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Vita
Jill Schumann Rumberger, PhD, MBA applies her over 25 years of practical experience in the private sector in her new role as an Assistant Professor in Health Administration at Pennsylvania State University, Capital College. She is responsible for teaching Finance, Economics, and Information Systems in the Masters in Health Administration program. Throughout her career she has designed and developed a wide variety of financial analysis tools that include cost/benefit, cost-effectiveness, and breakeven models. Currently, she is a co-principle investigator in a cost-benefit analysis of the economic ramification of smoking cessation programs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is funded by the American Lung Association. She also served as a co-investigator in the development of financial cost projections for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s project to forecast future demand for long-term care services, which includes program related costs and utilization. She is also currently involved in a team effort to develop a white paper on future trends and developments in revenue cycle enhancement information technology systems for the Health and Information Management Systems Society. She has worked as a consultant for several venture capital firms, performing financial, marketing and operational due diligence activities. She has extensive federal and state government contracting experience, including her role as the CEO of a joint venture doing contracting for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Education
- Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2005
- M.B.A. Shippensburg University, 1987
- B.S. The Ohio State University, 1979
Research Areas
Financial Analysis:
- Developing return on investment models for new health care technologies;
- Investigating the impacts of Defined Contribution on the Health Care Industry
- Revenue Cycle management
Strategic Decision Making:
- Financial model development for Executive Management Systems
Professional Affiliations
- Academy of Management
- Health Information and Management Systems Society
- Member of the Financial Services Steering Committee
- Member of the Financial Services Revenue Cycle Task Force
- Chairman of the Financial Services Revenue Cycle Task Force
Course Offerings
- H ADM 506 (P ADM) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
- H ADM 541 HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY
- H ADM 542 HEALTH CARE POLITICS AND POLICY
- H ADM 545 HEALTH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- H ADM 594 RESEARCH TOPICS (1–15)
Selected Publications
DelliFraine JL, Dansky KH, Rumberger JS., Can organizational support for technology influence job satisfaction? Health Care Management Review, 2006 Oct. Dec; 31(4): 300–7.
Rumberger, J.S. and Dansky, K., Is there a business case for telehealth in home health agencies? Telemedicine and e-Health, April 2006, Vol. 12, No. 2: 122–127.