CURRICULUM VITAE
STEPHEN T. PARENTE
Office:
University of Minnesota
Department of Finance
Carlson School of Management
321 19th Street South, 3-122
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-1391 (voice)
(612) 435-4925 (fax)
sparente@umn.edu
Home:
2601 Arcola Lane
Wayzata, MN 55391
952-471-2439 (home)
612-281-8220 (mobile)
stephen.parente@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1995
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Ph.D., Health Care Finance and Organization
1989
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Master of Public Health
1988
1987
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
M.S., Public Policy Analysis
B.A., Health & Society
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 - Present
Carlson School of Management, Department of Finance, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance. Generate
peer-reviewed applied economics and health services research. Teach
undergraduate and graduate courses in information technology, health
economics, and technology evaluation. Joint appointments are also held in
the Division of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public
Health and the Health Informatics graduate program in the Academic
Health Center. Promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in May, 2006
and to Full Professor with tenure in May, 2010.
2006 – Present
Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of
Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Director. Provide health industry content expertise and take the lead role
in the development of a new business school-based initiative to produce an
innovative blend of research, graduate level curriculum and experiential
learning to benefit the University of Minnesota and collaborating
institutional partners. The Institute creates, facilitates and disseminates
unique knowledge and innovations to benefit the entire health care supply
chain involving medical care, technology development and financing
students, academia and industry leaders. Previously Deputy Director from
March, 2005 to May, 2006.
1998 - Present
Health Systems Innovation Network LLC
Principal. Manage private consulting projects for government agencies
insurers, private universities, medical providers, and non-profit
foundations. Many projects involve the analysis and generation of large
databases as well as distributed network computing to generate complex
econometric analyses to answer mission critical questions for clients. For
more information see http://www.hsinetwork.com.
1996 - present
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD
Adjunct Faculty. Develop and teach graduate level courses in health care
finance and economics for Summer Institute programs. Collaborate with
faculty from the School of Hygiene and Public Health and the School of
Medicine to complete outcomes research and evaluate domestic and
international provider payment methodologies.
1994 - 1999
National Organization of Research at the University of Chicago
(NORC), Office for Health Policy Studies (formerly the Project HOPE
Center for Health Affairs), Bethesda, MD
Senior Research Director. Led teams of high-level research and policy
analysts to complete a series of ongoing projects in the areas of health
economics and finance, medical information systems and technology
assessment. Principal contracting agencies included private and public
health insurers, congressional research committees, state agencies,
research foundations, information system developers and medical
technology firms.
1990 - 1994
Health Services Research and Development Center, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD
Project Coordinator. Supervised the development and implementation
of the primary analytic files for CMS's Project to Develop & Evaluate
Methods for Promoting Ambulatory Care (DEMPAQ). The objective of
the DEMPAQ study was to expand the scope of Medicare program
performance review of office-based physicians. Served as consultant to
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international missions focussed on provider payment and health system
reform.
1992 - 1993
Office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Washington, DC
Legislative Fellow. Completed a series of policy memos summarizing the
implications of health reform legislation. Provided analysis for Senate
Finance Committee hearing on the implications of antitrust lawsuits on
health reform. Focused on several health policy issues including:
international health care system comparisons, small group health insurance
demonstrations, global budgeting, and managed competition.
1988 - 1990
Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester Area, Rochester, NY
Senior Analyst. Developed strategies to assess the cost impact and
efficacy of new and existing medical technologies. Duties included:
chairing a corporate medical policy committee, facilitating six clinical
subcommittees comprised of local specialists, developing a corporate
medical technology assessment program, generating clinical protocols for
new technologies, coordinating a team of analyst/programmers and
designing physician profiling software using administrative data.
1987 - 1990
Health Futures for Rochester, Rochester, NY
Consultant. Modeled economic and political strategies to provide costeffective health services within the Rochester metropolitan area including
the development of regional health accounts. Performed a series of
practice variation studies using the hospital discharge databases.
1985
National Health Service, London, UK
Planning Analyst. Developed a comprehensive district profile of all
health-related activities in large metropolitan area of London. Generated
district and regional health account information for strategic planning.
Analyzed consumer accusations of discharging elderly patients
prematurely.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Leadership
Director, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota, 2006-present.
Director, Medical Valuation Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2008-present.
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Governing Board Member, Treasurer, Secretary, Health Care Cost Institute, 2011-present
Conference Organizer, 2012 American Society for Health Economics, 2008-2012.
Sponsorship Chair, Health Information Management Systems Society, Minnesota, 2002-2006.
Invited Service
Academic Chair for Health Policy, Center for Health and Economy, 2010-present
Member, Insurance and Healthcare Advisers Group, Romney / Ryan 2012, 2012
Member, Institute of Medicine special panel on the future of Medicare’s IT Systems, 2011
Member, State of Minnesota Health Reform Commission, 2010
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 2009-present
Executive Committee, Academy Health, 2009-2010
Senior Health Advisor, McCain 2008, 2007-2008
Research Meeting Session Chair, Health Care Markets (2010) Academy Health
Research Meeting Session Chair, Chronic Illness (2009) Health IT (2004), Academy Health
Member, Article of Year Selection Committee, Academy Health, 2007-2009
Member, Graduate Benefits Advisory Committee, University of MN, 2006-Present
Member, Minnesota eHealth Initiative, State of MN, 2005-2007
Member, State of Minnesota Health Policy Task Force, 2007, 2010
Invited Government Testimony
U.S. House of Representative, Energy & Commerce, Health Subcommittee, May, 2011
U.S. House of Representative, Energy & Commerce, Health Subcommittee, June, 2009
U.S. House of Representative, Energy & Commerce, Health Subcommittee, September, 2008
Minnesota State House, Health Insurance Exchanges, February, 2011
Minnesota State Senate, Consumer Driven Health Care, September, 2007
Minnesota State Senate, Consumer Driven Health Plans, February, 2004
Minnesota State Senate, Health Data Privacy, February, 2003
Federal Trade Commission, eHealth Business Models, October, 2002
Membership
Academy Health
American Economic Association
American Society of Health Economics
Health Economics Research Organization
International Health Economics Association
Society for Medical Decision Making
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Editorial Board
International Journal of Medical Banking (2008-2010)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Health Affairs
Health Economics
Health Services Research
International Journal of Health Finance and Economics
JAMA
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Productivity Analysis
Journal of Risk and Insurance
Medical Care
Consultations
ADP - Integrated Medical Systems
American Medical Association
Allina
Blue Cross Blue Shield National Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester Area
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
Focused Health Solutions
FutureHealth
HealthNet
Medica
Medtronic
Mid Atlantic Medical Services Corporation
Minnesota Health Partnership
MVP Health Plan
Park Nicollet Health Foundation
Purdue Pharma
Pfizer
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The Conference Board
United Health Group
University of Maryland
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Washington in St. Louis
U.S. Department of Justice
HONORS & AWARDS
Minnesota Insurance Industry Endowed Chair in Health Finance, Carlson School of
Management, University of Minnesota, 2011.
