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Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Led the $30 billion/year Florida Medicaid program, including orchestrating the successful re-procurement of Medicaid health plans, resulting in 5-year contracts worth over $90 billion. Secured millions of dollars in extra benefits for Medicaid enrollees at no cost to taxpayers, streamlined administration for providers, and improved quality of care for recipients. < Led Medicaid to the highest quality of healthcare services in program history by setting clear goals with rewards and penalties, providing health plans with technical support, and consistently enforcing when goals were not met. < Elected President of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, applying Medicaid expertise and leveraging federal relationships to support states and territories through the COVID-19 pandemic. < Served as primary liaison to the legislature, giving testimony at multiple committees, working directly with legislators to advance their bills and agency priorities, and building relationships outside of legislative session.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Led Florida Medicaid's quality improvement efforts, substantially increasing the numbers of nationally recognized health quality measures that were above the national average. Guided 100 team members through multiple phases of implementing the Medicaid Long-Term Care Managed Care Program, playing an integral part over a 3-year period in designing the program, managing negotiations to secure federal approval, serving as liaison to the Florida Legislature, and successfully implementing the program. Acted as lead negotiator for the Medicaid Long-Term Care Managed Care Program contracts, creating an improved procurement and competitive bidding process and guiding the team to secure 5-year agreements with companies to deliver $3 billion in services per year to 85,000 frail, elderly, and disabled recipients. Secured new benefits at no cost to the state (such as over-the-counter medication stipends and funds to help move individuals from nursing facilities to home care). The program increased the percentage of people receiving long-term care services in their homes or the community, rather than in nursing facilities, from 40% to 60%. Accountable for the development of all Medicaid waivers, state plan amendments, service coverage policies, and managed care contracts, Represented the agency in administrative hearings, mediations, settlement negotiations, and litigation.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Directed operations of an 80-person unit that developed, implemented, and monitored all FL Medicaid acute, primary, behavioral health, dental, and long-term care services. Maintained federal authority for FL's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and 20+ Medicaid waivers, dozens of administrative rules, and the Medicaid state plan. Led a two-year information technology project, acting as liaison between users and technical teams to systematically identify flaws with a newly launched system, specify priority fixes, and track status of changes to enhance functionality, remove obstacles, and expedite the payment of Medicaid claims. Secured federal approval for a long-term care managed program, acting as the internal policy lead, serving as liaison to the Florida legislature, and educating providers, program recipients, and advocacy groups through a multifaceted constituent outreach effort.. Protected agency interests in cases proceeding to litigation at state and federal levels, which included serving as lead representative as well as providing major witness testimony in two federal class action suits.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Began work at AHCA as a policy analyst working on Medicaid long-term care home and community-based programs, including managed long-term care. Promoted to unit manager within two years and promoted again shortly thereafter to manage four units, including behavioral health services, utilization management, peer review organization contracts, and more.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Developed Medicaid long-term care initiatives including securing funding for a federal Real Choice Systems Change grant and incorporating nursing facility Minimum Data Set information to redesign the long-term care utilization process.

Master'S Degree, Public Policy

Bachelor'S Degree