npuroNeerajPuroDirector and Associate ProfessorManagement Programs – Health Administration/departments/management/Organizational Financial Performance, Quality of Care, Rural HealthFleming West - Room 127A (Boca Raton)npuro@fau.edu5612974566PhD (2019) Administration - Health Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham|Master (2013) Hospital Administration, Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Mumbai|MS (2011) Clinical Pharmacy, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies|BS (2009) Pharmacy, University of PunePuro, Neeraj; Kelly, Reena. (2025). Partnerships between anchor-med institutions and community organizations to address social determinants of health in urban populations: Do institutional pressures play a role?, Journal of Urban Affairs, 47(4), 1419-1436|Thomas, Clayton; Feyereisen, Scott; McConnell, William; Puro, Neeraj. (2025). COVID-19 and Nurse Practitioner Autonomy: A Quantitative Analysis and Analytic Narrative of Nurse Practitioner Professionalization Amid Physician Dominance, Health Sociology Review, 34(3), 245-261; Article link --- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14461242.2025.2504896|Babbar, Karan; Puro, Neeraj; Bodas, Mandar. (2025). Negotiating choice: Unpacking the linkages between women’s relative resources and contraceptive decision making in India, Sociology, 59(5), 864-886|Kelly, Reena; Puro, Neeraj; Karabukayeva, Aizhan; Feyereisen, Scott. (2025). Understanding Social Performance in US Nonprofit Hospitals: An Institutional Logics Perspective, Academy of Management Proceedings(1)|Feyereisen, Scott; McConnell, William; Puro, Neeraj. (2025). Revisiting the Effects of State Anesthesia Policy Interventions: A Comprehensive Look at Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Service Provision in U.S. Hospitals from 2010 to 2021, The Journal of Rural Health, 41(2), Article: e12879|Feyereisen, Scott; Thomas, Clayton; Puro, Neeraj; Buie, Louise; Vechiola, Niccolas; Gibbons, Sydney; Fuller, Jamie. (2024). A Caring Ethic in Advocacy Work: Advanced Practice Nurses’ Professionalism in Restrictive States, Academy of Management Proceedings(1)|Feyereisen, Scott; Puro, Neeraj. (2024). Advanced Practice Nurse Case Managers Improve Efforts by U.S Hospitals to Address Patient Social Needs, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(6), 2577-2583|Cronin, C.E.; Singh, S.R.; Burns, A.; Yeager, V. A.; Puro, Neeraj; Santos, T.; Mathew, A.; Franz, B.. (2024). Ohio Presents Opportunities For Understanding Hospital Alignment With Public Health Agencies On Community Health Assessments: Study examines opportunities for hospital alignment with public health agencies’ community assessments, Health Affairs, 43(6), 873-882|Cronin, C.E.; Kubacki, L.; Donovan, L.; Puro, Neeraj; Lavinder, D.; Schuller, K.; Franz, B.. (2024). Alignment of substance use community benefit prioritization and service lines in US hospitals: a cross-sectional study, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19(1), 11|Puro, Neeraj; Cronin, Cory; Franz, Berkeley; Singh, Simone; Feyereisen, Scott. (2024). Differential Impact of Hospital and Community Factors on Breadth and Depth of Hospital Population Health Partnerships, Health Services Research, 59(51), Article: e14238, http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14238|Puro, Neeraj; Min, Naon; Kelly, Reena. (2023). Publicness, Organizational Strategies, and Public Value Outcomes: An Empirical Analysis of US Acute Care Hospitals, Public Management Review, 25(12), 2344-2369|Cronin, C.E.; Kubacki, L.; Donovan, L.; Puro, Neeraj; Lavinder, D.; Schuller, K.; Franz, B.. (2023). Alignment of substance use community benefit prioritization and service lines in US hospitals, Academy of Management Proceedings|Cronin, Cory; Singh, Simone; Puro, Neeraj; Berkeley, Franz. (2023). Hospital Community Benefit Reporting: How Group Reporting Practices Limit Accountability, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 29(6), 237-244|Lemont, Bethany; Puro, Neeraj; Berkeley, Franz; Cronin, Cory. (2023). Efforts by critical access hospitals to increase health equity through greater engagement with social determinants of health, The Journal of Rural Health, 39(4), 728-736|McNeill, E.; Cronin, Cory; Puro, Neeraj; Berkeley, Franz; Silver, D.; Chang, J.. (2023). Variance of US Hospital Characteristics by Safety-Net Definition, JAMA network open, 6(9), e2332392-e2332392|Singh, Simone; Cronin, Cory; Puro, Neeraj; Berkeley, Franz. (2023). Trends in the Provision of Community-Building Activities by Nonprofit Hospitals, 2010-2019, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 29(4), 503-506|Puro, Neeraj; Cronin, Cory; Berkeley, Franz; Singh, Simone. (2023). Exploring the Role of Community Social Capital in Not-for-profit Hospitals' Decision to Engage Community Partners in the Community Health Needs Assessment Process, Medical Care Research and Review, 80(3), 333-341|Ghiasi, Akbar; Weech-Maldonado, Robert; Zengul, Ferhat; Puro, Neeraj. (2023). Contextual