Richard J. Manski D.D.S. M.B.A. Ph.D.
Professor and Director
rmanski@umaryland.edu Research Interests: - Use of dental services
- Health care finance
- Third party reimbursement
- Access to care
Biographical Information 
Richard J. Manski, earned his D.D.S. at Howard University, his M.B.A. at the University of Massachusetts and his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. He is a Professor and Director of Health Services Research at the Dental School University of Maryland. Dr. Manski has established a nationally recognized expertise in data analyses, oral health services research, and oral health policy. Dr. Manski conducts research in health care finance, third party reimbursement and access to care. He is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed professional journals including the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. Currently, Dr. Manski is serving as a senior scholar at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). As a senior scholar, Dr. Manski provides advice to AHRQ staff on issues related to measuring dental care expenditures, interpretation of dental health insurance benefits and methods for enhancement of subsequent waves within longitudinal MEPS studies. In addition, he provides substantive input into the development of MEPS survey instruments related to health insurance benefits for oral health care and into the editing and imputation of MEPS survey data related to use, source, expenditures and health insurance benefits for oral health care. Dr. Manski also provides technical assistance and advice to the oral health community on issues related to dental care expenditures, dental benefit and dental utilization data. Dr. Manski has conducted analyses on and is fluent in the use of several nationally representative data sets including the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, the National Medical Expenditure Survey and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. As a result of these analyses, Dr. Manski has published a number of papers on matters that relate to dental health care finance, third party reimbursement for dental care and access to dental care.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications: Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.R., St. Clair, P.A., Chen, H., Schimmel, J., and Pepper, J.V., “The Influence of Changes in Dental Care Coverage on Dental Care Utilization Among Retirees and Near-Retirees, 2004-2006” American Journal of Public Health, In Press.
Chen, H., Moeller, J.F., and Manski, R.J., “Co-morbidity, dental visits, and hospital visits among Medicare beneficiaries 2002” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, In Press.
Manski, R.J., “Economic Context of Employing Behavioral Interventions to Improve Oral Health.” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, In Press. Moeller, J.F., Chen, H., Manski, R.J., "Is Preventive Dental Care a Good Investment for the Medicare Population, A Preliminary Analysis?" American Journal of Public Health, 100(11):2262–2269, November 2010. Manski, R.J. and Brown, E. Dental Coverage of Adults Ages 21-64, United States, 1997 and 2007. Statistical Brief 295. October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.R., Chen, H., St. Clair, P.A., Schimmel, J., Magder, L. and Pepper, J.V., “Dental Care Expenditures and Retirement,” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 70:148–155, June 2010. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.R., Chen, H., St. Clair, P.A., Schimmel, J., Magder, L. and Pepper, J.V., “Dental Care Coverage and Retirement,” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 70:1–12, March 2010. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.R., Chen, H., St. Clair, P.A., Schimmel, J., Magder, L. and Pepper, J.V., “Dental Care Coverage Transitions,” American Journal of Managed Care,15(10):729-735, October 2009. Cohen, LA; Harris, S.L., Bonito, A.J., Manski, R.J.; Macek, M.D.; Edwards, R.R.; Khanna, N., and Plowden, K.O. “Low-income and Minority Patient Satisfaction with Visits to Emergency Department and Physician office for dental Problems,” Journal of the American College of Dentists, 76(3):23-31 Fall 2009 Manski, R.J., “Public Programs, Insurance and Dental Access,” Dental Clinics of North America, 53(3):485–503 July 2009. Manski, R.J. and Brown, E. Dental Coverage of Children and Young Adults under Age 21, United States, 1996 and 2006. Statistical Brief 221. September 2008. