Professional Summary
Dean Smith is a Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy and Senior Associate Dean for Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He also serves as the Director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). He is committed to a line of teaching and research that helps to provide a better understanding of the financial aspects of working with and working in health care delivery and financing organizations.
Prior to joining the faculty in 1985, Professor Smith was with a management consulting firm where he was responsible for health care clients. On sabbaticals from the University he worked at Lincoln National Life Insurance Company on the evaluation of managed care operations, at Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research on the implementation of economic analyses in clinical trials and at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand on financial management. He is a founding Board member of Molina Healthcare of Michigan (a Medicaid-focused HMO), having previously served as President/CEO of Good Health Michigan.
Courses Taught
HMP606: Managerial Accounting for Health Care Administrators
HMP633: Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
HMP682: Case Studies in Health Services Administration
Additional Courses:HMP682: Case Studies in Health Services Administration (Executive Education Course)
Education
A.B., Economics, University of Michigan, 1981
Ph.D., Economics, Texas A&M University, 1985
Research Interest & Projects
Costs of pharmaceutical use in clinical trials, financial management practices and techniques, health plan operations, risk management
Selected Publications
CN Graham, SR Earnshaw, DG Smith, M Saunders and J Gitchell (June, 2007). Assessing the Impact of Smoking Cessation Therapies on a Managed Care Organization's Budget Managed Care Interface
DG Smith, F Frech-Tamas, W Randle and R Preblick (June, 2007). Estimated cost savings associated with the use of valsartan in heart-failure in a large US managed care organization Journal of Medical Economics, 10, 229-238.
Smith, D.G. (June, 2007). Epidemiology of Dyslipidemia and Economic Burden on the Health Care System American Journal of Managed Care, 13:3, S68-S71.
PC Deedwania and DG Smith (February, 2007). Clinical Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Rosuvastatin Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 7:1, 31-39.
DG Smith, JRC Wheeler and J Wynne (2006). Capital Budgeting Practices in Hospitals International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, Special Issue: Healthcare Finance and Productivity, 7:1/2 117-128.
Professional Affiliations
American Journal of Managed Care, Editorial Board Member
Association of University Programs in Health Administration, Board Member, Past Chair
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, Board Member
International Society of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Member and Faculty Advisor of Michigan Chapter
Journal of Medical Economics, Editorial Board Member
Molina Healthcare of Michigan Board Member
Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, Editorial Board Member
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