Justin Lord, Ph.D., CMA, FHFMA, is the Director of the Master of Healthcare Administration Program and an Assistant Professor at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in the James K. Elrod Health Administration Department. He holds a Ph.D in Administration-Health Services from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an MBA from Jacksonville State University. He is also a Certified Managerial Accountant (CMA) and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Prior to pursing a doctorate, he worked for several years as the Finance Director for a multi-state healthcare not-for-profit and also at Honda Manufacturing as a Financial Analyst. His research focuses primarily on the financial management of long-term care organizations and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and presented at international/national conferences.
long-term care, healthcare disparities, nursing home quality, organizational performance
Selected Publications:
Weech-Maldonado, Lord, J., Davlyatov, G., Oreano, G., & Ghiasi, A. (2021) High minority nursing homes disproportionately affected by COVID-19 deaths. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 246. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.606364
Lord, J., Borkowski, N., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2021) Patient engagement in home health: The role of health literacy and “Ask Me Three®. Home Health Care Management Practice. 33(3), 202-209.
Davlyatov, G., Lord, J., Ghiasi, A., & Weech-Maldonado. (2021). Association between electronic health record use and quality of care in high Medicaid nursing homes. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, 5, 1-13. doi: 10.21037/jhmhp-20-64
Lord, J., Blackburn, J., Carroll, N., Maldonado, R., (2020). Examination of nursing home financial distress via Porter’s five competitive forces framework. Health Care Management Review. 46(3), 50-60. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000297.
Lord, J., Landry, A., Savage, G., & Maldonado, R., (2020). Predicting nursing home financial distress using the Altman Z-Score. INQUIRY, The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 57, 1-9.
Weech-Maldonado, R., Pradhan, R., Dayama, N., Lord, J., & Gupta, S. (2019). Nursing home quality and financial performance: Is there a business case for quality? Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 56, 1-10.
Weech-Maldonado, R., Lord, J., Pradhan, R., Davlyatov, G., Dayama, N., Gupta, S., & Hearld, L. (2019). High Medicaid nursing homes: Organizational and market factors associated with financial performance. Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 56, 1-9.
Lord, J., Davlyatov, G., Hyer, K., Thomas, K., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2018). Impact of assisted living facilities on the financial performance of Florida nursing homes. Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 55, 1-10.
Weech-Maldonado, R., Miller, M., & Lord, J. (2017). The relationship among socio-demographics, perceived health and happiness. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 12(2), 289-302.
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