Adam Powell, Ph.D.
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Education:Ph.D., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Health Care Management & Economics Biography:Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. is President of Payer+Provider Syndicate, a management advisory and operational consulting firm focused on the managed care and healthcare delivery industries. A healthcare economist and published author, Dr. Powell’s specialty as a consultant is using quantitative techniques to examine issues concerning healthcare technology, quality, and operations. His peer-reviewed research has focused on improving healthcare quality in mHealth (mobile health) and in high-cost areas of medicine, especially those subject to prior authorization. He manages the outcomes research alliance between HealthHelp and Humana. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR): Mental Health and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Participatory Medicine. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board of PsyberGuide and on the Experts Council of the Mary Christie Foundation. He additionally is known for his expertise in global health informatics, and has lectured extensively in Asia. Dr. Powell holds a Doctorate and Master’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Health Care Management and Economics. He also holds Bachelor’s degrees in Management Science and Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Powell is a member of the adjunct faculties of Northeastern University and Thomas Jefferson University, where he teaches Masters courses on healthcare finance, epidemiology, and global health informatics. He additionally serves on the Visiting Faculty of the Indian School of Business, where he teaches a course on health IT management in the post-graduate and executive education programs. Dr. Powell has been featured in over two hundred articles from outlets including JAMA, CNN, Forbes, Fox, Inc., CBS News, NBC News, Reuters, U.S. News and World Report, The Advisory Board, The Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo! Finance, Becker’s Hospital Review, Fierce, Healthcare Finance News, HealthLeaders Media, KevinMD, mHIMSS, Modern Healthcare, Minyanville, and Seeking Alpha. Publications:Adam C. Powell, Jeremy T. Pickerell, James W. Long, Bryan A. Loy, & Amin J. Mirhadi. An assessment of the association between patient characteristics and timely lung cancer treatment. Cancer Causes & Control. 2024. Apr 18:1-0. doi:10.1007/s10552-024-01869-1 Adam C. Powell, James W. Long, Ajay K. Bhatnagar, Bryan A. Loy, & Amin J. Mirhadi. Use of Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Breast Cancer in 2019 versus 2020. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2024. 9(4): 101435. doi:10.1016/j.adro.2023.101435 Adam C. Powell, Elif Yay Donderici, Nicole J. Zhang, Shaun P. Forbes, Julie Wiedower, Amy C. McNeal, & Mark D. Hiatt. “Associations Among Optimal Lung Cancer Treatment, Clinical Outcomes, and Health Care Utilization in Patients Who Underwent Comprehensive Genomic Profiling.” Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2024. doi:10.6004/jnccn.2023.7073 Adam C. Powell, Logan M. Horrall, James W. Long, Bryan A. Loy, and Amin J. Mirhadi. 2023. “Lung Cancer Treatment Trends During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Claims and Order Data Analysis (2019–2021).” JTO Clinical Research and Reports. 2023 4(10): 100560. doi:10.1016/j.jtocrr.2023.100560 Adam C. Powell, Christopher T. Lugo, Jeremy T. Pickerell, James W. Long, Bryan A. Loy, and Amin J. Mirhadi. “An assessment of the association between patient race and prior authorization program determinations in the context of radiation therapy.” Healthcare. 2023 11(3): 100704. doi:10.1016/j.hjdsi.2023.100704 Adam C. Powell, Logan M. Horrall, James W. Long, Amit K. Gupta, and Demian Gitnacht. “Sleep Testing During the Pandemic.” Sleep Medicine. 2023 Jan 1;101:375-83. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2022.11.008 Adam Powell and Paul Dolan. 2022. “Moving to Personalized Medicine Requires Personalized Health Plans.” Journal of Participatory Medicine. 