John Baker, PhD

Professor

He teaches in the areas of health management, managed care, health care quality management and health policy and decision making. His research focus is on the management of health institutions, managed care and cost containment. He consults with hospitals, medical groups, long-term care facilities and managed care organizations on a variety of strategic and operational issues.

 He has served on numerous state and national committees dealing with health issues. Among his public service activities are service as Executive Director of the Arkansas Commission on Health Care Cost Containment, chairman of the Arkansas Department of Human Services committee on Reimbursement Reform for Long-Term Care Facilities and Board member of the Partnership for Healthy Communities.

 Prior to joining the UALR faculty, he was a health administration faculty member at the University of Mississippi, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Ohio State University. His undergraduate and MBA degrees are from the University of Rhode Island and a doctoral degree in health administration from The Ohio State University.