BA, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1971
MSM, Frostburg State Univ., MD, 1982
MHA, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, 1988
Ph.D., Univ. North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1993
Certified Management Accountant
Certified Government Financial Manager
Certified Financial Manager
Fellow, Accrediting Commission for Education in Health Services Administration
Senior Hlth. Policy Analyst, Axiom Resource Mgmt. Inc., Fairfax, VA, 2002 to present
Senior Hlth. Policy Analyst, SRA Intl. Inc., Fairfax, VA, 2000-02
Dep. Dir., Program Analysis & Eval., TRICARE Mgt. Act., Falls Church, VA, 1998-2000
Senior Program Analyst, Off. Ass. Sec. Def.(Health Affairs), Falls Church, VA, 1996-98
Assoc. Prof., U.S. Army-Baylor Univ., Academy Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX, 1993-96
Chief, Contracting Off., Letterman AMC, San Francisco, CA, 1988-90
Resident, Letterman AMC, San Francisco, CA, 1987-88
Dr. Holmes served at Uniformed Services University and was responsible for program analysis and evaluation in the directorate of that name, in the newly formed TRICARE Management Activity. He was promoted to this position based on his previous work as a senior analyst within the Program Review and Evaluation branch of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). Dr. Holmes has also served as an Associate Professor in the US Army – Baylor University Graduate Program in Health Administration, held an unlimited warrant as chief of a medical contracting office, led the projects which developed and fielded both the Central Processing and Distribution (CPD) system and the EBC PLANNER system to the MHS, and was a founding governor of the Health Industry Bar Code Council, and led the study which set the statewide rates still in use by HCFA today to reimburse North Carolina public health departments for ambulatory services.
Dr. Holmes has published extensively, both in military and civilian journals, in articles featuring the incorporation of modern corporate management science into healthcare delivery systems. He is board-certified as a financial manager, as a management accountant, and as a government financial manager. He is currently serving as a fellow with the Accrediting Commission for Education in Health Services Administration (ACEHSA).