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Negussie Tilahun

CEO & Founder

Negussie Tilahun, PhD, CEO: With over 20 years of experience in healthcare technology, Dr. Negussie Tilahun leads IHITM with a vision for innovation and excellence.

Dr. Negussie has vast experience managing complex projects involving planning, organizing, and controlling resources. He has produced results by working effectively with members across different organizations. He has extensive experience that spans over 20 years in designing, developing, leading, and managing projects and programs. Specifically:

  • An extensive academic background in teaching and research. Practical experience implementing best practices in introducing technology and AI to healthcare, business, and government organizations by automating processes, acquiring insights through data analysis, engaging with customers and employees, and developing decision-making capabilities that enhance competitiveness.
  • Solid experience coordinating high-level collaborative projects with internal and external organizations to meet broad agency goals.
  • Vast experience applying social science theory and statistical techniques to health services research using data from complex nationally representative surveys. He applied several econometrics/statistical models and graphic displays.
  • Published in professional journals and presented to legislators, professional groups, senior management, and the general public.
  • Competed in more than 14 International Marathons in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and North America.

Certifications

  1. Recipient of CMS’s 2010 Honor Award
  2. Federal Contracting Officer – COR III certified
  3. 2023 Federal 501504&508 Accessibility Awareness Certificate
  4. 2023 US Federal Records Management Certificate
  5. 2023 US Federal Annual Ethics Certificate
  6. 2022 US Federal Counterintelligence and Insider Threat Certificate
  7. 2022 US Federal Fraud Waste and Abuse Awareness Certificate
  8. Certificate in Data Probe MEDSTAT, July 2003
  9. Advanced End User Training MEDSTAT, July 2003
  10. Diploma in Forecasting for Business Decisions, SAS Institute Inc., NC, USA, April 2021
  11. Diploma in Modeling Techniques for Categorical Response Data, SAS Institute Inc., NC, USA, Sept. 2022
  12. Diploma in Advanced Programming Techniques & Efficiencies, SAS Institute Inc., NC, USA, June 1997
  13. Diploma in SAS Programming, SAS Institute Inc., NC, USA, May 1997

Affiliations

  • International Health Economics Association
  • American Society of Health Economists
  • Midwestern SAS Users Group (MSUG)
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Publications

  1. Tilahun, N. (2023). The application of quantitative methods in the adoption of cloud computing within a framework of unified technology acceptance theory: A comparative analysis of United States hospitals. [Google Scholar].
  2. Warren, J.L., Benner, S., Stevens, J., Enewold, L., Huang, B., Zhao, L., Tilahun, N., & Bradley, C.J. (2020). Development and evaluation of a process to link cancer patients in the SEER registries to national Medicaid enrollment data. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, No.55, 89-95. [Google Scholar]
  3. Riley, G.F., Zhao, L., & Tilahun, N. (2014). Understanding factors associated with loss of Medicaid coverage among dual eligibles can help identify vulnerable enrollees. Health Affairs, 33(1), 147-152. [Google Scholar]
  4. Tilahun, N. (2008). Health Resource Consumption Patterns of Dual Eligibles: Policy implications on Efficiency and Cost Reduction. Poster presentation at Academy of Health Conference, Washington D.C. [Google Scholar]
  5. Trisel, B., Bush, D., & Tilahun, N. (1997). Medicaid Fee-For-Service Performance Measurement Report, Ohio Department of Human Services, USA
  6. Payne, S.M., DiGiuseppe, D.L., & Tilahun, N. (2002). The relationship of post‐acute home care use to Medicaid utilization and expenditures. Health Services Research, 37(3), 683-710. [Google Scholar]
  7. Mbogoh, S.G., & Tilahun, N. (1994). Relative efficiency of alternative dairy marketing systems in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia based on household purchase patterns. International Livestock Center for Africa. Socio-Economics and Policy Research Working Document. [Google Scholar]
  8. Due, J.M., Rugambisa, J., Tilahun, N., & Schwartz, R. (1985). Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the farming systems in Tanga Region (No. 6). Tanzania. Technical Report. [Google Scholar]
  9. Tilahun, N. (1984). Household economic studies in Borena: Estimation of expenditure elasticities from a sample of Borena households. International Livestock Center for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Research Report No.15. [Google Scholar]
  10. Bekure, S., & Tilahun, N. (1983). Livestock marketing studies. In Pastoral Systems Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Proceedings of the IDRC/ILCA Workshop Held at ILCA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 to 24 March 1983 (p. 327). ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). [Google Scholar]
  11. Tilahun, N. (1983). Livestock marketing in north-eastern Ethiopia. International Livestock Center for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. JEPSS Research Report No. 8.

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