Jonathan C. Dopkeen, Ph.D.
UIC School of Public Health
1603 West Taylor Street, Rm. 783
Chicago, IL 60612
Office: (312) 413-1951
jdopkeen@uic.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Center for Employee Health Studies,
Health & Policy Administration, UIC School of Public Health
From July, 2011
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Developed and direct the Center for Employee Health Studies within the School of
Public Health. The Center works in the domains of Health and Demand Management,
Workers’ Compensation Quality and Performance, Organizational Health and
Productivity, and Employment-Based Health Research
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Masters of Healthcare Administration Program: Teach population-based health
planning; Coordinate consulting projects in methods core, Advise Masters students ,
MHA Admissions Committee; coach case teams in national competitions with 3
consecutive finalists.
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Principle Investigator: Small Business Engagement in the SHOP, The Environment
for Developing the Illinois Health Insurance Exchange for Small Business. 2013
Contract to the IL Dept. of Insurance..
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Currently engaged in UIC contracts to State for the development and training of
Navigators for the Illinois’ Marketplace under ACA, and in the evaluation of the Cook
County 1115 Waiver.
Vice President, Consumer Health Advisers, Inc
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2007 - 2011
Responsible for Business Development for Consumer Health Advisers, Inc. CHA
provided an integrated electronic medical home to self-funded employers seeking to
develop employees’ consumer-based skills and tools improving health selfmanagement and financial decision-making. Contributed to market development,
infrastructure and management.
Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
2003 – 2007
Oversight of agency strategic initiatives process development of performance measures, and for
internal and external initiatives including:
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Chair, Illinois Electronic Health Records Taskforce. Developed and chaired the
Taskforce through to its final report to the Legislature on the implementation of
Electronic Health Records in Illinois.
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Chair, Health Information Privacy and Security Collaborative (HISPC) Partnered
with the State’s Quality Improvement Organization to win and execute a federal contract
(AHRQ) on the Health Information Privacy and Security Collaborative to identify and
address policy and operational barriers to electronic health records, and chaired the
Steering Committee.
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Co-chair, Illinois Accreditation Development Project. Robert Wood Johnson funded
grant as part of five-state learning collaborative to transform Illinois’ current mandatory
certification process for Local Health Departments to a performance-based accreditation
process, funded for piloting.
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Office of the Governor’s Special Advocates for Prescription Drugs: Tasked to
develop Illinois’ drug importation program enabling uninsured and under-insured
residents of Illinois safe, affordable access to brand name prescription drugs for
maintenance conditions first from Canada, Europe (Great Britain and Ireland), Australia
and New Zealand. The I-SaveRx Program was joined by four other states.
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Executive Committee, NEDSS Development. Oversaw the development and
implementation of the Illinois National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (INEDSS), through development of Version 6.0, addressing intra-agency and systemic
impediments to both development and integration with Chicago’s development.
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Statutory responsibility for the Administrative Hearings Review (administrative law
hearings process over regulatory cases in environment and long term care).
Implemented changes improving the administration and timeliness in reducing times to
regulatory decisions, fines and case backlog.
2000 – 2003
Principal, Health Management Associates
Opened and developed the Chicago Office of this Michigan-based health policy consulting
firm. Responsible for the development of a professional consulting staff of six, business
development. Engagements included:
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Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning: Development of disease and case
management program and RFP for competitive selection based on data analyses of
the State’s high cost and chronic Medicaid residents.
Cook County: Feasibility and RFP development for an EPO based on Cook County
Hospital for Risk Management and the Bureau of Health Services
WellPoint Health Networks: Lead consultant on policy analysis for national corporate
office (CA)
Will County: Benefits analysis, design and collective bargaining support
The Rockford Health Council: Developed community based coverage plan for the
working uninsured; commissioned and managed actuarial subcontractor.
The Delaware Health Care Commission: Developed actuarial framework for modeling
state policy options for covering the uninsured. Managed the actuarial contractor in
developing the pricing model for projecting alternative strategies.
American Federation of Teachers/National Education Association (Development of a
National Prescription Drug Carve-out Model). Feasibility study and three-dimensional
pricing model to project savings of a national drug program.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: National evaluation of Covering Kids Program –
SCHIP.
The Iowa Department of Personnel: Workers’ Compensation Bureau; consulted on
outsourced program performance metrics and provided subsequent external review.
Lake County, IL (Benefit renewal negotiations; increased funding of FQHCs)
OPEIU: Actuarial analyses: MI union seeking to fund retiree medical benefits
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Government Practice Leader, Chicago Region, Segal Company
1998 - 2000
Responsible for development, growth and quality of the Public Sector consulting in the upper
Midwest region of this national actuarial and benefits consulting firm.
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Focused principally on health care data analytics, plan design, and evaluation of
administrative programs, and Medicare Risk.
Clients included the Cities of St. Louis, MO and Gary, IN, IL Counties of Will and
Cook, the State of Iowa, and major FQHC health system (Access Community Health
Network).