Faculty Media Star Award, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2010.
Minnesota Insurance Industry Endowed Professorship in Health Finance, Carlson School of
Management, University of Minnesota, 2010.
Special Recognition winner of Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition for ‘A
National Market for Individual Health Insurance’, 2009.
Faculty Research Award, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2006.
Faculty Media Star Award, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2005.
The Class of 1981 Faculty Member of the Year Award. University of Minnesota, Masters of
Healthcare Administration program, 2005.
Faculty member appointment to Delta Omega honor society, Alpha Chapter (Johns Hopkins
University), 2002.
John P. Young Student Prize for best student paper in health finance and economics. Johns
Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1993.
Doctoral Training Grant in Operations Research and Mental Health, National Institute of Mental
Health, 1990-1993.
Student Marshall, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Commencement,
1989.
B.A. with Distinction, College of Arts and Science, University of Rochester Commencement,
1987.
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Frech, H.E., Parente, S.T., Frogner, B., Hoff, J. “Comparing the sensitivity of models predicting
health status: a critical look at an OECD Report on the efficiency of health systems.”
Forthcoming in Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, Issue
1, Volume 4, 2013. (Forthcoming)
Parente, S.T., Feldman, R. “Micro-simulation of Private Health Insurance and Medicaid Take-up
Following the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Affordable Care Act.” Health
Services Research. 2013 Apr; 48(2 Pt 2):826-49.
Parente, S.T., Schulte, B., Jost, A., Sullivan, T., Klindworth, A. “Assessment of Predictive
Modeling for Identifying Fraud within the Medicare Program.” Forthcoming in Health
Management and Policy Innovations. 1(2), 8-37, 2012.
Gupta, A., Parente, S.T. Sanyal, P. “Future of Health Insurance Procurement: Lessons from the
Online HMO Auctions.” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2012
Dec; 12(4):303-22.
Parente, S.T. “Health economics and policy: towards the undiscovered country of market based
reform.” International of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2012 Sep; 12(3):247-52.
Randall, D. and Parente, S.T. “U.S. Medicaid managed care markets: explaining state policy
choice variation.” Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations,
Issue 4, Volume 2, 2011.
Parente, S. “Baby Boomers Reckoning on Medicare.” MetroDoctors: The Journal of the Twin
Cities Medical Society, 2012, 15(5):17-18.
Chernew, M., Frank, R.G., Parente, S.T. “Slowing Medicare Spending Growth: Reaching for
Common Ground.” American Journal of Managed Care, 2012, 18(8):465-468.
Kovner, C., Spetz, J., Parente, S.T., “Creating Market-based Health Insurance Reform.” Nursing
Economics. 2012 Mar-Apr;30(2):104-7.
Parente, S. “Development of a Medical Productivity Index for Health Insurance Beneficiaries.”
Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, Issue 3, Volume 2,
2011.
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Parente, S.T. “Britain’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE): The US Template for
Comparative Effectiveness Research, Minnesota Medicine”, Journal of the Twin City Medical
Society: Metro Doctors, 2012, 15(2): 20-21.
Abraham, J., McCullough, J.S., Parente, S.T., Gaynor, M. “Prevalence of Electronic Health
Records in U.S. Hospitals” Journal of Healthcare Engineering 2011, 2(2):121-142.
Parente, S.T., Feldman, R., Abraham, J.M., and Xi, Wendy. "Consumer Response to a National
Marketplace for Individual Insurance". Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 78, Issue 2, pages
389–411, June 2011,
Parente, S. "Exploring Ex Ante Regulatory Mechanisms for Detecting Prescription Drug
Misuse", NBER, (In Regulation vs. Litigation; editor D. Kessler), 2011.
Evans, W., Morrill, M., Parente, S. “Measuring Inappropriate Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
in Survey Data: The Case of ADHD among School-Age Children”, Journal of Health
Economics, 4 August 2010.
Howard, P., Parente, S. “Toward Real Health Care Reform”, National Affairs, 4:Summer 2010.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Xu, Y. "Impact of Full Replacement with Consumer Driven Health
Plans". Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, Issue 1,
Volume 1, 2010 pp.4-14.
Feldman, R., Parente, S. “Enrollee Incentives in Consumer Directed Health Plans: Spend Now or
Save for Later?” Forum for Health Economics and Policy. Vol. 13 (2010) / Issue 2.
Klindworth, A., Parente, S. "Lessons Learned for Medical Banking from the Financial Services
Industry: The Case of a Fraud Prevention Platform as Transformative Innovation." International
Journal of Medical Banking, Volume 3, 2010.
Dowd, B., O'Connor, H., McGrail, M., Calasanz, M., Gorman, R., Sheasby, B., Parente, S. "The
Economic Impact of a Disability Prevention Program." Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, 52(10), January 2010.
Parente, S., McCullough, J. "Health Information Technology and Patient Safety: Evidence from
Panel Data." Health Affairs, March/April, 2009.
Parente, S. "Health Information Technology and Financing’s Next Frontier: The Potential of
Medical Banking." Business Economics, January, 2009.
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Parente, S., Phelps, C., O’Connor, P. “Economic Analysis of Medical Practice Variation
between 1991 and 2000: Gauging the Impact of Ten Years of Patient Outcomes Research.”
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2008 Jul; 24 (3):282-293.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Chen, S. “The Effect of a Consumer-Driven Health Plan on
Pharmaceutical Cost and Use”. Health Services Research, May 13, 2008.
Parente, S, Mandelbaum, K, Hanson, SP, Cassidy, BS, Simborg, DW. Can the National Health
Infrastructure Network (NHIN) Reduce the Cost of Healthcare Fraud? Journal of the Healthcare
Information Management, Volume 22, Issue 3, Summer, 2008.
Parente, S. Feldman, R., and J. Christianson, Evolution and Early Evidence of the Impact of
Consumer Driven Health Plans: From e-commerce to Health Savings Accounts.
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, June, 2008.
Parente, S. and Feldman, R. “Do HSA Choices Interact with Retirement Savings Decisions?”,
Tax Policy and the Economy, Vol. 22, 2007.
Parente, S. Christianson, J., Feldman, R. Consumer Directed Health Plans and the Chronically
Ill. Disease Management & Health Outcomes., 239-248(10), 2007.
Feldman, R., Parente, S., Christianson, J. “Consumer Directed Health Plans: New Evidence on
Cost & Utilization”. Inquiry. Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 26–40, 2007.
Parente, S., Van Horn, R.L. “The Value of Hospital Investment in Information Technology in
For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals” Health Care Financing Review, Winter 2006/2007.
