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Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He was the Vanselow Professor of Health Policy and Director, Institute for Health Services Research, Tulane University; Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Associate Professor and Director of the Program on Health Care Financing and Insurance, Harvard University School of Public Health; and Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Health, Columbia University.

He was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, he coordinated all financial estimates and program impacts of President Clinton’s healthcare reform proposals for the White House and directed the administration’s estimation efforts in dealing with Congressional healthcare reform proposals.

Dr. Thorpe was awarded the Association for Health Services Research’s Young Investigator Award, University of North Carolina’s Hettleman Award for academic and scholarly research, and Modern Healthcare’s “Up and Comers? award.

He has authored and co-authored over 80 articles, chapters and books and is a frequent national presenter on issues of healthcare financing, insurance and reform (including testimonies before Congressional committees).

He has worked with groups (including the American College of Physicians, American Hospital Association, National Coalition on Health Care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Service Employees International Union, United Hospital Fund) and policymakers (including Senators Wellstone, Corzine, Bingaman, Snowe, Clinton, Kennedy) to develop and evaluate approaches to provide health insurance to the uninsured.

Professor Thorpe received his PhD from Rand Graduate School from Duke University and BA from University of Michigan.

Dr. Thorpe is successfully shifting the focus of the health care debate from financing mechanisms and coverage concerns to the fact that 75 percent of our nation’s health care spending is tied to the treatment of chronic diseases (asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer). Another huge factor is obesity, which has doubled in 30 years and is responsible for 30 percent of the increase in health care costs during that period. Dr. Thorpe’s solution is to spend significantly more health care dollars on disease prevention and cost reductions through better case management. In turn, significantly fewer resources will need to be spent on the crisis treatment of chronic diseases at the end stages. For more information see: www.fightchronicdisease.org

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	Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He was the Vanselow Professor of Health Policy and Director, Institute for Health Services Research, Tulane University; Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Associate Professor and Director of the Program on Health Care Financing and Insurance, Harvard University School of Public Health; and Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Health, Columbia University. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, he coordinated all financial estimates and program impacts of President Clinton’s healthcare reform proposals for the White House and directed the administration’s estimation efforts in dealing with Congressional healthcare reform proposals. Dr. Thorpe was awarded the Association for Health Services Research’s Young Investigator Award, University of North Carolina’s Hettleman Award for academic and scholarly research, and Modern Healthcare’s “Up and Comers? award. He has authored and co-authored over 80 articles, chapters and books and is a frequent national presenter on issues of healthcare financing, insurance and reform (including testimonies before Congressional committees). He has worked with groups (including the American College of Physicians, American Hospital Association, National Coalition on Health Care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Service Employees International Union, United Hospital Fund) and policymakers (including Senators Wellstone, Corzine, Bingaman, Snowe, Clinton, Kennedy) to develop and evaluate approaches to provide health insurance to the uninsured. Professor Thorpe received his PhD from Rand Graduate School from Duke University and BA from University of Michigan. Dr. Thorpe is successfully shifting the focus of the health care debate from financing mechanisms and coverage concerns to the fact that 75 percent of our nation’s health care spending is tied to the treatment of chronic diseases (asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer). Another huge factor is obesity, which has doubled in 30 years and is responsible for 30 percent of the increase in health care costs during that period. Dr. Thorpe’s solution is to spend significantly more health care dollars on disease prevention and cost reductions through better case management. In turn, significantly fewer resources will need to be spent on the crisis treatment of chronic diseases at the end stages. For more information see: www.fightchronicdisease.org Follow Dr. Thorpe on his health reform blog Click on the biographies below to learn more about our leadership: Paul Davis, MD, MBA - Founder/CEO Ken Thorpe, PhD - National Heathcare Policy Expert / Economist Cristy Page, MD, MPH - Family Practice Faculty UNC Chapel Hill Medical School Benn Konsynski, PhD - North Star Health Advisory Board Member Ken Horowitz, MBA - North Star Health Advisory Board Member

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