CPHAR Fellows Biographical Information

Gregory J. Boyer, MHA

Gregory J. Boyer (Greg) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at UNC Chapel Hill. He obtained his B.S. in Biology at Texas A&M University and his Master of Health Administration (MHA) at Texas A&M University Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health (SRPH). Greg completed a health policy internship in The Center for Policy and Innovation at the Texas Department of State Health Services. In addition, Greg is a former graduate researcher at the Program on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy at SRPH where he helped identify best practices in long-term care for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.       

Greg’s research focuses on understanding how public policy and public investment affect access to the continuum of long-term care services and subsequent quality outcomes. His dissertation work is a mixed-method, state-level analysis examining the political, policy, socio-demographic, and economic influences on Medicaid home- and community-based long-term care services (HCBS) for the years 1995-2009. In addition, Greg is studying how the investment in Medicaid 1915(c) waiver programs affect nursing home expenditures over the same time period. The third component of the project is a qualitative study determining how states have implemented long-term care reforms since the 1999 Olmstead vs. L.C. ruling. Specifically, Greg is interested in the barriers and facilitators of greater HCBS investment.  Through his research, Greg seeks to inform the long-term care literature about what is driving HCBS investment given the aging American populace and ongoing state budget crises. Greg is a 2007 inductee of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (Alpha Tau Chapter) and a student member of Academy Health, the American Society on Aging, and the Gerontological Society of America.

Selected Publications:

Kash, B.A. &  Boyer, G.J. (2008) “Advertising Expenditures in the Nursing Home Sector: Evaluating the Need for and Purpose of Advertising.” The Journal of Healthcare Management, 53(4), 242-256.