Adams, T., Finkelstein S., Parente, S.T., Hertz, M. “Cost Analysis of Home Monitoring in Lung
Transplant Recipients.” International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 23(1),
2007.
Welch, P. Rudolph, B.A., Blewett, L., Parente, S.T., Brach, C., Love, D., Harmon, R.G.
“Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).”
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, October-December, 2006, (29): 272-282.
Parente, S.T. “Consumer Directed Health Plans: Evolution and Early Outcomes.” Value-Based
Purchasing, (1):2, May, 2006.
Feldman, R., Parente, S.T., Abraham, J., Christianson, J., Taylor, R. “Health Savings Accounts:
Early Estimates of National Take-up from the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act and Future
Policy Proposals.” Health Affairs, November 10, 2005.
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Parente, S.T., Evans W., Schoenman, S., Finch, M. “Changes in Health Care Use and
Expenditures of Medicare HMO Disenrollees Who Return to Fee-for-Service Medicare: Results
from a Natural Experiment.” Health Care Financing Review, Spring 2005; 26(3):5-30.
Schoenman, J., Parente, S.T., Evans W, Finch, M., Shah, M. “The Impact of Medicare HMO
Closures on Beneficiaries.” Health Care Financing Review, Spring 2005; 26(3):31-43.
Parente, S., Salkever, D., DaVanzo, J. "The Role of Consumer Knowledge on the Demand for
Preventive Health Care Among the Elderly." Health Economics, January, 2005;14(1):25-38.
Parente, S., Kim, S., Finch, M., Schloff, L., Rector, T., Seifeldin, R., Haddox, J.D. “Using
Claims Data to Identify Controlled Substance Patterns of Utilization Requiring Evaluation.”
American Journal of Managed Care, November, 2004; 10(11 Pt 1):783-90.
Parente ST, Feldman R, and Christianson JB. “Employee Choice of Consumer-Driven Health
Insurance in a Multiplan, Multiproduct Setting,” Health Services Research Vol. 39, No. 4, Part II
(August 2004), pp. 1091-1111.
Parente ST, Feldman R, and Christianson JB. “Evaluation of the Effect of a Consumer-Driven
Health Plan on Medical Care Expenditures and Utilization,” Health Services Research Vol. 39,
No. 4, Part II (August 2004), pp. 1189-1209.
Christianson JB, Parente ST, and Feldman R. “Consumer Experiences in a Consumer-Driven
Health Plan” Health Services Research Vol. 39, No. 4, Part II (August 2004), pp. 1123-1139.
Blewett, L. Parente, S. Finch, M., Peterson, E. “Nation Health Data Warehouse: Issues to
Consider.” Journal of the Healthcare Information Management. 2004 Winter;18(1):52-8.
Blewett, L. Parente, S., Finch, M., Peterson, E. “The Role of the Private Sector in Monitoring
Health Care Quality.” The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, August, 2003.
Christianson, J., Parente, S. and Taylor, R. “Defined Contribution Health Insurance Products:
Development and Prospects.” Health Affairs, January 2002.
Parente, S. and Dunbar, J. “Is Information Technology Related to the Financial Performance of
U.S. Hospitals? An Exploratory Analysis.” International Journal of Healthcare Technology and
Management. 2, 5/6, 2001.
Parente, S. “Beyond the Hype: A Taxonomy of Business Models for E-Health Commerce.”
Health Affairs 19, 6 (November/December, 2000).
Good, C., Parente, S., Rennie, D. and Fletcher, S. “A Worldwide Assessment of Medical Journal
Editor’ Practices and Needs.” South African Journal of Medicine, Summer, 1999.
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Parente, S. and Evans, W. “The Impact of Subsidizing Medicare Copayments and Deductibles
for Low Income Elderly on Medical Care Use: The Case of Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries,”
Health Care Financing Review, Winter, 1998.
Parente, S. “Estimating the Economic Cost Offsets of Using Dermagraft-TC as an Alternative to
Cadaver Allograft in the Treatment of Graftable Burns,” Journal of Burn Care and
Rehabilitation 18, 1 (1997).
Parente, S., Weiner, J., Garnick, D., Fowles, J., Lawthers, A., and Palmer, R."Profiling Medicare
Beneficiary Resource Use by Primary Care Practices: Implications for a Managed Medicare,"
Health Care Financing Review (Summer 1996).
Neumann, P., Parente, S., and Paramore, L. “Potential Savings form Using Information
Technology Applications in Health Care in the United States,” International Journal of
Technology Assessment in Health Care 12 (1996).
Parente, S.T., Weiner, J.P., Garnick, D., Richards, T. Fowles, J., Lawthers, A., Chandler, P. and
Palmer, R.H. “Developing a Quality Improvement Database Using Health Insurance Data: A
Guided Tour With Application to Medicare's National Claims History File,” Journal of American
Medical Quality (November 1995).
Weiner, J., Parente, S., Garnick, D., Fowles,J., Lawthers, A., and Palmer, R. “Variation in
Office-Based Quality: A Profile of Care Provided to Medicare Patients with Diabetes,” JAMA
(May 17, 1995).
Garnick, D., Fowles, J., Lawthers, A., Weiner, J., Parente, S., and Palmer, R.H. "Focus on
Quality: Profiling Physicians' Practice Patterns," Journal of Ambulatory Care Management (July
1994).
Phelps, C. and Parente, S. "Priority Setting in Medical Technology and Medical Practice
Assessment." Medical Care (August 1990).
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
Parente, S.T. “Harnessing Health Information in Real Time: Lessons from the Financial Services
Industry for a More Practical and Effective Infrastructure.” Revise and resubmit at Health
Affairs.
Parente, S. Fisher, N, Ramlet, M. “Impact of Medicare Advantage Out-of-Pocket Premiums on
Seniors’ Plan Choice”, Revise and resubmit at Medicare & Medicaid Research Review
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Chen, S., Feldman, R., Parente, S.T. “Do Consumer-Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) Have
Different Effects on Health Care Spending for People with Different Health Status?” Revise and
resubmit at Health Services Research.
Parente, S.T. Feldman, R. Sandy, L. “Does Access to Transparent Provider Quality and Cost
Information Affect Health Care Cost and Utilization of Preventive Services?” NBER working
paper to be submitted to Health Services Research.
Parente, S.T., Feldman, R., and J. Christianson. “The Impact of Health Status and Price on Plan
Selection in a Multiple-Choice Health Benefits Program Including HRA and HSA Options.” To
be re-submitted to Journal of Health Economics with completely different empirical specification
and results.
McCullough, J., Parente, S.T., Town, R. “Health Information Technology on Patient Outcomes:
The Role of Organizational and Informational Complementarities.” Working paper to be
submitted to the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Parente, S.T., Town, R. “The Impact of Retail Clinics on Cost & Utilization: Are They
Substitutes or Complements to Physician Services?” Working paper to be submitted to the
American Economic Review.