Led the analysis and competitive outsourcing of Iowa/s Workers’ Comp program.
Medicare Risk feasibility assessment and projections for Blue Cross of Maine.
Developed the analytic methodology for aggregated health plan purchasing by the
coalition of the seven public agencies and authorities serving Chicago
Developed and managed the cooperative affiliation between The Segal Company and
Health Management Associates, a health policy consulting firm.
Dopkeen & Associates
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1996 - 1998
Managed independent consulting practice focused on data analysis and quality of large
employer health and benefit plans for public and corporate clients. Clients included
Humana of Illinois, Will County, IL and Heitman Financial.
Developed and Directed the Risk Management Department for Will County, IL. Director
(contractual) managing employee benefits, medical plans, workers’ compensation,
property and casualty and aspects of Human Resources for the County’s Board and
Executive.
Led forensic audit and evaluation of Will County property and casualty program, leading
to prosecution and reengineering of property and casualty insurances.
Served on the Advisory Board of Directors of developing Trials Management
Organization (TMO) conducting demographically balanced studies.
Senior Consultant, The Hay Group
1993 - 1996
Based in Chicago’s Health Care Industry, Public Sector and Benefits/Actuarial practices.
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Led public sector health care collective bargaining practice, developed data analytic
applications and coordinated capitation collaboration between provider and actuarial
practices. Clients: Chicago Public Schools (43,000 employees), Cook County (26,000),
Kane County (1,000), Will County (1,500) and Chicago Housing Authority (Labor plans:
3,000).
Successfully negotiated severity-adjusted outcomes based purchasing of high cost
surgical procedures with the Chicago Teachers Union.
Consulted on state health care reform initiatives for the City of Chicago’s Health Care
Reform Taskforce and for Humana.
Developed for the Health Industry Practice client applications of quality data for health
care providers, payors and employers.
Used severity-adjusted outcomes as the basis for physician long-term incentive
compensation for an integrated health system.
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Principal, William M. Mercer, Inc.
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1988 - 1993
Chicago, Illinois. Health and Welfare Practice: Principal in 1991, Associate 1989.
Developed modeling to support consulting applications in Health and Welfare Plans,
Retiree Medical and Long Term Care.
Leadership position in development of human resources policy consulting based on
retiree medical valuations (including American National Bank, Arthur Andersen, and
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska).
Developed for Eagle Industries an alternative methodology for rapid projection of the
direct costs and FAS liabilities of retiree medical benefits for decisions during due
diligence in low-tech corporate acquisitions. Standard 1989 retiree medical actuarial
studies were six (6) weeks. These valuations were certified and the first in the nation
booked in acquisitions..
Lead consultant and project manager for the Project to project actual costs and retiree
medical FAS liabilities of three alternative Long Term Care plan designs for the
Automakers (Ford, GM and Chrysler jointly) in preparation for national collectivebargaining. Developed methodology for integrating retiree medical projection methods
with an existing stochastic model projecting Long Term Care.
Developed an innovative cost adjustment methodology to establish plan sponsor
requirements under Medicare Catastrophic Maintenance of Effort provisions (1989).
Developed public sector health care and collective bargaining practice based on datadriven analyses and a collaborative negotiating model. Clients: included City of Chicago
(41,000 employees), and Chicago Public Schools (43,000).
Introduced the use of medical outcomes measurement into Mercer’s consulting, and
forged strategic relationship with a developer of medical outcomes technology.
Deputy Commissioner, Boston Department of Health & Hospitals
1977- 1984
Administrative Services (1980-1984). Asst. Deputy Commissioner, Support Services, Boston
City Hospital (1977 - 1980). Responsibilities at the Boston City Hospital included:
 Directed Operations, Patient Services, Quality Assurance and Planning.
 Championed organizational and systemic changes, and development of enterprise
systems conversion
 Developed performance standards for the Hospital with the City’s Medicaid HMO.
 Represented BCH on free care issues within the Council of Teaching Hospitals.
Special Asst. to Commissioner, Boston Dept. of Parks and Recreation
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Directed analysis, systems and organizational development.
Planned, obtained City bonding approval, and acquisition of 100% fleet replacement
Won competitive research grant from National Science Foundation and published policy
research and guide to combating vandalism.
Policy Analyst, Mayor's Office of Public Service.
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1976 - 1977
1974 - 1976
Designed and executed complex organizational change and systems development
projects (Elections, Parks, Public Works) leading to greater efficiencies and improved
service delivery in municipal agencies.
Recruited, trained and directed the Community Development Block Grant program
evaluation staff (federal grant funds)
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Research Associate, Citizens Budget Commission, New York City
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1973 - 1974
Conducted research and program evaluations of large municipal programs for this nonprofit civic watchdog group (during Masters graduate training).
