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“Is There Positive Spillover on Quality of Care from the Medicare Advantage Program on Traditional Medicare?”

Mark Boward is a Public Policy Ph.D. candidate specializing in health policy. He has over 20 years of healthcare research and policy advisory experience, specializing in big data analytics, statistical modeling, machine learning, and statistical analysis. Mr. Boward has significant experience in developing and implementing complex analytical projects. His current work as a Senior Lead Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton primarily focuses on projects with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Dr. Judith Ann “Judy” Shinogle was a former Senior Research Scientist with the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research and Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Policy, who passed away in May 2012. Judy’s work for MIPAR included studies on gambling, childhood obesity, and wellness initiatives. Her published work includes articles on the effects of mental health insurance coverage on employees’ disabilities, mental health parity in insurance, economic costs of obesity, and pharmaceutical use among persons with disabilities.

The Judith A. Shinogle Memorial Fellowship is chosen by a faculty panel and awarded each year to a Health Policy doctoral student for their notable contribution to research in Health Policy. Each year in November, the student recipient presents their work at the Judith A. Shinogle Memorial Award Lecture.

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Reception immediately following the lecture.