Parente, S., Feldman, R. “The Effect of HSA Choice on Retirement Portfolio Choice”. In
preparation.
Misra, S., Van Horn, R.L., Parente, S. “Physician Choice Behavior: Investigating the Impact of
Multiple Influences.” University of Minnesota working paper, January, 2005. .
Parente, S., Van Horn, R.L., Wedig, G. “Fee Schedules, Agency and Referrals: The Effects of
Price Changes on Physician Labor Supply.” University of Minnesota working paper, March,
2002.
Parente, S., Dorosh, L., and Mueller, C. “Has Managed Care Arrived in Rural Physician
Practices?” NORC working paper, April, 1998.
Parente, S., Leon, J., and Dunbar, J. “Understanding the Growth in Medicare Home Health
Utilization and Expenditure.” NORC working paper, January 1998.
Parente, S. "Is Access to New Medical Technologies Associated with Race in the Medicare
Population?" NORC working paper, December, 1996.
Parente, S. The Role of the Physician in Medical Technology Choice. Doctoral Dissertation.
Johns Hopkins University, December 1994.
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Parente, S. "The Substitution of Ambulatory for Inpatient Procedures." Masters of Public Health
Thesis. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (1989).
Parente, S. "Which Medical Technologies are Most Expensive to New Yorkers?" Public Policy
Masters Thesis, University of Rochester (1988).
Parente, S. "Is the Rochester Health Care Network Falling Apart?" Senior Thesis. University of
Rochester (1987).
ABSTRACTS , LETTERS & NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Connor, S.T., Parente, S.T. “Defined Contribution and Medical Savings Accounts: Implications
for Physicians,” Minnesota Physician, July 2002.
Parente, S.T., Gardner, E.N., and Mohr, P. “Designing Computer Models to Convey CostEffectiveness Analyses Results,” Value in Health, Abstract, May/June 1998.
Parente, S.T. Mohr, P., and Franco, S.J. “Cost and Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in
American Elderly.” Abstract, Diabetes, May 1998.
Parente, S.T. “The Contribution of Private Investment to Health Information Technology
Advances,” Health Affairs, Summer 1997, Letter.
Parente, S. “Determining the Contribution of Physician Practice Style to Treatment Choice,”
Medical Decision Making, Abstract (October 1994).
Parente, S., Weiner, J., Palmer, R., Lawthers, A., Fowles, J., and Garnick, D. "Incorporating
Primary Care Source (PCS) Assignment into Claims-based Analyses of Practice Pattern
variation," Medical Decision Making, Abstract (October 1992).
Parente, S., Cleary, K., and Tomai, L. "Utilization Review's Next Stage: Motion Pictures."
Group Health Institute Proceedings, June 1991.
Phelps, C., Mooney, C., and Parente, S. "Substitutions between Inpatient and Ambulatory Care,"
Medical Decision Making Abstract (October 1990).
Phelps, C.E., Weber, L., Parente, S. "Variation in Medical Practice Patterns: Doctor Specific
Differences in Length of Stay," Medical Decision-Making (October 1989).
Parente, S. "Using the SAS System for Strategic Health Planning." Northeast SAS User's
Group Proceedings (October 1989).
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NON-PEER REVIEWED REPORTS
Connor, R., Parente, S.T. “Defined Contribution Health Plans: Opportunity or Fad?” Minnesota
Physician, August 2002.
Peterson, E.H., Venus, P., Parente, S.T. “Private Sector Data: An Inventory of Sources for a
National Health Care Quality Report.” Report submitted to the Agency for Health Care Research
and Quality (July, 2002).
Parente, S.T., Schoenman, J.A., Cheng, C.M., Franco, S., Dunbar, J. “Determinants of Site of
Service for Ambulatory Surgery in Maryland.” Report submitted to the Health Care Access and
Cost Commission (January, 1999).
Parente, S.T., Maronian, J., Mueller, C.M., Dunbar, J.D. “Can High Quality Health Care Lower
Health Care Costs?” Report submitted to the Pfizer Corporation (January, 1999).
DaVanzo, J., Cahill, K., Parente, S, Edwards, S. “Market Research for Beneficiaries: Medicare
Current Beneficiary Analysis Report (Contract #500-95-0057/Task Order 3).” Report submitted
to Health Care Financing Administration (May 1998).
Good, C. and Parente, S. “Using Data Centers as a Method of Data Release: Results of an Expert
Panel Discussion.” Report submitted to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Center
for Cost and Financing Studies (March 1998).
Parente, S.T., Schoenman, J.A., Mueller, C., and Evans, W.N. “The Contribution of Allergists to
the Management of Asthma in Managed Care Settings.” Final Report submitted to the American
College or Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (February 1998).
Sherman, D., Esslinger, L., Parente, S., and Dunbar, J. “Market Research for Providers and
Other Partners: Inventory Report on the Physician Module.” Report submitted to Health Care
Financing Administration (August 1997).
Leon, J., Parente, S., and Neumann, P. “Understanding the Growth in Medicare’s Home Health
Expenditures.” A Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation (June 1997).
Parente, S., Brooks, S., and Neumann, P. “Quality of Dialysis in the United States.” Report
submitted to the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, U.S. Congress, under Contract
No. T-99388296 (January 1996).
Parente, S., Evans, W., and Bayer, E. “The Impact of Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
Enrollment on Medicare Costs and Service Utilization.” Report submitted to the Health Care
Financing Administration (July 1995).
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Parente, S., Paramore, L., Neumann, P., Melichar, L., and Koshi, A. “Estimating the CostEffectiveness of Selected Information Technologies.” Report submitted to the Congressional
Office of Technology Assessment, under Contract No. M3-1611.0 (March 1995).
Parente, S., Paramore, L., and Mueller, C. “Components of Cost for Hospital and Dialysis
Facilities.” Report submitted to the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, U.S.
Congress, under Contract No. T-99388296 (January 1995).
Parente, S., Paramore, L., and Melichar, L. “Generating a Source Book of Managed Care
Utilization Data.” Report submitted to the Group Health Association of America (December
1994).
Parente, S. “A Profile of Rochester, New York's Health System Indicators.” Report submitted to
Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester Area (September 1994).
Parente, S. and Parente, C. "Using Ambulatory Care Groups to Develop Severity-adjusted
Specialist Utilization Reports." Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester area working paper
(May 1991).
Parente, C. and Parente, S. "A Comparison of Hospital Utilization and Cost between HMO and
Indemnity Payers in New York State." Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rochester area working paper.
(December 1990).
Parente, S., Van Horn, L., and Cleary, K. "Is a Physician's Training and Practice Style
Associated with the Illness Severity of their patients?" Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester
area working paper (November 1990).
