2010-Present President, ***** ***** Health *****s Consulting, St. Paul, Minnnesota

***** Senior Healthcare Analyst, Prevention Measurement Team, Division of Health *****s, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan, Minnesota

***** Consultant, Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

***** Assistant Professor of Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
2009 Member, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA), Rochester, Minnesota

***** Master‟s Faculty Privileges in Clinical & Translational Science, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota

***** Senior Associate Consultant, Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

***** Master‟s Faculty Privileges in Health Sciences Research, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota

***** Associate Consultant, Section of Health Services Evaluation, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

***** Associate Instructor, Department of *****s, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

1992 Graduate Assistant, Indiana University, Department of *****s, Bloomington, Indiana

1991 Research Assistant, Heartland Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, Indiana

***** Graduate Assistant, Indiana University, Department of *****s, Bloomington, Indiana

1988 A.B. (*****s and Biological Sciences), Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts

1992 M.A. (*****s), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

1999 Ph.D. (*****s), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Memberships in Professional Societies:
American Society of Health Economists
International Health *****s Association
International Society for Pharmaco*****s and Outcomes Research

Editorial Activities:
Reviewer for Journals (year of first review)
Medical Decision Making (2000), Medical Care (2000), Journal of Clinical Oncology (2000), Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2000), Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (2000), Value in Health (2003), American Journal of Gastroenterology (2004), Applied Health *****s and Health Policy (2004), Expert Review of Pharmaco*****s and Outcomes Research (2004), Health *****s (2004), Catherizations and Cardiovascular Interventions (2006), Journal of General Internal Medicine (2008), European Journal of Health *****s (2008), American Journal of Managed Care (2010)

External Review:
Member, Technology Assessment Committee, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Minneapolis, Minnesota (*****); Measurement and Research Advisory Group (*****)
Member, Minnesota Health Technology Advisory Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota (*****)
Referee, National Health Service‟s Health Technology Assessment Programme, Department of Health Research and Development, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom (2000-Present)
Member, International Society for Pharmaco*****s and Outcomes Research; Abstract Review Committee (2004-Present); Patient Registry Classification Strategy & Design Working Group (2007-Present)
Member, American Society of Health Economists; Scientific Committee (*****)
Member, Minnesota Health Services Research Community Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota (*****)
Member, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement/ Minnesota Department of Health Baskets of Care Measurement Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2009)
Member, Minnesota Health Services Research Conference Student Award Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2010-Present)

Peer-Reviewed Original Articles (Published or in Press)

