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Jeffrey Burkhardt, FHFMA, Ph.D
Secretary
DCMS/Founders Points
Exhibitors
Technology

 jburkhar@uab.edu
Associate Professor for healthcare finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has a Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Policy, with a finance specialty, and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics, both from the University of Michigan, and a Master’s degree in Management from Troy State University. Current research interest include cost effectiveness, cost analysis of heathcare services, mapping of financial processes, and simulation modeling. In addition to his educational and research background in healthcare, Jeff has several years of applied healthcare experience, having worked for six years in hospitals as a radiology department director, business office manager, and as an assistant hospital administrator, as well as three years of health insurance sales. Before joining the UAB faculty, he did research for the American College of Radiology, conducting studies of the employment market for radiologists, utilization of healthcare services, comparisons of the economic costs of cancer detection and treatment procedures, evaluation of practice expenses for physician practices, and studies of the workload in radiology practices.