Robert F. Coulam, Ph.D., J.D.,
Research Professor, Health Care Administration
B.A. Harvard University
J.D. Harvard Law School
Ph.D. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
robert.coulam@simmons.edu
Dr. Coulam has been an academic and researcher for almost 30 years. He was formerly a Principal at Abt Associates, where he managed large-scale research and evaluation projects on Medicare and Medicaid policy issues. He has been active in research efforts supporting recent federal initiatives to reform the Medicare program. Dr. Coulam's work has been published in Health Services Research, Health Affairs, Health Care Financing Review and other health services research journals. At Simmons, his primary responsibilities are to teach courses in health policy, law and economics, and to enhance the program's research activities and funding. He also does work on international human rights, focused on issues of interrogation, morality, and terrorism.
Publications:
Articles
- Bryan E. Dowd, Robert F. Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Steven D. Pizer,
Fee-for-Service Medicare in a Competitive Market Environment, Health Care Financing Review, Volume 27, Number 2:117, Winter 2005-2006.
Grants/Funding
- National Center for Health Care Leadership, demonstration project, $10,000.
- Harvard
Law School, Decisions on Coercive Interrogation of Terrorists and Other
Detainees: The Role of Lawyers (co-investigator), $10,000.
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