1. ***** KH, Bannon MP, Zietlow, SP, Helgeson ER, Harmsen WS, Smith CD, Ilstrup DM, Baerga-Varela Y, Sarr MG. A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Laparoscopic Appendectomy With Open Appendectomy: Clinical and ***** Analyses. Surgery 129(4): *****, 2001.
2. Young-Fadok T, ***** KH, McConnell EJ, Rey GG, Cabanela RL. Advantages of Laparoscopic Resection for Ileocolic Crohn‟s Disease: Improved Outcomes and Reduced Costs. Surgical Endoscopy 15(5): *****, 2001.
3. Cordera F, ***** KH, Nagorney DM, McMurtry EK, Schleck C, Ilstrup D, Donohue JH. Open Versus Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Clinical and ***** Analysis. Surgery 134(1): *****, 2003.
4. Fatourechi, V, Lankarani M, Schryver PG, Vanness DJ, ***** KH, Klee GG. Factors Influencing Clinical Decisions to Initiate Thyroxine Therapy for Patients with Mildly Increased Serum Thyrotropin (5.1-10.0 mIU/L). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 78(5): *****, 2003.
5. Leibson CL, ***** KH. ***** Implications of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for Healthcare Systems. Pharmaco*****s 21(17): *****, 2003.
6. Abenstein JP, ***** KH, McGlinch BP, Dietz NM. Is Physician Anesthesia Cost-Effective? Anesthesia & Analgesia 98(3):*****, 2004.
7. Huddleston JM, ***** KH, Naessens JM, Vanness D, Larson D, Trousdale R, Plevak M, Cabanela M, Ilstrup D, Wachter RM. Medical and Surgical Comanagement after Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 141(1): *****, 2004.
8. Afessa B, Keegan MT, Hubmayr RD, Naessens JM, Gajic O, ***** KH, Peters SG. Evaluating the Performance of an Institution Using an Intensive Care Unit Benchmar***** Mayo Clinic Proceedings 80(2): *****, 2005.
9. Cuddihy MT, Locke GR III, Wahner-Roedler D, Dierkhising R, Zinsmeister AR, ***** KH, Talley NJ. Dyspepsia Management in Primary Care: A Management Trial. International Journal of Clinical Practice 59(2):*****, 2005.
10. Phy MP, Vanness DJ, Melton LJ III, Larson DR, ***** KH, Huddleston PM, Huddleston JM. Effects of a Hospitalist Care Model on Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture. Archives of Internal Medicine 165(7): *****, 2005.
11. ***** KH, McMurtry EK, Lennon RJ, Chapman AC, Singh M, Rihal CS, Wood DL, Holmes DR Jr, Ting HH. Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery: Clinical and ***** Implications. Medical Care 44(5): *****, 2006.
12. Ting HH, Raveendran G, Lennon RJ, ***** KH, Singh M, Wood DL, Gersh BJ, Rihal CS, Holmes DR. A Total of 1,007 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Without Onsite Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 47(8): *****, 2006.
13. Rihal CS, Kamath CC, Holmes DR Jr., Reller MK, Anderson SS, McMurtry EK, ***** KH. ***** and Clinical Outcomes of a Physician-led Continuous Quality Improvement Intervention in the Delivery of Percuatneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Managed Care 12(8): *****, 2006.
14. Leibson CL, ***** KH, Maraganore DM, Bower JH, Ransom JE, O‟Brien PC, Rocca WA. Direct Medical Costs Associated with Parkinson‟s Disease: A Population-Based Study. Movement Disorders 21(11): *****, 2006.
15. Raveendran G, Ting HH, Best PJ, Holmes DR, Lennon RJ, Singh M, Bell MR, ***** KH, Rihal CS. Eptifibatide Versus Abciximab As Adjunctive Therapy During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention For Acute Myocardial Infarction. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 82(2):*****, 2007.
16. Jacobson KM, Hall ***** K, McMurtry EK, Naessens JM. Rihal CS. The ***** Burden of Complications during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Quality and Safety in Health Care 16(2): *****, 2007.
17. Ting HH, Roe MT, Gersh BJ, Spertus JA, Runsfeld JS, Ou F, Kao J, ***** KH, Holmes DR, Peterson ED, National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). Factors Associated with Off-label Use of Drug Eluting Stents in Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Cardiology 101(3): *****, 2008.
18. Rauf AA, ***** KH, Gajic O, Anderson SS, Swaminathan L, Albright RC. Intermittent Versus Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Outcomes Analysis. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 23(3): *****, 2008.
19. ***** KH, Ting HH, McMurtry EK, Lennon RJ, Hammes LN, Wood DL, Holmes DR Jr, Raveendran G, Rihal CS. A *****itudinal Analysis of Outcomes Associated with Abciximab and Eptifibatide in a Consecutive Series of 3,074 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Value in Health 11(3): *****, 2008.