Perkins, N., Phelps, C., and Parente, S. "Age Discrimination in Resource Allocation Decisions:
Evidence from Wrongful Death Suits." University of Rochester working paper (December
1989).
PRESENTATIONS
The Evolution of Health Reform: Are We There Yet? Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, October 18, 2012.
Gauging the Impact of Medicaid Expansion. University of Chicago School of Medicine and
School of Law, Chicago, IL, October 12, 2012
Advancing a Short Circuit to Avoid Health IT Investment Backlash. University of Maryland.
Workshop for Health Information Technology Economics, Arlington, VA, October 6, 2012.
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Health Information Technology and Patient Outcomes: The Role of Organizational and
Informational Complementarities. American Health Economics Invitational Conference. Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, September 27, 2012
Estimating the Impact to Different Provider Types from Proposed Medicare Bundled Payment.
American Society for Health Economics, Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota, June 12, 2012
What is the Impact of Different PPACA Scenarios Following the Supreme Court Decision?
Academy Health, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2012.
What if PPACA is Found Unconstitutional? Minnesota Health Law Institute, June 7, 2012.
Estimating the National Impact of Health Care Fraud Mitigation from Predictive Modeling,
University of Southern California, LA, CA, April 12, 2012.
Franchising University-based Medical Technology Valuation, Design for Medical Device
Conference, University of Minnesota, April, 10, 2012.
Scoring Health Reform: Where Economics and Health Policy Meet, Department of Finance
Brown Bag Series, University of Minnesota, February 1, 2012.
Parente, S. Accelerating Medical Innovation through a University-based Health Technology
Valuation Laboratory. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, October 5, 2011.
Parente, S. Frech, T., Hoff J. Critique and a Road Map for Comparisons of Health System
Performance. International Health Economics Association, Toronto, Canada, July 11, 2011.
Parente, S. Economic & Financial Risks (and Benefits) in New Government Payment Models:
New Government fraud prevention procurements may do far more than save tens of Billions per
year. International Health Economics Association, Toronto, Canada, July 13, 2011.
Parente, S. Health Insurance data as a complementary technology for electronic health records:
The promise of medical banking. Peking University, Beijing, China, June, 2011.
Parente, S. The Medical Industry Leadership Institute: A Venture to Create the Next Generation
of Leaders in a Growing Field. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai,
China, May, 2011.
Parente, S. Harnessing Health Information in Real Time: Lessons from the Financial Services
Industry for a More Practical and Effective Infrastructure. American Enterprise Institute,
December, 2010.
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Parente, S., Town, R. The Impact of Retail Clinics on Cost & Utilization: Are They Substitutes
or Complements to Physician Services. National Bureau of Economic Research, July, 2010.
Parente, S., Town, R. The Impact of Retail Clinics on Cost & Utilization: Are They Substitutes
or Complements to Physician Services. International Health Economics Association, Beijing,
China, July 14, 2009.
Parente, S., McCullough, J. "Health Information Technology and Patient Safety: Evidence from
Panel Data." International Health Economics Association, Beijing, China, July 13, 2009.
Parente, S. Christianson, J., Feldman, R. Consumer Directed Health Plans and the Chronically
Ill. Academy Health, Chicago, IL, June 27, 2009.
Parente, S. Scoring Health Reform. American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, June 4,
2009.
Parente, S., Town, R. Retail Clinics: Substitutes or Complements to Physician Services?
American Economics Association, San Francisco, CA, January 5, 2009.
Parente, S. Health Information Technology’s Bid for Medical Industry World Peace: Evidence
towards Sobriety, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, March 2009.
Parente, S.T., Feldman, R., Abraham, J., Yu, X. Consumer Response to a National Marketplace
for Individual Health Insurance. UC San Francisco Health Policy Research Seminar, San
Francisco, CA, May 2009.
Parente, S. What are the Opportunities for Medical Decisions Making Research as part of Health
Reform? Keynote Speaker, Society of Medical Decision Making & University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, October, 2008.
Parente, S. Health IT Investments in the New Era of Health Reform. HL7 Plenary Meeting,
Vancouver, BC, September 15, 2008.
Parente, S. The Impact of CDHP Full Replacement on Four Employers. National Consumer
Driven Healthcare Summit, Washington DC, October 20, 2008.
Parente, S., Feldman, R. National Marketplace for Health Insurance, American Enterprise
Institute, Washington DC, July 31, 2008.
Parente, S. Health Reform & the 2008 Elections: What's Ahead for Health Care Access,
Delivery and Financing?, A.K.A. “An Open PowerPoint Deck to Policy Makers: Questions,
hope, anxieties from a health economist in the US Midwestern tundra.” July 10 - 11, 2008,
Washington, DC.
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Parente, S. “Is Consumerism at Odds with Prevention? The indirect effects of consumer-directed
health plans on preventive service utilization.” American Society for Health Economics, June 25,
2008.
Parente, S. “Health Care IT and Financing’s Next Frontier: The Potential of Medical Banking.”
National Association of Business Economics, Washington, DC, March, 2008.
Parente, S. “Consumer Driven Health Plans: Does Theory Follow Practice?” University of
Alabama, Birmingham, AL, October, 2007
Parente, S. “The Impact of Recent Republican Health Insurance Reform Proposals.” American
Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2007
Parente, S. “Does the Theory of Consumer Drive Health Plans fit the Reality?” National
Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit, Washington DC, September 26, 2007
Parente, S. “Do HSA Choices Interact with Retirement Savings Decisions?” National Bureau of
Economic Research, Washington, DC, September 27, 2007.
Parente S. Medical Banking at a Plan B for Interoperability. University of Minnesota, Academic
Health Center, October 2, 2007
Parente, S. “Health Care IT and Financing’s Next Frontier: The Potential of Medical Banking.”
National Association of Business Economics, San Francisco, September 9, 2007.
Parente, S. “Health Savings Accounts: Are Wealth and Health Portfolio Choices Joint and
Rational?” International Health Economics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9 -12,
2007.
Parente, S. “Health Plan Choices after the Introduction of HSAs into the Market. Academy
Health Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, June, 2007.
Parente, S. Towards Consumer Empowerment: What Can Medical Banking Do? Testimonial to
the American Health Information Community, Washington, DC, May 2, 2007.
Parente, S. What has been learned from Consumer Driven Health Plans? Value Based Insurance
Design Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 1, 2007.
Parente, S. What is the Impact of the Internet on Medical Care Use and Cost? Implications of
Value Based Benefit Design from a Consumer Driven Health Plan, ERISA Industry Council,
Washington DC, March 14, 2007.
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Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Can They Grow with Government Stimulus?
Consumer Driven Healthcare Expo, Las Vegas, NV, March 8, 2007.
Parente, S. Feldman, R. Health Savings Accounts: Are Wealth and Health Portfolio Choices
Joint and Rational? AEA Annual Meeting paper presentation, January 7, 2007.