2022;14(1):e35798 doi:10.2196/35798 Adam C. Powell, James W. Long, Uday U. Deshmukh, and Jeffrey D. Simmons. “The Association Between the Use of Low-Slice Computed Tomography Machines and Downstream Care: Comparative Study of 16-Slice and 64-Slice Computed Tomography Angiography.” JMIR Form Res. 2022;6(6):e32892 doi:10.2196/32892 Adam C. Powell, Jason P. Goldstein, James W. Long, Jeffrey D. Simmons, and Anthony DeFrance. “The association between provider characteristics and post-catheterization interventions.” PloS one. 2022 Apr 1;17(4):e0266544. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266544 Ryan Lamm, D. Brock Hewitt, Michael Li, Adam C. Powell, and Adam C. Berger. “Socioeconomic Status and Gastric Cancer Surgical Outcomes: A National Cancer Database Study.” 2022. Journal of Surgical Research. 275 (2022): 318-326. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2022.02.004 Adam C. Powell, Christopher T. Lugo, Craig L. Dietrich, Elizabeth R. Lucas, James W. Long, Anthony DeFrance, and Jeffrey D. Simmons. A Description of Outcomes Experienced by Patients Whose Orders for Peripheral Artery Revascularization Were Reviewed by a Nondenial Prior Authorization Program. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. February 2022. doi:10.1177/15385744211055911 Preeti Singh and Adam C. Powell. “Utilization Trends of a Government-Sponsored Health Insurance Program in South India: 2014 to 2018.” 2021. Value in Health Regional Issues. 27 (2022): 82-89. Martha Neary, John Bunyi, Kristina Palomares, David C. Mohr, Adam Powell, Josef Ruzek, Leanne M. Williams, Til Wykes, and Stephen M. Schueller. “A process for reviewing mental health apps: Using the One Mind PsyberGuide Credibility Rating System.” 2021. Digital Health. 7 (2021): 20552076211053690. doi:10.1177/20552076211053690 Adam C. Powell, Christopher T. Lugo, James W. Long, Jeffrey D. Simmons, and Anthony DeFrance. “Characterizing Cardiac Catheterization Utilization in a US Population with Commercial or Medicare Advantage Health Plans.” 2021. American Health & Drug Benefits. 14(3):91-100. https://www.ahdbonline.com/issues/2021/september-2021-vol-14-no-3/3171-characterizing-cardiac-catheterization-utilization-in-a-us-population-with-commercial-or-medicare-advantage-health-plans Adam C. Powell, James W. Long, Garry Carneal, Kathryn J. Schormann, and David P. Friedman. “The association between a history of anxiety or depression and utilization of diagnostic imaging.” 2021. PLOS ONE. Jul 12;16(7):e0254572. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254572 Adam C. Powell, Martha Neary, and Stephen M. Schueller. “Mental Health Apps: Ensuring Quality and Reimbursement Through a Dynamic Payment Formulary.” 2021. Psychiatric Services. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.202000754 Adam C. Powell, Mitchell Ceylan, James W. Long, Uday U. Deshmukh, Bryan Loy, and Amin J. Mirhadi. “Rate of Whole-Breast Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy Before Versus After Virtual Tumor Board Implementation.” 2021. JCO Oncology Practice. Jun;17(6):e809-16. doi:10.1200/OP.20.00480 Adam C. Powell and John B. Torous. “A Patient-Centered Framework for Measuring the Economic Value of the Clinical Benefits of Digital Health Apps: Theoretical Modeling.” 2020. JMIR: Mental Health. https://mental.jmir.org/2020/10/e18812 Adam C. Powell and John P. Glaser. 2020. “The healthcare information technology sector.” In Lawton Burns (Ed.), The Business of Healthcare Innovation, 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press. John Torous, Adam C. Powell, and Elena Rodriguez-Villa. “Health Information Technology Resources to Support Measurement-Based Care.” 2020. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Jul 22;29(4):763-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2020.06.011 Adam C. Powell, Matthias B. Bowman, Henry T. Harbin. “Tele-Behavioral Health for Employees: Pre-COVID Practices and Recommendations for a Post COVID Path Forward.” 2020. The Path Forward. https://workplacementalhealth.org/getmedia/20ead9f9-713c-4b2d-b591-3944aeac1e74/The-Path-Forward-Tele-Behavioral-Health-for-Employees Adam C. Powell, John B. Torous, Joseph Firth and Kenneth R. Kaufman. “Generating value with mental health apps.” 2020. BJPsych Open. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.98 Adam C. Powell. “Impact of the Artificial Nudge.” 