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rockville. MD. Cohen, LA; Bonito, AJ; Akin DR; Manski, RJ; Macek, MD; Edwards, RR; and Cornelius, LJ. “Toothache pain: a comparison of visits to physicians, emergency departments, and dentists,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 139(9):1205-1216 September 2008. Manski, R. J. and Cooper, P. F. “Dental Care Use: Does Dental Insurance Truly Make a Difference in the Us?” Community Dental Health, 24(4):205-212 December 2007. Wall, T.P., Brown, L.B., Zentz, R.R. and Manski, R.J., “Dentist Prescribed Drugs and the Patients Receiving Them,” Journal of the American College of Dentists, 74(3):32-41 Fall 2007. Chu, M., Sweis, L. E., Guay, A.H. and Manski, R.J., “Children’s Dental Care: Visits and Checkups, 2003” Journal of the American Dental Association, 138(10):1324-1331 October 2007. Manski, R. J. and Brown, E. Dental Use, Expenses, Private Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. MEPS Chartbook No.17. Cohen, L.A., Harris, S.L., Bonito, A.J., Manski, R.J., Macek, M.D., Edwards, R.R., Cornelius, L.J. “Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low-Income Persons and Minorities,” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 67(1)28-35, Winter 2007. Allison, A. and Manski, R. J., “The Supply of Dentists and Access to Care in Rural Kansas,” The Journal of Rural Health, 23(3):198-206 Summer 2007. Cohen L. A. and Manski, R. J., “Visits to Non-Dentists Health Care Providers for Dental, Problems: A National Perspective,” Family Medicine, 38(8):556-564 September 2006. Goodman, H.S., Manski, M.C., Williams J.N. and Manski, R.J., “An Analysis of Preventive Dental Visits by Provider Type: 1996” Journal of the American Dental Association, 136(2):221-228 February 2005. Mullins CD, Cohen LA, Magder LS, Manski RJ. “Medicaid Coverage and Utilization of Adult Dental Services,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2004; 15(4):672-87. Macek, M.D., Cohen, L.A., Reid, B.C. and Manski, R.J., “Dental Visits Among Older U.S. Adults, 1999: The Roles Of Dentition Status And Cost” Journal of the American Dental Association, 135(8):1154-1162 August 2004. Brown E, Manski R. Dental services: Use, expenses, and sources of payment, 1996-2000. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. MEPS Research Findings Research and Quality; 2004. MEPS Research Findings No. 20. AHRQ Pub. No. 04-0018. Manski, R.J., Goodman, H.S., Reid, B.C., Macek, M.D., “Dental Insurance Visits And Expenditures Among Older Adults” American Journal of Public Health, 94(5):759–764, May 2004. Cohen, L.A., Magder, L S., Manski, R.J. and Mullins, D, “Hospital Admissions Associated with Non-traumatic Dental Emergencies” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 21(7):540-544, November 2003. Cohen, L.A., Manski, R.J., Magder, L S. and Mullins, D, “A Medicaid Population’s Use of Physicians’ Offices for Dental Problems” American Journal of Public Health, 93(8):1297-1301, August 2003. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.F. and Hupp J.R., “An Analysis of Oral Surgical Dental Visits By Provider Type, 1996” Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics, 94(6):687-691, December 2002. Manski, R.J., Macek, M.D., and Moeller, J.F., “Private Dental Coverage: Who Has it and How Does it Influence Dental Visits and Expenditures?” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(11):1551-1559, November 2002. Cohen, L.A., Manski, R.J., Magder, L S., Mullins, D, “Adult Medicaid Patients’ Dental Visits in Hospital Emergency Departments” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(6):715-724, June 2002. Brown, L.J., Wall, T.P. and Manski, R.J., “Recent Trends in the Funding of Dental Services and Sources of Funding Among U.S. Adults” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(5):627-635, May 2002. Macek, M.D., Manski, R.J., Vargas, C.M. and Moeller, J., "Comparing Oral Health Care Utilization Estimates in the U.S. Across Three Nationally Representative Surveys," Health Services Research, 37(2):499-521, April 2002. Wall, T.P., Brown, L.J., and Manski, R.J., “Recent Trends in the Funding of Dental Services and Sources of Funding Among U.S. Children 2 to 17 Years Old” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(4):477-482, April 2002. Edelstein B.L., Manski R.J. and Moeller J.F., “Child Dental Expenditures, 1996,” Pediatric