Parente, S., Feldman, R. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Does Practice Follow Theory? HSA
Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, December 7, 2006.
Roerig, C. and Parente, S. Expected Costs of Consumer Driven Health Plans, National
Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit, Washington, DC, September 15, 2006.
Parente, S. The Economics of Health Insurance: Past, Present and Future . U.S. Congress and
the Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Washington, DC, July 25, 2006.
Parente, S., Feldman, R. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Do Different Economic Incentives in
Theory between CDHPs and Traditional Insurance Lead to Different Consumer Practices?
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 26, 2006.
Parente, S. Innovations in Consumer Driven Health Plans. Johns Hopkins University Health
Policy and Management Summer Institute, Baltimore, MD, June 16, 2006.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Abraham, J., Christianson, C. Health Insurance Demand Responses
from New Price Structures Offered by Consumer Directed Health Plans., American Society of
Health Economics Biennial meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, June 5, 2006.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Empirical evidence of
take-up, cost and utilization and HSA policy implications. National Association of Business
Economists, Washington, DC, March 13, 2006.
Parente, S. Health Savings Accounts: Early estimations on national take-up from 2003 MMA and
future policy proposals. Louisiana Department of Insurance annual policy conference. Baton
Rouge, LA, January 23, 2006.
Parente, S. Feldman R. Assessing the Impact of Health Savings Accounts on Insurance and
Coverage Costs. American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, January 6,
2006.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early evidence of take-up, cost and utilization and
policy opportunities. University of Albany, Albany, NY, November 30, 2005.
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Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Empirical evidence of take-up, cost and utilization
and HSA policy implications. National Academy of State Health Policy, Nashville, TN, August
7, 2005.
Parente, S., Abraham, J., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. Health Savings Accounts: Early
estimations on national take-up from 2003 MMA and future policy proposals. National Bureau of
Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 29, 2005.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Levin, R., Christianson, J. What is the Impact of the Internet on
Medical Care Use and Cost? New Findings from a Consumer Driven Health Plan. International
Health Economics Association, Barcelona, Spain, July 13, 2005.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. The Effect of Consumer Driven Health Plans on
Pharmaceutical Cost & Use: Do 3-Tier Plans Have a Competitor? International Health
Economics Association, Barcelona, Spain, July 12, 2005.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. What is the Impact of the Internet on Medical Care
Use and Cost? New Findings from a Consumer Driven Health Plan. Academy Health Annual
Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 25, 2005.
Parente, S., Abraham, J., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. Health Savings Accounts: Early
estimations on national use. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April, 2005.
Parente, S. Feldman, R., Christianson, C. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Evidence of
take-up, Cost and Utilization and HSA Policy Implications. National Health Policy Conference,
Academy Health & Health Affairs, Washington, DC. February 2, 2005.
Parente, S. Early Evidence of Patient Impact from Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Implications
for HRAs and HSAs. American Medical Association Annual Delegates Meeting, Group Practice
and Faulty Delegates. Atlanta, GA, December 4, 2004.
Parente, S. Feldman, R. Health Savings Accounts: An opportunity to fuse health insurance and
finance to examine the relationship between insurance choices, risk aversion and portfolio
decisions. Carlson School of Management Finance Department Seminar, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, November 17, 2004.
Parente, S. Measuring the Economic Value of Health Information Technology. University of
Minnesota Health Informatics Program Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, November 4, 2004.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings and Implications for Employers and
Health Policy. Minnesota Public Policy Conference, St. Paul, MN, October 20, 2004.
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Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
Mayo Clinic & Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, MN, October 5, 2004.
Parente, S. Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Early Cost & Use Evidence with a Focus on
Pharmaceuticals & Hospital Admissions, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Care
Financing Organization Cyber Seminar, - joint with the Leonard Davis Institute of Health
Economics, Washington, D.C., September 10, 2004.
Parente, S. Feldman, R., Christianson, C. Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Early Cost & Use
Evidence with a Focus on Pharmaceuticals. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, San
Diego, CA, June 7, 2004.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
Presented at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 2004
Parente, S. Cost Benefit of a National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program for the Veterans
Administration (with Craig Bryan, Sook Young Lim, Mary Lawrence, Chris Mengelt, and
Princeton Nguyen, MD). American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting, Tampa Fl, May
5, 2004.
Parente, S. Feldman, R. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings and Implications for
Federal Policy. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy and Evaluation, Washington, D.C., February 13, 2004.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Application to Health Saving Account Legislation.
Testimony before the Minnesota State Senate Health and Human Service Committee, St. Paul,
MN, February 3, 2004.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
University of Albany and Pfizer Corporation, Albany, NY, December 9, 2003.
Parente, S. Hospital Investment in Information Technology: Does Governance Make a
Difference? University of Minnesota, Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences
brown bag seminar, Minneapolis, MN November 14, 2003.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
Presented at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October
28, 2003.
Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
National Institute for Health Policy. Minneapolis, MN October 21, 2003.
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Parente, S. Consumer Driven Health Plans: Early Findings from the Field and Future Directions.
Presented in the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, October 20,
2003.
Parente, S., Kim, S., Finch, M., Schloff, L., Rector, T., Seifeldin, R., Haddox, J.D. Using Claims
Data to Identify Controlled Substance Patterns of Utilization Requiring Evaluation. Disease
Management Association of America, Chicago, IL, October 13, 2003, Poster presentation.
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Early Evidence about
Utilization, Spending and Cost, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Health Care Financing
Organization – Special Meeting on Consumer Directed Health Plans, Washington, DC, 2003,
September 16, 2003
Parente, S., Feldman, R., Christianson, J. Employee Choice of a Consumer Driven Health Plan
in a Multi-Plan, Multi-Product Setting, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA,
August 1, 2003.
Parente, S., Christianson, J., Feldman, R. Early Experience of Employees with a ConsumerDriven Health Plan. Academy Health Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, June 27, 2003.
Parente, S. Christianson, J. and Gupta, A. Do Internet Auctions Increase Employer-Provided
Health Insurance Price Competition and Reduce Cost? International Health Economics
Association, June 16, 2003.
Parente, S. Health Information Technology: Fantasy vs. Reality. Invited Speaker at Medtronic
Bakken Symposium, Fridley, MN, December, 2002.
Parente, S. Health e-commerce Market Analysis. Federal Trade Commission Testimony,
Washington, DC, October, 2002.
Parente, S., Gaynor, M. “Comparing the Application of Fixed and Random Effects Models to
Account for Physician Practice Style in Medical Decision Analysis”. Presented at the American
Statistical Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August, 2002
Parente, S. Christianson, J., Gupta, A., Keusseyan, T. “Do Internet Auctions Increase EmployerProvided Health Insurance Price Competition and Reduce Cost?” Presented at the Academy for
Health Services Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June, 2002.