2020. Academic Radiology. Jan 1;27(1):143-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2019.09.010 Adam Powell, Teresa Rogstad, Nandita Jacob, Gary Smith, James Long, Uday Deshmukh, Bryan Loy, and Amin Mirhadi. The Association between Use of Hypofractionation and Treatment Completion among Recipients of Radiation Therapy Post Mastectomy. 2019. Practical Radiation Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2019.10.009 Adam C. Powell, Yan Wang, Gary L. Smith, James W. Long, Uday U. Deshmukh, David P. Friedman, Christopher G. Roth, and Baskaran Sundaram. “Outpatient facility-based order variation in combined imaging.” 2019. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224735 Adam C. Powell, Teresa Rogstad, Sarah Elliott, Stephen Price, James Long, Uday Deshmukh, M. Hassan Murad, and Mark Steffen. “Pain and Healthcare Utilization Following Early Imaging for Low Back Pain in Older Individuals.” 2019. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190103 Adam C. Powell, Matthias B. Bowman, and Henry T. Harbin. “Reimbursement of Apps for Mental Health: Current Practices and Potential Pathways.” 2019. JMIR: Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.2196/14724 Adam C. Powell, Teresa L. Rogstad, David E. Winchester, Jon D. Shanser, James W. Long, Uday U. Deshmukh, and Vijay M. Rao. “Discordance in Clinical Recommendations Regarding the Use of Imaging.” 2019. American Journal of Medical Quality. In press. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860619851561 Adam C. Powell, Zongyang Yue, Chenglei Shan, and John B. Torous. “The Monetization Strategies of Apps for Anxiety Management: An International Comparison.” 2019. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-019-00093-y Adam C. Powell, James W. Long, Erin M. Kren, Amit K. Gupta, and David C. Levin. 2019. “Evaluation of a Program for Improving Advanced Imaging Interpretation.” Journal of Patient Safety. Mar;15(1):69. https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000345 Adam C. Powell, Christopher T. Lugo, Yan Wang, Gary L. Smith, James W. Long, and Uday U. Deshmukh. “Modification and Reinitiation of Lower Back Imaging Orders After Evidence-Based Collaborative Consultation.” 2018. Academic Radiology. 2018 Dec 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2018.12.001 Teresa L. Rogstad, Adam C. Powell, Yongjia Song, Tristan Cordier, Stephen E. Price, James W. Long, Uday U. Deshmukh, and Jeffrey D. Simmons. “Determinants of Outcomes Following Outpatient Placement of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in a Medicare Advantage Population.” 2018. Clinical Cardiology. 2018 Aug 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.23041 Adam C. Powell, Preeti Singh, and John B. Torous. 2018. “The Complexity of Mental Health App Privacy Policies: A Potential Barrier to Privacy.” JMIR: mHealth and uHealth. 6(7):e158. http://mhealth.jmir.org/2018/7/e158/ Adam C. Powell, Stephen E. Price, Khoa Nguyen, Gary L. Smith, James W. Long, and Uday U. Deshmukh. “Prior Authorization for Elective Diagnostic Catheterization.” 2018. American Health & Drug Benefits. 11(4): 168.174. https://ahdbonline.com/issues/2018/june-2018-vol-11-no-4/2580-prior-authorization-for-elective-diagnostic-catheterization-the-value-of-reviewers-in-cases-with-clinical-ambiguity Adam C. Powell, David C. Levin, Erin M. Kren, Roy A. Beveridge, James W. Long, and Amit K. Gupta. 2017. “2005 to 2014 CT and MRI Utilization Trends in the Context of a Nondenial Prior Authorization Program.” Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2333392817732018 Adam C. Powell, Teresa L. Rogstad, Uday U. Deshmukh, Stephen E. Price, and Jeffrey D. Simmons. 2017. “An exploration of the association between ischemic etiology and the likelihood of heart failure hospitalization following cardiac resynchronization therapy.” Clinical Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22779 Adam C. Powell, Amin J. Mirhadi, Bryan A. Loy, Laura E. Happe, James W. Long, Erin M. Kren, and Amit K. Gupta. 2017. “Presentation at computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax and first year diagnostic and treatment utilization among patients diagnosed with lung cancer.” PLOS ONE. 12(7): e0181319. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181319 John Torous, Jorge Rodriguez, and Adam C. Powell. 