
As a former Dean and appointed Distinguished University Professor and Endowed Department Chair Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA was a NYSE broker and investment banker for a decade who was respected for his unique perspectives, balanced contrarian thinking and measured judgment to influence key decision makers in strategic education, health economics, finance, investing and public policy management.
Dr. Marcinko is originally from Loyola University MD, Temple University in Philadelphia and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in PA; as well as Oglethorpe University and Emory University in Georgia, the Atlanta Hospital & Medical Center; Kellogg-Keller Graduate School of Business and Management in Chicago, and the Aachen City University Hospital, Koln-Germany. He became one of the most innovative global thought leaders in medical business entrepreneurship today by leveraging and adding value with strategies to grow revenues and EBITDA while reducing non-essential expenditures and improving dated operational in-efficiencies.
Professor David Marcinko was a board certified physician, surgical fellow, hospital medical staff Vice President, public and population health advocate, and Chief Executive & Education Officer with more than 425 published papers; 5,150 op-ed pieces and over 135+ domestic / international presentations to his credit; including the top ten [10] biggest drug and pharmaceutical companies and financial services firms in the nation. He is also a best-selling Amazon author with 30 published academic text books in four languages [National Institute of Health, Library of Congress and Library of Medicine].
Dr. David E. Marcinko is past Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious “Journal of Health Care Finance”, and a former Certified Financial Planner® who was named “Health Economist of the Year” in 2010. He is a Federal and State court approved expert witness featured in hundreds of peer reviewed medical, business, economics trade journals and publications [AMA, ADA, APMA, AAOS, Physicians Practice, Investment Advisor, Physician’s Money Digest and MD News] etc.
Later, Dr. Marcinko was a vital recruited BOD member of several innovative companies like Physicians Nexus, First Global Financial Advisors and the Physician Services Group Inc; as well as mentor and coach for Deloitte-Touche and other start-up firms in Silicon Valley, CA.
As a state licensed life, P&C and health insurance agent, SEC registered representative Marcinko was Founding Dean of the fiduciary and niche focused on-line CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER® chartered designation education program; as well as Chief Editor of the 3 print format HEALTH DICTIONARY SERIES® and online Wiki Project.
Dr. David E. Marcinko’s professional memberships included: ASHE, AHIMA, ACHE, ACME, ACPE, MGMA, FMMA and HIMSS. He was a MSFT Beta tester, Google Scholar, “H” Index favorite and one of LinkedIn’s “Top Cited Voices”.
Marcinko is “ex-officio” and R&D Scholar-on-Sabbatical for iMBA, Inc. who was recently appointed to the MedBlob® [military encrypted medical data warehouse and health information exchange] Advisory Board.


Medicaid Covers 44% of Children With Special Health Needs
Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a brief on how federal funding cuts could impact state Medicaid services. Here are some key findings from the report:
• Medicaid/CHIP currently covers 44% of children with special health care needs.
• 32 states cover optional Medicaid personal care services.
• 8 states provide optional Medicaid Community First Choice services.
• Over half of Medicaid beneficiaries receive care in risk-based MCOs.
• 6 in 10 adult Medicaid enrollees are currently employed.
• Nearly half of all states are reporting revenues coming in below projections.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, June 21, 2017
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Premiums in Rural Areas Were 10% Higher Than in Urban Areas
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released an analysis on the difference between rural and urban marketplace premiums. Here are some key findings from the report:
• In 2016, benchmark premiums were $26 more per month (9% higher) in rural areas.
• Rural-area benchmark premiums were $39 more per month (10% higher) in 2017.
• Premiums were higher in rural areas in 32 of the 40 states with rating regions in 2016.
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 15, 2018
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