REGISTER NOW: Pittsburgh Employer Networking and Educational Meeting (09/01/2026)

Dr. Kraus is the preeminent scholar in identifying the unique strengths and skills of behavioral health providers. His research has quintupled (when compared to previous best practices) the number of patients that return to full health and productivity without relapse. The process called TOP Match assesses each patient’s unique needs with a comprehensive (yet short) patient-reported assessment. TOP Match then personalizes a short list of behavioral health providers that are both available and proven to help similar patients return to full health.

Dr. Kraus has been awarded two US Patents and his publications have appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association. Funding for his work has come from leading private and public institutions including the National Institutes of Health, The Duke Endowment, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute.

Jamie Grossman, PhD, MBA, is a National Account Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) at Bayer. In this role, Jamie is directly engaged with US payers and health plans regarding the economic and clinical value of Bayer’s products.  Previously, Jamie was Director, HEOR at Abbott leading a research team that conducted studies to demonstrate the value of nutrition intervention and quality improvement. Prior to working in industry, Jamie was a researcher in the Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies at the Ohio State University and served as a faculty member at a variety of universities in the US and Canada. Jamie’s research focus is on economics and healthcare with recent publications in the American Journal of Managed Care, Journal of Medical Economics, and Value in Health. Jamie has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A in Finance and Operations Management from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Saskatchewan​.