Education
Ph.D., Boston University, University Professors Program, Health Policy Institute, Pew Doctoral
Fellow (1988). M.A. Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis, The New School for Social Research
(1974). B.A., Political Science, Tufts University (1972), Magna Cum Laude.
Recent Publications & Presentations
Speaker, “The ACA: Ongoing Updates and a Look at the Exchanges”, The Employee
Benefits Association of Northern Illinois (EBANI), Rockford, IL, Sept. 11, 2013
Speaker, “The Marketplace: Train wreck? Or just rough around the edges?”, HFN Annual
Healthcare Showcase, May 1, 2013.
Dopkeen, J. et al, “Small Business Engagement in the SHOP: The Environment for
Developing the Illinois Health Insurance Exchange for Small Business”, A Study conducted
for the Illinois Department of Insurance by the Center for Employee Health Studies, Division
of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago,
August, 2012. http://insurance.illinois.gov/hiric/UICShopReport.pdf
Speaker, “The Consumer Perspective on Health Self-Management”, Digital Healthcare Transforming the Management of Healthcare Information Systems, UIC Conference, April 3,
2009
Laura B Landrum; Elissa J Bassler; Georgeen Polyak; Mark Edgar; Christopher Giangreco;
Jonathan C Dopkeen, Local public health certification and accreditation in Illinois: blending
the old and the new. Journal of public health management and practice:
JPHMP 2007;13(4):415-21.
Publications & Presentations (prior to Spring 1988)
Health Policy
Dopkeen, J., Post-Retirement Health Benefits: The Incidental Benefit. Doctoral Dissertation
Published: 1998.
Participant, Conference on Long Term Care, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois,
March 16, 1988.
Belson, P., Dopkeen, J., Getchell, W., "Eldercare": Meeting the Needs of Employees,"
Compensation and Benefits Management, Winter, 1988.
"Research Needs of Retiree Health Benefits" Symposium Participant, Gerontological Society
of America, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1987.
Speaker, Midwest Pension Conference, (Ohio Valley Chapter), Cincinnati, Ohio, November
17, 1987.
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"An Overview of Post-Retirement Health Benefits," presentation for American Federation of
Teachers, Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, October 11, 1987.
"The Characteristics, Distribution and Funding of Retiree Health Benefits: The Implications
for an Insecure Benefit," keynote presentation, AFL-CIO Conference on Retirees' Health
Care Benefits, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, Maryland, September
20-21, 1987.
"Managing Health Benefits for Retirees: Member Workshop for the Midwest Business Group
on Health," panel moderator and presentation; Topic: What Can (and Should) Employers do
to Manage Retiree Health Benefits? September 1, 1987.
"Post-Retirement Health Benefits: Assets or Liabilities," presentation and conference for the
Greater Phoenix Coalition for Affordable Health Care, Phoenix, Arizona, July 14, 1987.
Dopkeen, J., "Post-Retirement Health Benefits: A Bottomless Liability?" Business and Health,
June, 1987.
Dopkeen, J., "Post-Retirement Health Benefits: A Policy Synthesis," Health Services
Research, February 1987, funded by the Pew Memorial Trust. This work was used as a
background paper for "The Secretary's National Conference on Retiree Health Care Benefits:
A Challenge for the Future," sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services
and The Washington Business Group on Health, June 25-26, 1987, Washington, D.C. Part of
this article also appeared in Medical Benefits, May 30, 1987.
"Post-Retirement Health Benefits: The Distribution and Characteristics," a presentation at the
National Health Policy Forum, George Washington University, October 14, 1986.
Commencement Speaker, Graduate Program of Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis, Southern
Illinois University, Edwardsville, June 1986.
Schwartz, M., Barry, P., and Dopkeen, J., "Incentives in Nursing Home Reimbursement
Systems," B.U./Brandeis Health Policy Consortium: HCFA Grant, November, 1986,
(Unpublished).
Dopkeen, J., "Post-Retirement Health Benefits:" Discussion Paper for the Pew Conference
"Transforming the Medical Market Through Aggressive Unitization Controls," Center for
Industry and Health Care, Boston University, June, 1985.
Municipal Policy and Operations
Dopkeen, J., Scott, A., et al, Managing Vandalism. Parkman Center for Urban Affairs,
Boston, 1978 (J. Dopkeen, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation-Research
Applied to National Needs grant).
Dopkeen, J., "Franklin Park Restoration: Managing CETA VI," Trends, National Parks and
Recreation Association, Washington, D.C.: winter, 1978.
Dopkeen, J., The Department of Sanitation Productivity Program, Citizens Budget
Commission, Inc., New York, 1973, Re-published in Solid Wastes Management, Spring,
1974.
Morris R. and Dopkeen, J., The Police Department Productivity Program, Citizens Budget
Commission, Inc., New York, 1973.
Morris, R. and Dopkeen, J., Faculty Workload at the City University: The Case for an
Increase, Citizens Budget Commission, Inc., New York, 1973
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