Samuel Starr Richardson

LBJ School of Public Affairs ▪ The University of Texas at Austin ▪ P.O. Box Y, Austin, TX 78713 ▪ (512) 232-3687 ▪ [email protected]

EDUCATION

Harvard University. Cambridge, MA PhD, Health Policy, Economics Concentration 2013 Dissertation: “Quality-based payment in health care: Theory and practice”

Stanford University. Stanford, CA BA with Honors, ΦΒΚ, Human Biology, Health Policy Concentration, Economics Minor 2002

EXPERIENCE

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX Assistant Professor 2013-present Instructor 2012-2013

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in progress:

Richardson SS. “Integrating pay-for-performance into health care payment systems.” Richardson SS. “Effect of payment reform on quality of primary care for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease in the United Kingdom.” Richardson SS. “Specificity of provider responses to incentives under pay-for-performance in the United Kingdom.”

Peer-reviewed publications:

Richardson SS, Sullivan G, Hill A, Yu W. 2007. “Use of aggressive medical treatments near the end of life: Differences between patients with and without dementia.” Health Serv Res. 42(1p1): 183-200.

Wagner TH, Richardson SS, Vogel WB, Wing K, Smith MW. 2006. “The cost of inpatient rehabilitation care in the Department of Veterans Affairs.” J Rehabil Res Dev. 43(7): 929-937.

Richardson SS, Yu W. 2005. “Controlling for patient case mix at the end of life: Issues in identifying cause of death.” JAMA 294(7):793-4.

Other publications:

Warner DC, Richardson SS, Colvin E, and students from the Affordable Care Act Implementation Policy Research Project. 2014. “Enrolling in Health Insurance through the Affordable Care Act: A Texas Case Study.” Austin: Center for Health and Social Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Smith MW, Richardson SS. 2005. HERC Technical Report #17: Dialysis Treatment Use and Costs Reported in VA Administrative Databases. Menlo Park: VA HSR&D Health Economics Resource Center.

GRANTS

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Research Grants for Assistant Professors in Texas, “Mapping the Mental Health Workforce Shortage in Texas.” PI, $19,250 from June 2014 through August 2015.

Richardson, 2 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Richardson SS. “Specificity of Healthcare Providers' Responses to Pay-for-Performance Incentives in the United Kingdom.” Innovation in Health Care Delivery Systems Symposium, McCombs School of Business, Austin, TX, April 2014.

Richardson SS. “Specificity of provider responses to incentives under pay-for-performance in the United Kingdom.” Annual Health Economics Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 2013.

Richardson SS. “Gaming, multitasking, and pay-for-performance in the United Kingdom.” Oral presentation. American Society for Health Economists Conference, Durham, NC, June 2008.

Richardson SS, Sullivan G, Hill A, Yu W. “Use of aggressive medical treatments near the end of life: differences between patients with and without dementia.” Poster. Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2005.

Richardson SS, Yu W. “Controlling for patient case mix at the end of life: issues in identifying cause of death.” Poster. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2005.

Yu W, Hill A, Richardson SS. “Regional variations of aggressive medical treatments in VA and Medicare hospitals.” Poster. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2005.

Hill A, Richardson SS, Yu W. “Causes of death for patients with HIV: Impacts of HAART on end-of- life care.” Poster. VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2005.

TEACHING

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX Applied Microeconomics for Policy Analysis 2012-present Average student rating: 4.4/5 Policy Research Project: Implementing the Affordable Care Act in Texas 2013-present Average student rating: 4.7/5 Economics of Health Care Policy 2013 Average student rating: 4.4/5

Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Cambridge, MA American Health Care Policy (Head Teaching Fellow) 2010 Average student rating: 4.8/5 Microeconomic Theory I and II (Teaching Fellow) 2007-2011 Average student rating: 4.8/5

Ca’ Foscari-Harvard Summer School. Venice, Italy Topics in Health Economics (Teaching Fellow) Summer 2008

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Cambridge, MA Doctoral Student Research Methods Workshop Summers 2007-2011 Doctoral Student Mathematics Review Course Summers 2009-2011

HONORS AND AWARDS

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2008-2011 Eight-time awardee, Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching 2007-2011 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Predoctoral Training Grant 2006-2008 Harvard University Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2011-2012

MENTORING

Emily Kao Kopfensteiner, PhD Student, LBJ School of Public Affairs. “Does Crowding Matter? The Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Costs.” Kipyn Miller, PhD Student, LBJ School of Public Affairs. Dissertation title TBD. Richardson, 3

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Member, Academy Health Economics Interest Group Advisory Committee 2012-present Faculty Panel Member, Health and Society major, University of Texas at Austin 2012-present Faculty Panel Member, Social Inequality, Health, and Policy Bridging Disciplines Program, 2013-present University of Texas at Austin Textbook Reviewer, Elsevier 2013 Reviewer, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 2012 Reviewer, The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal 2011 Health Policy and Economics Tutor, John Winthrop House, Harvard University 2008-2011 Student Representative, Academy Health Economics Interest Group Advisory Committee 2010-2012 Discussant, Academy Health Economics Interest Group Meeting, Chicago, IL 2009

MEDIA APPEARANCES

FoxNews.com, Austin American-Statesman, KUT, The Daily Texan, Houston Chronicle, KEYE-CBS Austin, Marginal Revolution, WebMD, Advisory Board Company, The Incidental Economist

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REFERENCES

Todd Olmstead, PhD Associate Professor of Public Affairs; James M. and Claudia U. Richter Fellow in Global Health Policy Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Box Y Austin, TX 78713 [email protected] 512-471-8456 (phone)

Christopher N. Avery, PhD Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy and Management John F. Kennedy School of Government Mailbox 47, 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] 617-496-4063 (phone) 617-496-5960 (fax)

Michael E. Chernew, PhD Professor of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School 180 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 [email protected] 617-432-0174 (phone) 617-432-2648 (fax)