Panel: Using Data to Guide Decisionmaking and Management
(Public and Non-Profit Management and Finance)

Thursday, November 3, 2016: 1:15 PM-2:45 PM
Holmead West (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chairs:  Alison Jacknowitz, American University
Discussants:  Carolyn Hill, Georgetown University

Using Data to Guide Decisionmaking and Management

Evidence-Based Policymaking: A 50-State Assessment
Elizabeth Davies, Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative and Darcy White, Pew Charitable Trusts



The Promise and the Peril: Open Data Implementation in Public Agencies
Matthew Young, University of Southern California



Identifying Fraud in Home Health Agencies: Using HHA Compare Data to Predict Fraudulent Medicare Payments
Justin Bullock, Texas A&M University and W. David Bradford, University of Georgia