Michelle Lim Warner Email & Phone Number

545 8Th Street Ne Washington, Dc 20003

Michelle is responsible for the overall vision and growth strategy of DCanter, including its technology strategy, financial planning, and business development. She also establishes and maintains strategic partnerships that further the exposure of DCanter’s brand. Through Michelle’s marketing efforts, DCanter has achieved great reputational success not only in the DC region but also nationally and internationally having been featured by widely circulated publications and well-known television segments. Finally, she develops and executes new services that enhance the customer’s experience with DCanter, including the 2015 launch of Concierge by DCanter, a one-of-a-kind personalized wine shopping service. ---DCANTER is an innovative, tech-driven wine retailer that provides a personalized wine shopping and delivery subscription service. Our wine experts curate wines tailored to the individual's taste preferences and budget (think Stitch Fix for wine without the returns). We currently deliver in DC and Northern VA.- Our mission is to make the wine-buying process simple and delightful, eliminating the intimidation and confusion that often comes when shopping for wine.- We developed proprietary software for our curation operations, delivery management, and customer feedback.- We source organic and sustainable wines from small producers and family-run wineries around the world, with an emphasis on women and BIPOC winemakers.- We are the go-to resource for busy, curious adventurers who are interested and engaged in learning about wine and love to share in the enjoyment of wine with others while having fun doing so.DCanter was named the Best Place to Buy Wine in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and Best New Retail in 2014 by the Washington City Paper’s Reader’s Poll and in 2017 named by VinePair as the Best in the Mid-Atlantic and one of the top 10 in the Nation!Learn more at www.dcanterwines.com.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of Medicare and Medicaid health care payment and service delivery business model innovations designed to improve the quality of patient care while reducing cost. Produced innovation investment plans and managed multi-million dollar innovation portfolio. Devised and implemented operational strategy and stakeholder buy-in approach (that included private sector partners) for the expansion and scaling of proven payment and service delivery innovations into permanent Medicare programs. Guided, contributed to, and collaborated in cross-functional teams for the planning and execution of payment and service delivery business model innovations. Briefed and advised senior executive leadership on progress, including the CMS Administrator and White House. Supervised staff and conducted hiring and recruitment as well as employment training and performance evaluations.

Baltimore, Maryland

Led quality improvement initiatives serving as the primary liaison for the Center in coordinating with other CMS components, the Department of Health and Human Services, and private sector partners. Efforts included streamlining the collection of data and Medicare claims processing systems. Achieved alignment across multiple government quality incentive programs resulting in a reduction of reporting burden for more than 200 healthcare providers. Established a knowledge management and learning system for best practice sharing and lessons-learned that is widely leveraged by innovation participants and other partner organizations.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Served as key senior analyst and advisor, providing expert advice, guidance, and support to the Deputy Administrator of the Center for Strategic Planning on mission-critical issues, initiatives, and agency functions. Instrumental in the organizational start-up of and development of key demonstration models for the Center for Innovation, a $10 billion program intended to promote payment and health care delivery business model innovations in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Directed the development of the CMS Business Transformation Plan, a blueprint for optimizing CMS business operations and information systems. Represented CMS in cross-agency global health strategic planning and liaised with other federal agencies such as the Office of Management and Budget, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Centers for Disease Control.

Provided business development, project management, strategic planning, and policy consulting services to non-profit and local and state government clients on health care IT, workforce, and health reform. Achieved 6 figure revenues in less than one year.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed and secured funding for Health Division projects related to health care transformation and modernization, with budgets totaling $2.5 million. Advised governors, state legislators, and public program officials on various health care issues and ways to maximize their health policy agendas. Supervised a small team of staff and contractors ensuring timely, quality work products. Communicated with the media and collaborated with national experts, providers, and private sector, federal and state representatives on initiatives of interest to NGA. Authored reports and memoranda on policy issues and best practice models of relevance to governors and other policy makers. Planned, conducted, and facilitated taskforce meetings and policy workshops.

Provided strategic planning, business development, research, evaluation, and management consulting services to Federal agencies and non-profit organizations.

Responsible for convening stakeholder groups and assisting CMS in developing design and implementation strategies for the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Pilot Program.

Focused on medical professionalism projects.

Ba, Medical Humanities

Master Of Public Health - Mph