Biography
Dr. Rocco is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Health Policy Institute. His research examines the effects of institutional fragmentation on the development and implementation of public policy, and the role of expertise in informing the policymaking process, with a special focus on health system reform. His research has been published in Health Policy, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and Publius. He has also co-authored a book on federalism and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare Wars, which is forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in 2016.
Education
Selected Publications
Rocco P, Gellad WF, Donohue JM. Modernizing Medicaid Managed Care: Can States Meet the Data Challenges? JAMA 2015;314(15):1559-1560.
Béland D, Rocco P, Waddan A. Polarized Stakeholders and Institutional Vulnerabilities: The Enduring Politics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Clin. Ther. 2015; 37(4): 720-726.
Tummers L, Rocco P. Serving Clients When the Server Crashes: How Frontline Workers Cope with E-Government Challenges. Pub. Admin. Rev. 2015; Published online April 20. DOI: 10.1111/puar.12379.
Rocco P. Making federalism work? The politics of intergovernmental collaboration and the PPACA. J. Health Hum. Serv. Admin. 2015; 37(4): 412-461.
Béland D, Rocco P, Waddan A. Implementing health care reform in the United States: Intergovernmental politics and the dilemmas of institutional design. Health Policy 2014; 116(1): 51-60.
Rocco P, Thurston, C. From metaphors to measures: Observable indicators of gradual institutional change. J. Pub. Pol. 2014; 34(1): 35-62.
Chatfield S, Rocco P. Is Federalism a Political Safety Valve? Evidence from Congressional Decision Making, 1960–2005. Publius 2014; 44(1): 1-23.