual and institutional relationships to benefit the program.

Executive Director, MHA Program (Jan. 2006 July 2008) & Associate Director (Sept. 2004-Jan. 2006)

Expanded enrollment dramatically and led in the development of the first student recruiting database; led effort to implement

integrated curriculum using Bloom s taxonomy; cultivated new student recruiting relationships with undergraduate institutions

and programs; developed comprehensive orientation program; initiated program-specific student summer placement opportunities

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with health care organizations; expanded traineeship opportunities for students with provider organizations; created and

implemented the MHA Oral Competition; provided leadership for and was primary author of CAHME re-accreditation report

(2007); successfully led program through re-accreditation process. Led development of strategic plan for program.

Part-Time Independent Consulting (September 2003 present)

Facilitate multiple strategic planning sessions; perform market analysis; measure support for new concepts among stakeholder

groups; build consensus around new goals and objectives to improve organizational performance.

Eastern Connecticut Health Network (2001 2003)

Vice President Integrated Health Services

Reporting directly to both the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Executive Officer, provided executive level leadership for

multiple units of two hospital-based integrated health system, including physician practices, occupational medicine services,

community health education, cancer related services programming and selected inpatient and outpatient services including hospitalist

program, and eldercare services. Responsible for medical staff development, physician recruitment and liaison function. Negotiated

and implemented complex agreements for physician services. Responsible for development and implementation of joint venture and

business alliance relationships, expanding scope and breadth of services to populations in service area. Led innovative organizational

and staff development efforts within the division.

State of Connecticut - Office of Health Care Access (1999-2001)

Director of Health System Development

Provided senior management leadership for agency unit charged with administration of Certificate of Need law, hospital financial

reporting, health system planning and related matters, reporting directly to the Commissioner.

Private Practice (1994-1999)

Health Policy Consultant / Governmental Relations Counsel

Special projects for (CT) Office of Health Care Access and Community Care of Kansas 1995-1997 (Medicaid Managed Care PSO).

Other Professional Experience

Heartspring School for Developmentally Disabled Children, Director of Major Gifts, (1993-1994)

Wichita State University Alumni Association, Executive Director, (1989-1992)

State of Kansas, Member, Kansas House of Representatives (83rd District), (1977 1985)

Private Practice, Attorney at Law, (1983-1989)

Ranson and Company, Municipal Bond Underwriter, (1980-1982)

Beech Aircraft Company, Staff Assistant to Vice President for Industrial Resources, (1978-1980)

Publications and Presentations

Prepared 5th edition of Health Law and Ethics for Medical Office Personnel (Myrtle Frank, author), Cengage Publishing (2010)

Business Plan Development for Managers, Sponsored by Susquehanna Health (August 2009)

Executives in Residence: Status and Possibilities. Sponsored by AUPHA (June 2008)

US Health Care System: An Introduction, The Humphrey Institute (International Governmental Officials) (March 2007)

Value-based Leadership for Long Term Care Administrators. Sponsored by Central Pennsylvania Educational Resources, Inc. (May

17, 2005).

Current and Future Trends in U.S. Healthcare. Sponsored by Lewistown Hospital Management Education / Management Retreat

(April 14, 2005).

Value Based Leadership: The Challenge of Principle in Today s Healthcare Organizations. Sponsored by Lewistown Hospital

Management Education (January 17, 2005).

Appreciative Inquiry as Method to Improve Nursing Retention. Panel sponsored by Health Policy and Administration and Hospital

Association of Pennsylvania (December 3, 2004).

Value Based Leadership: The Challenge of Principle in Today s Healthcare Organizations. Sponsored by Health Executives Forum

of Central PA (November 4, 2004).

Current Issues in Pennsylvania Healthcare. Panel sponsored by The Central PA Business Journal (June 22, 2004).

Association of Selected Variables with Low Birth Weight in Kansas Counties, KPHA Conference, October 1997 (Poster

Presentation, w/ Dr. Doren Fredrickson)

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Professional and Community Involvement

Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Mountain Health Research Development, 2007

ACHE Central PA Regent s Advisory Council, 2005- 2006

Board of Directors, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2002- 2003

Chairman, Wichita State University Board of Trustees

Vice President, Wichita State University Alumni Association

Board of Directors, Wichita State University Alumni Association

Education Commission of the States (one of six representatives from Kansas)

President, Student Government Association, Wichita State University

Professional Affiliations & Activities

Member, Review Panel, Journal of Health Administration Education, appointed June, 2009; Current member: American College of

Healthcare Executives; Medical Group Management Association; Academy for Health Policy; Licensed attorney, State of Kansas

(inactive). Past member: American Society of Association Executives; Connecticut Health Lawyers Association, Council for

Advancement and Support of Education; Council of Alumni Association Executives; Kansas Bar Association.

Honors and Awards

ACHE Regent s Award for Service to the Profession, 2007; Who s Who in America, 1992; Personalities of the West and Midwest,

1982; Who s Who in Wichita, 1980; Who s Who in American Politics, 1977 1985; Outstanding Young Men in America, 1977

1980; Who s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1973.

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