Parente, S., Van Horn, R.L. “Hospital Investment in Information Technology: Does Governance
Make a Difference?” Paper presented at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, GA, January, 2002.
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Parente, S. “Integrating Economic Incentives into Physician Productivity Reports.” Invited
keynote speaker at the Central New York IPA Annual Meeting, Utica, NY, October 2001.
Parente, S. “The Economic Impact of Utilization Management on Health Plan Expenditures – an
Example of Non-price Rationing.” Presented at the International Health Economics Association
meetings, York, UK, July 2001.
Parente, S. “Using an Episode of Care Framework to Evaluate the Utility of a national hospital
discharge database.” Invited paper and presentation at the Centers for Disease Control meeting
Episodes of Care, Silver Spring, MD, June, 2001.
Parente, S. “E-Health Innovations as a vehicle for Decision Support Systems.” Presented at the
International Health Technology Assessment Conference meetings, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2001.
Parente, S. “The Impact of Medicare HMO Closures on Beneficiaries.” Presented at the 2001
Minnesota health Services Research Conference, January, 2001.
Parente, S. “Health e-Commerce: Opportunities for Global Health Care Markets.” Presented at
ISP 6th Healthcare Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, October , 2000.
Parente, S. “Opportunities for Chronic Disease Care from Health e-commerce.” Presented at the
National Chronic Care Consortium meetings, Denver, CO, September, 2000.
Parente, S. “Health e-Commerce: Hype, Obstacles and Opportunities.” Paper presented at Yale
University, New Haven, CT, February, 2000.
Parente, S., Van Horn, R.L., Wedig, G. “Fee Schedules, Agency and Referrals: The Effects of
Price Changes on Physician Labor Supply.” Paper presented at the American Economic Review,
New York, NY, January, 1999.
Parente, S., Salkever, D., DaVanzo, J. "The Role of Consumer Knowledge on the Demand for
Preventive Health Care Among the Elderly." Paper presented at the American Economic
Review, New York, NY, January, 1999.
Parente, S., Salkever, D. "The Effect of Consumer Knowledge on Medical Care Demand in the
Elderly." Paper presented at Johns Hopkins University Health Economics Series, Baltimore,
MD, November, 1998.
Parente, S., Salkever, D., DaVanzo, J. "The Role of Consumer Knowledge on the Demand for
Preventive Health Care Among the Elderly." Paper presented at the National Bureau of
Economic Research Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, July, 1998.
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Parente, S. “Developing Health Insurance Data Systems for Population Health Evaluation and
Management.” Paper presented at the Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., June, 1998
Parente, S. “The Contribution of Specialists to treatment of Asthma in Managed Care Settings.”
Poster presented at the Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting, Washington,
D.C., June, 1998
Parente, S. “Designing Computer Models to Convey Cost-Effectiveness Analyses Results.”
Presented at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 1998.
Parente, S. and Schoenman, J. “Contribution of Allergists to the Management of Asthma in
Managed Care Settings.” Presented to the Board of Directors, the American College of Allergy,
Asthma, and Immunology, San Diego, CA., November 1997.
Parente, S. and Schoenman, J. “Contribution of Allergists To The Management of Asthma in a
Managed Care Setting.” Paper presented at The Third Annual American Association of Health
Plans and Agency for Health Care Policy Research Building Bridges Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana, April 1997.
Parente, S. “Measuring Sinusitis Outcomes in a Managed Care Setting.” Paper presented at
Management of Sinusitis in the Age of Managed Care, Stowe, Vermont, March 1997.
Parente S. “Estimating the Economic Cost Offsets of Using Dermagraft-TC as an Alternative to
Cadaver Allograft in the Treatment of Graftable Burns.” Paper presented at New Perspectives in
Burn Care, Coronado, California, June 1996.
Parente, S. “Is Access to New Medical Technologies Associated with Race in the Medicare
Population?” Paper presented at American Economics Association 1996 Annual Meeting. San
Francisco, CA, January 1996.
Parente, S. “Are There Physician Characteristics Associated With Variations in Childhood
Immunization Rates Within an IPA Model HMO?” Paper presented at Association for Health
Services Research Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, June 1995.
Parente, S. “The Physician's Role in Medical Technology Choice.” Paper presented at the
Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, June 1995.
Parente, S. and Gaynor, M.A. “Is there Physician Level Persistence in C-section Decisions.”
Paper presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, MA, March 1995.
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Parente, S. “Determining the Contribution of Physician Practice Style to Treatment Choice.”
Paper presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making, Cleveland, OH, October 1994.
Parente, S. “Using Medicare's National Claims History File (NCH) for Quality Assessment and
Improvement.” Paper presented at American Medical Review Research Center, Washington,
D.C., May 1994.
Parente, S. “Using HCFA's National Claims History (NCH) File for Health Policy Development.
The Public Health Conference of Records and Statistics.” Sponsored by the National Center for
Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Washington, D.C., July 1993.
Parente, S. “Profiling for Quality Improvement Using Medicare Claims Data.” Paper presented
at American Medical Review Research Center, Crystal City, VA, November 1992.
Parente, S. “Incorporating Primary Care Source (PCS) Assignment into Practice Patterns
Variation Research.” Paper presented at The Society for Medical Decision Making, Portland,
OR, 1992.
Parente, S. “Applying the Common Working File to Quality Assurance Profiling,” American
Medical Review Research Center, Boston, MA, August 1991.
Parente, S. “Using the SAS System for Strategic Health Planning.” Paper presented at Northeast
SAS User's Group, Rockville, MD, November 1989.
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TEACHING
Senior Thesis Advisees
Michael Ramlet, BSB, University of Minnesota, Magna Cum Laude, 2009.
Robert Zuleger, BSB University of Minnesota, Summa Cum Laude, 2011.
Katherine Holtgen, BSB University of Minnesota, Summa Cum Laude, 2012.
Masters Advisees (with Thesis requirement)
Mi Young Yu, M.S. in Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, 2003.
John Renwick, M.H.I., University of Minnesota, 2005.
Linda Fletcher, M.H.I., University of Minnesota, 2007
Frank Lowe, M.H.I., University of Minnesota, 2008
Doctoral Advisees
Edward Bunker, MPH. Ph.D. in Health Services Research, Johns Hopkins University.
Left A.B.D.
Terry Adams, M.D./Ph.D. in Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, 2003.
Song Chen, Ph.D. in Health Service Research, University of Minnesota, 2011.
Daniil Osipov, Ph.D. in Finance, University of Minnesota, 2012.
James Rosenthal, Ph.D. in Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, 20132 expected).
Yi Zhang, Ph.D. in Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, 2013 (expected).
Preliminary Oral Presentation
Timothy Juday, Ph.D. student in Health Services Research, Johns Hopkins University,
graduated in 2000.
