Education
- PhD Health Services Research (organizational theory and health economics), Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
- MBA (health sector management), Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- BSE (bioengineering) and BS (finance), Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bio
Dr. John McHugh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration, College of Health Professions. He has taught classes in strategic management and data analytics to MHA students. His research focuses on the ways that organizations respond to changing incentives. He combines organizational theory with health services research methods to better understand organizational changes and how they may affect patient outcomes. His primary area of focus is on transitions of Medicare beneficiaries between hospitals and post-acute providers.
Prior to joining VCU, Dr. McHugh was the faculty director of the management programs in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. McHugh holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a PhD from Brown University’s School of Public Health and spent more than 10 years at Navigant Consulting (now GuideHouse) conducting strategy consulting engagements with hospitals and health systems across the country.