Dentistry, 24(1):11-17, February 2002. Manski, R.J. and Moeller, J.F., “Dental Services: An Analysis of Visits, Procedures and Providers, 1996,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(2):167-175, February 2002. Watson, M.R., Manski, R.J. and Macek, M.D., “The Impact of Income at the ‘Poor’ and ‘Near Poor’ Poverty Levels on Child and Adolescent Preventive Dental Visits,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 132(11):1580-1588, November 2001. Macek M.D., Edelstein B.L., Manski R.J., “An Analysis of Dental Visits in U.S. Children, By Category of Service and Sociodemographic Factors, 1996.,” Pediatric Dentistry, 23(5):383-389, September/October 2001. Manski, R.J., "Access to Dental Care: An Opportunity Waiting," Journal of the American College of Dentists, 68(2):12-15, Fall 2001. Manski, R.J., Edelstein, B.L. and Moeller, J.F., “Child Dental Coverage: Visits and Expenditures, 1996,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 132(8):1137-1145, August 2001. Manski, R.J., " Dental Insurance: Design, Need and Public Policy," Journal of the American College of Dentists, 68(1):29–32, Summer 2001. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.F. and Maas, W. “Dental Services: An Analysis of Utilization Over Twenty Years,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 132(5):655-664, May 2001. Manski, R.J., “Translating Clinical Practice into Evidence-Based Research Through the Use of Technology," Journal of the American College of Dentists, 67(2):30–32, Summer 2000. Manski, R.J., Davidson W.M. and Moeller, J.F., “Orthodontic Dental Visits During 1987 and 1996,” American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthodpedics, 118(1):10-13, July 2000. Edelstein, B.L., Manski, R.J. and Moeller, J.F., “Pediatric Dental Visits During 1996,” Pediatric Dentistry, 22(1):17-20, January/February 2000. Vargas, C., and Manski, R.J. “Dental Expenditures and Source of Payment by Race/Ethnicity and other Sociodemographic Characteristics,” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 59(1)33-38, Winter 1999. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.F. and Maas, W. “Health Expenditures: A Comparison Between Dental Expenditures and Office-Based Medical Expenditures, 1987,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 130(5):659-666, May 1999. Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.F. and Maas, W. “Dental Services: Use, Expenditures and Sources of Payment, 1987,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 130(4):500-508, April 1999. Manski, R.J., Magder, L. S., "Demographic Predictors of Dental Utilization" Journal of the American Dental Association, 129(2):195-200, February 1998. Manski, R.J., Cohen, L. A., and Hooper, F.J., "Use of Hospital Emergency Rooms for Dental Care" General Dentistry, 46(1):44-47, January/February 1998. Manski, R.J., Peddicord, D.J., and Hyman, D., "Medicaid, Managed Care and America's Health Safety Net," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 25(1):30-33, Spring 1997 Manski, R.J. and Goldfarb, M.M., "Dental Utilization for Older Americans Aged 55-75," Gerodontology, 13(1):49-55, July 1996. Cohen, L.A., Manski, R.J., and Hooper, F., "Changes in Frequency of Hospital Emergency Room Dental Visits After Elimination of Adult Medicaid Reimbursement, "Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(5):605-609, May 1996. Manski, R.J., "Variable Confounding and the Influence of Non Economic Determinants on Dental Utilization for the Elderly," Journal of the Maryland State Dental Association, 38(4):171-174, Winter 1995. Manski, R.J., "Dental Care Coverage Among Older Americans," Journal of the American College of Dentists, 62(3):41-44, Fall 1995. Manski, R.J., "Health Care, Medical Care, and Dental Care: A Comparative Analysis, Journal of the Maryland State Dental Association, 37(2):7-8, Summer 1994. Manski, R.J., "The Impact of Income, Employment and Dental Insurance Coverage on Dental Utilization for Individuals Aged 55-75," Journal of the American Dental Association, 125:326-332, March 1994. Manski, R.J., and Louargand, M.A., "Practice Valuation: An Analytical Approach," Journal of the American Dental Association, 120(6):671-6, June 1990. Manski, R.J., and Brandenburg, J. "Cost Containment of Dental Benefits Through Direct Reimbursement Self Funding," Employee Benefits Journal, 15(1):31-32, March 1990. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