2017. “The New Digital Divide For Digital Biomarkers.” Digital Biomarkers. https://doi.org/10.1159/000477382 Adam C. Powell, Patrick J. Kennedy, Garry Carneal, Steve Davis, Henry Harbin, and The Kennedy Forum Senior Leadership Team. 2017. “New Technologies for Improving Behavioral Health.” Kennedy Forum Issue Brief. bit.ly/2qGGydz Adam C. Powell, Jasmine K. Ludhar, and Yuri Ostrovsky. 2017. “Health Information System Use in an Affluent Region in India: Findings from a Survey of Chandigarh Hospitals.” International Journal of Medical Informatics. 103 (2017) 78–82 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.04.011 Adam C. Powell, Milton Chen, and Chanida Thammachart. 2016. “The Economic Benefits of Mobile Apps and Telepsychiatry Services When Used by Adolescents” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2016.07.013 John Torous, Adam Powell, and Michael Knable. 2016. “Quality assessment of self-directed software and mobile applications for the treatment of mental illness.” Psychiatric Annals. 46(10):579–583. doi:10.3928/00485713-20160908-02. William Gruber, Adam Powell, and John Torous. 2016. “The Power of Capturing and Using Information at the Point of Care.” Healthcare. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221307641630015X Adam C. Powell, John Torous, Steven Chan, Geoffrey Raynor, Erik Shwarts, Meghan Shanahan, and Adam B. Landman. 2016. “Inter-rater Reliability of mHealth App Rating Measures: Analysis of Top Depression and Smoking Apps.” Journal of Medical Internet Research: mHealth and uHealth. 4(1): e15. http://mhealth.jmir.org/2016/1/e15/ Bryan A. Loy, Clive I. Shkedy, Adam C. Powell, Laura E. Happe, Julie A. Royalty, Michael T. Miao, Gary L. Smith, James W. Long, and Amit K. Gupta. 2016. “Do Case Rates Affect Physicians’ Clinical Practice in Radiation Oncology?: An Observational Study.” PLOS ONE. 11(2): e0149449. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149449 Adam C. Powell, Daniel S. Hippe, James W. Long, and Jeffrey D. Robinson. 2015. “Re-initiation of Withdrawn or Modified Neuroimaging Requests after Collaborative Consultation.” Academic Radiology. Published Online in Advance of Print Publication (September 9, 2015): http://www.academicradiology.org/article/S1076-6332(15)00330-X/abstract. John Torous and Adam C. Powell. 2015. “Current research and trends in the use of smartphone applications for mood disorders.” Internet Interventions. 2(2):169-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2015.03.002 Adam C. Powell, Adam B. Landman, and David W. Bates. 2014. “Certification of Mobile Apps for Health Care-Reply.” JAMA. 312(11): 1156-1157. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1904820 Saurabh Jha and Adam C. Powell. 2014. “A (Gentle) Introduction to Behavioral Economics.” American Journal of Roentgenology. 203(July 2014): 111-117. http://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.13.11352 Adam C. Powell, Adam B. Landman, and David W. Bates. 2014. “In Search of a Few Good Apps.” JAMA. 311(18): 1851-1852. Published Online in Advance of Print Publication (March 24, 2014): http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1852662 Adam C. Powell, Sergei V. Savin, and Nicos Savva. 2012. “Physician Workload and Hospital Revenue: Overworked Physicians Generate Less Revenue Per Patient.” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Articles in Advance (May 4, 2012): 1-17. Adam C. Powell and Jeff C. Goldsmith. 2012. “The health information technology sector.” In Lawton Burns (Ed.), The Business of Healthcare Innovation, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. Adam C. Powell. 2011. “Perspectives on Firm Decision Making During Risky Technology Acquisitions.” Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations. Atul F. Kamath, Keith Baldwin, Lauren K. Meade, Adam C. Powell, and Samir Mehta. 2011. “The Increased Financial Burden of Further Proposed Orthopaedic Resident Work Hour Reductions.” The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 93-A(7): e31(1)-e31(8). Lawton R. Burns, Rajiv J. Shah, Frank A. Sloan, and Adam C. Powell. 2009. “The Impact of Hospital Ownership Conversions: Review of the Literature and Results from a Comparative Field Study” in Grant Savage and Myron Fottler (Eds.), Advances in Health Care Management, Volume 8. Biennial Review of Health Care Management: Meso Perspectives. pp. 171-229. United Kingdom: Emerald. Adam C. Powell. 2006. “To Our Health: The Role of IT in Healthcare.” DSpace@MIT, MIT Archives. Thesis. |
