Accomplished executive with experience leading and managing critical efforts to achieve strategic health policy goals on a statewide scale. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in the government arena and payer arena across the commercial health insurance market and the Medicaid market. Track record of expanding access to care and improving affordability and quality in the health care system through delivery system reform and payment reform.• Led the State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, regulating the fully-insured commercial health insurance market consisting of approximately 200,000 individuals across the individual market, small group market, and large group market with responsibility for critical functions such as health insurance rate review, health insurance form review, network plan certification, consumer and provider complaint resolution, and market conduct examinations• Led the State of Rhode Island Medicaid Program, serving approximately 300,000 residents and managing a $2.5 billion annual budget, within budget constraints while maintaining eligibility and benefits including expanding access to life-saving Hepatitis C treatment • Negotiated an extension of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration 1115 waiver with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to preserve critical federal flexibility and funding including support for the state’s Medicaid accountable care organization program
Listed skills include Health Policy, Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Medicaid, and 20 others.