Terrance Adams, Ph.D. student in Health Informatics, U of M, 2002.
Eric Barrette, Ph.D. . in Health Service Research, University of Minnesota, 2011
Song Chen, Ph.D. in Health Service Research, University of Minnesota, 2011
Yi Xu, Ph.D. in Health Service Research, University of Minnesota, 2012
Daniil Osipov, Ph.D. in Finance, University of Minnesota, 2011
Instructor:
Johns Hopkins University
Health e-commerce Primer (2001-2004, enrollment 10)
Provider Profiling in Healthcare Delivery Systems (1999-2001, average enrollment: 10)
Insurance Data Management for Executives (1999-2001, average enrollment: 10)
Applied Health Economics (1995-1997, average enrollment: 15)
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Health Management Information Systems (1995-1999, average enrollment: 40)
Microeconomics Applied to Health Care (1998, average enrollment: 15)
Consumer Directed Health Plans (2004,2006-2007, 12)
University of Minnesota
The Healthcare Marketplace – MILI6990 (2007-present, max enrollment: 72)
Medical Industry Enterprise MILI6995 (2008-present, 25)
Information Technology in Healthcare MILI6562 (2000-present, 71)
Managerial Economics MBA 6140 (2010, 105)
Medical Technology Evaluation and Market Research MILI6589 (2004-present, 27)
The Healthcare Marketplace: Principal and Agents – BA4000H/HSEM3404H (2004-present 24)
Health Information Technology Analysis Institute (2000-present, 135)
Healthcare E-Commerce (2000-2005, max enrollment: 31)
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RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION (ranked by grant/contract end date):
04/12 to 03/14 Principal Investigator: A Medicare Microsimulation Model, American Action
Forum Foundation. Funding level: 35%
04/11 to 10/12 Principal Investigator: American Society of Health Economics Biannual
Meeting. R18, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Funding level:
15%
09/08 to 08/10 Principal Investigator: National Impact of Health IT of Quality of Care, R01,
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Funding level: 25%
10/08 to 09/10 Investigator: HIT Impact of Medical Care Productivity. Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. Funding level: 5%
09/05 to 12/08 Principal Investigator: Continuation of Research on Consumer Driven Health
Plans. Department of Health and Human Services. Funding level: 35%
12/04 to 06/08 Principal Investigator: The Impact of Multiple Consumer Driven Health Plans
Beyond Early Adoption: Here to Stay or Market Fad? Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. Funding level: 25%
07/05 to 05/06 Principal Investigator: Identifying the Impact of Consumer Driven Health Plans
on Prescription Drug Cost and Use. Pfizer. Funding level: 25%
09/04 to 03/05 Principal Investigator: Assessing the Impact of Health Savings Accounts on
Insurance Coverage and Costs. Department of Health and Human Services.
Funding level: 22%
11/02 to 02/05 Principal Investigator: Evaluation of Defined Contribution Plans on Health
Insurance Choice and Medical Care Use. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Funding level: 25%
4/99 to 5/03
Co-Principal Investigator: What Happens When Medicare Beneficiary’s HMO
Closes, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Funding level:25%
3/01 to 2/03
Principal Investigator: United Health Group Research Collaboration, Center for
Health Care Policy and Evaluation. Funding level: 20%
10/00 to 9/01
Investigator: Early Investigations of Consumer Driven Health Plans, Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. Funding level: 20%
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10/00 to 8/01
Investigator, Early Implementation Experience of Vivius Contrasted with Other
Internet-based Approaches, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Funding level:
10%
10/98 to 4/99
Investigator: An Evaluation of Medicare Medical Savings Account. With The
Barents Group LLC and Westat, Health Care Financing Administration.
Funding level: 35%
6/98 to 5/01
Principal Investigator: Analytic Services Task Order Contract for General
Health Policy Analysis, Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Containment
Commission. Funding level: 40%
9/95 to 8/99
Investigator: General Task Order on HCFA Market Research for Beneficiaries
(Contract #500-95-0057/Task Order 2), Health Care Financing Administration.
Funding level: 35%
11/95 to 6/99
Investigator: Market Research for Medicare Providers (Contract #500-950057/Task Order 3), Health Care Financing Administration. Funding level: 20%
11/97 to 12/98 Principal Investigator: Developing Computer-based Interactive Economic
Model of Schizophrenia Treatment Choices, Janssen Pharmaceutica. Funding
level: 25%
7/98 to 12/98
Principal Investigator: The Tradeoff between Health Quality Improvement and
Increased Health Care Expenditure: A Review of the Literature, Pfizer Inc.
Funding level: 25%
6/97 to 11/98
Principal Investigator: Developing an Interactive Economic Model for Diabetic
Foot New Technologies, Advanced Tissue Sciences. Funding level: 30%
8/96 to 3/98
Principal Investigator: The Role of Allergists in the Management of Asthma in a
Managed Care Setting, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immonology.
Funding level: 35%
2/97 to 3/98
Investigator: A Survey of Methods to Distribute Confidential Data to Health
Policy Researchers, Agency for Health Care Policy Research. Funding level:
15%
4/96 to 9/97
Principal Investigator: A Worldwide Assessment of Medical Editors Needs,
Rockefeller Foundadtion. Funding level: 10%
711/95 to 5/97 Co-Principal Investigator: Home Health Care, Kaiser Family Foundation.
Funding level: 35%
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2/97 to 5/97
Principal Investigator: Identifying Multi-year Costs of Medicare Beneficiaries
Enrolled in Medicare Risk HMOs, American Association of Health Plans and
the Barents Group LLC. Funding level: 40%
9/94 to 5/97
Principal Investigator: Independent Validation and Verification of the Maryland
Medical Care Database, Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Containment
Commission. Funding level: 30%
8/96 to 3/97
Principal Investigator: Development of an Analytic Database for the Study of
Post-acute Follow-up among Male Medicare Patients Receiving Urological
Procedures, Triangle Urology Associates, Pittsburgh, PA. Funding level: 25%
9/95 to 7/96
Principal Investigator: Assessing the Economic Cost Offsets of New
Technologies to Treat Full Thickness Burns, Advanced Tissue Sciences.
Funding level: 40%
4/95 to 10/95
Principal Investigator: A Survey of Quality of Care Provided to End Stage Renal
Dialysis Patients, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission. Funding level:
25%
1/95 to 6/95
Co-Principal Investigator: Estimating the Cost-Savings of Health Information
Technologies, Office of Technology Assessment. Funding level: 25%
9/94 to 6/95
Principal Investigator: Estimating the Cost and Use of Medicare Beneficiaries
Enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program, Health Care Financing
Administration. Funding level: 35%
9/94 to 1/95
Principal Investigator: A Survey of Medicare and Non-Medicare Accounting
Practices in Hospitals, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission. Funding
level: 45%