Ann Walker Email & Phone Number

Eagan, Mn, Us

Prime Therapeutics Vice President Business Development, 2022-Present Magellan Health Care, Magellan Rx Management (MRx now Prime Therapeutics) Vice President Pharmacy Government Affairs, 2018-2019Vice President Business Development, 2019-Present• Spearhead business plan to grow Medicaid pharmacy division and lead internal work groups around client management and new business goals• Maintain subject matter expertise around programming and product development• Direct the sales process from mining opportunities, to finalizing the sell to implementation• Create and lead business development performance dashboards for high-level executives• Employ a 50-state growth strategy across the Medicaid pharmacy division• Engage high level executives to retain and win new business across 50 states• Key Accomplishments:-Met 100% client retention goals and met revenue and segment profit goals-Created cross-functional strategy, including government affairs, to retain government clients-Spearheaded the development of new products to remain a step ahead of competitors-Led efforts to win major blue sky contracts across the country, resulting in revenue over $700M

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

• Served as the primary lobbyist engaging with Members of Congress and high-level staff• Managed influential committee relationships, legislative negotiations and investigations activity• Directed proactive legislative strategy through engagement with business units and policy team• Responsible for leveraging a team of consultants to achieve legislative objectives and optimize results• Handled defensive strategy, including blocking amendments and offsets opposed by CVS Health• Key Accomplishments-Led the strategy on Capitol Hill to announce CVS pharmacy would no longer sell tobacco, obtained letters from Members of Congress demanding that competitors follow suit, and launched the rebrand of CVS Health on Capitol Hill-Supported acquisitions of Target and Omnicare pharmacies, prior to FTC approval, by working with Judiciary Committee staff and Committee Members to explain core business priorities prior to November 2015 hearing: “The State of Competition in the Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Pharmacy Marketplaces”-Worked with committee to modify home infusion offset to create a new Medicare Part B payment for providers, signed into law December 2016-Successfully negotiated and improved pharmacy related provisions of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act

Rosemont, Illinois, Us

• Lobbied legislators on Medicare, rural health, appropriations, workforce development issues• Managed grassroots lobbying, fly-in for nearly 1000 nurses and engaged in PAC activity • Presented to over 3000 nurse anesthetists every year at state and federal meetings• Key Accomplishments:-Obtained the first of its kind, Graduate Nursing Education (GNE) demonstration in the Affordable Care Act-Removed a 10% cap on nurse doctoral traineeships as a part of the ACA-Obtained annual LHHS report language for nurse anesthesia educational funding

Alexandria, Va, Us

• Lobbied legislators and staff for support on Medicare, Medicaid, Federal Workers’ Compensation, Veterans Affairs and annual appropriations bills• Responsible for grassroots activation through Legislative Action Center, bimonthly publications read by 40,000 health professionals, and significantly increasing PAC fundraising • Key Accomplishments-Overhauled AAPA’s grassroots lobby program, tripling the number of advocacy visits -Surpassed previous year's AAPA PAC fundraising goals

Washington, Dc, Us

• Lobbied Congress on health issues and appropriations for Nurse Workforce Development• Drafted congressional testimony, legislative and regulatory correspondence, including endorsements, opposition and sign-on letters with other coalitions• Key Accomplishments-Negotiated role for AWHONN as the only nursing group at national event to introduce key public health legislation-Created and implemented new forum for AWHONN State Legislative Coordinators to discuss best advocacy practices and strategies-Published articles in national journals and nursing textbooks

• Prepared weekly e-alerts on federal issues and health campaigns and coordinated intern program• Key Accomplishments-Modernized newsletter format and increased readership