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Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Project Lead for Strategic Support for the CMCS Office of the Center DirectorProvide strategic, operational, and implementation support to CMCS with a focus on Medicaid and CHIP initiatives related to health coverage, payment, and equity.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Led effort with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement statutory payment provisions, including development of reporting specifications and technical assistance to states subject to payment requirements;Worked with State Medicaid Agencies to design, construct and implement value-based payment arrangements at provider sites.

Greater Boston Area

Worked on development of an innovative waiver demonstration in Vermont that affords flexibility to their State Medicaid Agency to be regulated according to Medicaid managed care rules. Reviewed and approved multiple Massachusetts Medicaid managed care contracts to ensure compliance with Federal Medicaid regulations.

San Francisco Bay Area

Federal lead for the country's largest Medicaid program that enrolls almost 20% of the nation's Medicaid beneficiaries. Served as the lead as California implemented the Affordable Care Act and transitioned over 10 million beneficiaries into Medicaid managed care.

San Francisco Bay Area

Regulated and provided technical assistance to the Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) and American Samoa Medicaid and CHIP programs as they implemented the relevant provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Worked with the CNMI and American Samoa to design protocols through which public hospital expenditures could be.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed and proposed a self-funded nationwide health insurance option to C-suite leadership as a lower-cost alternative to the fully-insured local HMOs. Once implemented, this plan maintained choice for employees in their various locations across the country while saving millions of dollars in administrative costs. Negotiated annual renewal rates for.

Greater Boston Area

Evaluated demographic information and historical claims data in order to accurately price the risk posed by potential group Stop-Loss insurance policy-holders Interacted with sales personnel, brokers and medical staff in order to fully gauge the long-term risk of prospective clients and price that risk within Sun Life's current business needs

Managed a case load of over 100 applications for Social Security Disability BenefitsInterfaced between clients, group insurance carriers and the Social Security Administration

Greater Boston Area

Instructed 11th and 12th grade students in English and Social StudiesDeveloped curriculum for an individualized basic writing tutorialWorked with school psychologists to develop Individual Education Plans for studentsMaintained dialogue with parents regarding student performance and ongoing needs

Instructed Marshallese middle school students in Language Arts and Social StudiesAuthored the middle school self-review for the school’s 4-year reaccreditation Corresponded with parents and held quarterly parent-teacher conferences

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Health/Health Care Administration/Management; Financial Management, High Honors

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Varsity Rowing: 1999-2003 All-Ivy Academic Athletic Team: Spring 2003