factors and business strategy choice: The case of US hospitals, Health Services Management Research, 36(2), 127-136|Puro, Neeraj; Kelly, R.; Cendoma, Philip. (2022). What is Driving Hospital-Community Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health?, Academy of Management Proceedings|Puro, Neeraj; Kelly, R.. (2022). Community Social Capital or Health Needs: What is Driving Hospital-Community Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health?, Social Science and Medicine-Population Health, 18, Article: 101129|Puro, Neeraj; Kelly, Reena; Bodas, Mandar; Feyereisen, Scott. (2022). Estimating the Differences in Caesarean Section (C-section) Rates between Public and Privately Insured mothers in Florida: A Decomposition Approach, PLoS One, 17(4), Article: 0266666|Puro, Neeraj; Kelly, Reena. (2021). Community Social Vulnerability Index and Hospital Financial Performance, Journal of Health Care Finance, 48(2)|Thomas, Clayton; Feyereisen, Scott; McConnell, William; Puro, Neeraj. (2021). Nursing Autonomy and Covid-19: A Temporal Theory of How Challengers Make Gains in Unsettled Times, 2021 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings -- Won Best Paper for Healthcare Management Division|Han, A.; Puro, Neeraj. (2021). The Landscape of Hospital Competition for Technology Adoption: A New Medical Arms Race, Academy of Management Proceedings|Feyereisen, Scott; McConnell, William; Thomas, Clay; Puro, Neeraj. (2021). Physician Dominance in the 21st Century: Examining the Rise of Non-Physician Autonomy Through Prevailing Theoretical Lenses, Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(8), 1867-1886; Link to Article --- Link to FAU news story related to article --- Link to “The Health News Express” news story related to article.|Feyereisen, Scott; Puro, Neeraj; Thomas, Clayton; McConnell, William. (2021). A New Kind of Gatekeeper: The Increasing Prevalence of Advanced Practice Nurses as Case Managers in US Hospitals, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 25(5), 596-612--- Link to “Relias Media” news story related to article.|Feyereisen, Scott; Puro, Neeraj; McConnell, W.. (2021). Addressing Provider Shortages in Rural America: The Role of State Opt-out Policy Adoptions in Promoting Hospital Anesthesia Provision, The Journal of Rural Health, 37(4), 684-691|Puro, Neeraj; Borkowski, Nancy; Feyereisen, Scott; et al, . (2021). The Role of Organizational Slack in Buffering Financially Distressed Hospitals from Market Exits, Journal of Healthcare Management, 66(1), 48-61|Baidwan, N.K.; Carroll, N.W.; Ozaydin, B.; Puro, Neeraj. (2020). Analyzing Workers' Compensation Claims and Payments Made Using Data from a Large Insurance Provider, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7157|Feyereisen, Scott; Thomas, Clay; Puro, Neeraj; McConnell, William. (2020). Physician Dominance in the 21st Century: Examining the Rise of Non-Physician Autonomy, Academy of Management Proceedings|Puro, Neeraj; Feyereisen, Scott. (2020). Telehealth Availability in US Hospitals in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Journal of Rural Health, 36(4), 577-583 --- Link to Article --- Link to Media Mention with Faculty Quotes|Feyereisen, Scott; Puro, Neeraj. (2020). Seventeen States Enacted Executive Orders Expanding Advanced Practice Nurses’ Scopes of Practice During First 21 Days of Covid-19 Pandemic, Rural and Remote Health, 20(4), https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6068--- Link to Article --- Link to FAU news story related to article|Davlyatov, G.; Lord, J.; Puro, Neeraj; Borkowski, N.. (2020). Does it Pay? An Examination of Interorganizational Relationships in Federally Qualified Health Centers, Journal of Health Care Finance, 47(1)|Puro, Neeraj; Joseph, R.; Zengul, F.; Cochran, K.; Camins, B.; Ray, M.. (2020). Predictors of Hospital-Acquired Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review, Journal for Healthcare Quality, 42(3), 127-135|Puro, Neeraj; Borkowski, N.; Hearld, L.; Carroll, N.; Byrd, J.; Smith, D.; Ghiasi, A.. (2019). Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction: A Comparison of Three Financial Distress Prediction Models in Acute Care Hospitals, Journal of Health Care Finance, 46(3)|Carroll, N.; Reena, J.; Puro, Neeraj. (2019). Interventions to address medication-related causes of hospital readmissions: A scoping review, Journal of Hospital Administration, 8(4)|Ghiasi, A.; Hearald, L.; Zengul, F.; Rsulnia, M.; Hood, A.; Puro, Neeraj. (2019). The Moderating Effect of Environmental Instability on the Hospital Strategy-Financial Performance Relationship, Journal of Health Care Finance, 46(3), 1-18|Houser, S.; Reena, J.; Puro, Neeraj; Burke, D.E.. (2019). Use of Technology in the Management of Obesity: A Literature Review, Perspectives in Health Information Management, 16(Fall)|Houser, S.; Houser, H.; Puro, Neeraj. (2018). The intersection of mHealth and Health Informatics, Journal of AHIMA