J. B. Silvers

J.B. Silvers, PhD, is the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance and professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Management with a joint appointment in the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His research in the areas of financial management and health services has been published in numerous journals including the JOURNAL OF FINANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, MEDICAL CARE, ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE, and the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH, among others. Silvers contributes commentary to public radio’s Marketplace frequently and other national & local print and broadcast media including the New York Times, Business Insider and MarketWatch.

Professionally, Silvers has testified to Congress, several state legislatures, federal and state courts. He has also served on committees at the National Academies and several national and state commissions. Until recently, he was a board member (12 years) and treasurer of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (TJC/JCAHO) and a board member of SummaCare Insurance Company (14 years). For seven years Silvers was a commissioner on the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (now MedPAC) advising Congress on Medicare payment. From 1997 to 2000, while on leave, he served as President and CEO of QualChoice Health Plan and Insurance Company, a subsidiary of University Hospitals of Cleveland. He currently is vice chair of the board at MetroHealth Medical Center. At Weatherhead, he has served as Department Chair, Senior Associate Dean and Interim Dean.

Silvers earned a PhD in finance from Stanford University, a MS in Industrial Management and a BS in Engineering Science from Purdue University. He has been a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University since 1979 after prior appointments at Stanford, Harvard and Indiana.

Academic and Professional Activities

• Chairperson, Faculty Senate Finance/Budget Committee, 2011 - 2013
• Committee Chair, Faculty Council, 2008 - 2009
• Chairperson, Faculty Senate Budget Committee, 2008 - 2012
• Task Force Member, American Dental Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
• Member, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, National Academies of Science, 2007 - 2013
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, Health Policy Institute of Ohio, 2006 - 2013
• Officer, Treasurer, Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2003 - 2015
• Board of Directors of a Company, SummaCare Health Plan, SummaCare Insurance Company, Akron, Ohio, 2002 - 2015

Awards

• Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Faculty Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2013).
• 2009 Health Policy Research Award for Independent Scholarship (with Leona Cuttler, Andrew Gallan, Mendel Singer), Health Policy Institute of Ohio. (2009).
• Who''s Who in America, (2002).