20. Newcomer KL, Vickers Douglas KS, ***** KH, Crawford B. Can a Videotape Change Beliefs, Behaviors, and Outcomes in Acute Low Back Pain? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Spine Journal 8(6): *****, 2008.
21. Aletti GD, Podratz KC, Moriarty JP, Cliby WA, ***** KH. Aggressive and Complex Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer: An ***** Analysis. Gynecologic Oncology 112(1): *****, 2009.
22. Eggleston KN, Shah ND, Smith SA, Wagie AE, Williams AR, Grossman JH, Berndt ER, ***** KH, Banerjee R, Newhouse JP. Asessing the Net Value of Health Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, *****. Annals of Internal Medicine 151(6): *****, 2009.
23. Dunlay SM, Redfield MM, Weston SA, Therneau TM, ***** KH, Shah ND, Roger VL. Hospitalizations After Heart Failure Diagnosis: A Community Perspective. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 54(18): *****, 2009.
24. Holubar SD, ***** KH, Loftus EV, Wolff BG, Pemberton JH, Cima RR. *****-term Direct Costs Before and After Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis: A Population-based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 52(11): *****, 2009.
25. Duncan CM, ***** KH, Warner DO, Hebl JR. The ***** Implications of a Multimodal Analgesic Regimen for Patients Undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Comparative Cost Study. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 34(4):*****, 2009.
26. Boughey JC, Moriarty JP, Degnim AC, Gregg MS, Egginton JS, ***** KH. Cost Modeling of Preoperative Axillary Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration to Guide Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 17(4):*****, 2010.
27. ***** KH, Rubio-Tapia A, Wagie AE, Melton LJ 3rd, Lahr BD, Van Dyke CT, Murray JA. The *****s of Coeliac Disease: A Population-Based Study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 32(2):*****, 2010.
28. Rihal CS, Ryan JL, Singh M, Lennon RJ, Bresnahan JF, Liesinger J, Gersh BJ, Ting HH, Holmes DR, ***** KH. Clinical and ***** Outcomes After Introduction of Drug-Eluting Stents. American Journal of Managed Care 16(8):*****, 2010.
29. Thompson JM, Luedtke CA, Oh TH, Shah ND, ***** KH, King S, Branda M, Swanson R. Direct Medical Costs in Patients with Fibromyalgia: Cost of Illness and Impact of a Brief Multidisciplinary Treatment Program. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Published 21 October 2010, doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181fc7ff3.
30. Dunlay SM, Shah ND, Shi Q, Morlan B, VanHouten H, ***** KH, Roger VL. Lifetime Costs of Medical Care After Heart Failure Diagnosis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Published 7 December 2010, doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.*****.
31. Oliver WC Jr, Nuttall GA, Murari T, Bauer LK, Johnsrud KH, ***** KH, Orszulak TA, Schaff HV, Hanson AC, Schroeder DR, Ereth MH, Abel MD. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Three Regimens for Sedation and Analgesia Following Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Anesthesia (in press).
32. Brown MJ, Kor DJ, Curry TB, Warner MA, Rodrigues ES, Rose PS, Dekutoski MB, Moriarty JP, ***** KH, Rose SH. Sacral Tumor Resection: The Effect of Surgical Staging on Patient Outcomes, Resource Management and Hospital Cost. Spine (in press).

Published Book Chapters
1. Marshall D, ***** KH. ***** evaluation of lung cancer screening. In: IASLC Textbook of Prevention and Detection of Early Lung Cancer. Edited by RF Hirsch, PA Bunn Jr, H Kato, JL Mulshine. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis; 2006. p. *****.

Editorials
1. Shah V, ***** KH. Modeling Our Way Toward the Optimal Management of Variceal Hemorrhage. American Journal of Gastroenterology 99(7): *****, 2004.

Letters, and Case Reports
1. Abenstein, JP, ***** KH, McGlinch BP, Dietz N. Study Regarding Anesthesia Outcomes Cites Outdated Studies. Anesthesia & Analgesia 99(5):*****, 2004.
2. Ting HH, ***** KH. Hospital Performance and Acute Coronary Syndrome Outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Association 296(11):1349, 2006.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Ting HH, ***** KH, Galvin RS, Petersen LA, Krumholz HM. Do ***** Incentives Improve Healthcare Quality? Implications for Pay for Performance. American College of Cardiology Cardiosource Expert Opinions. May 30, 2007.