Bio, via Physician Coaching Institute:

My health care career has given me a diversity of experience and perspectives. As a White House health staffer, I advised senior officials on cost, quality, and access issues, and oversaw $200 billion in annual Medicare payments. My work included implementation of Inpatient Hospital Quality Reporting, Medicare Severity DRGS, post-acute care payment reform, redesign of the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program, overseeing Medicare Demonstration Programs that preceded ACOs, and serving as the liaison to Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for Medicare. I’ve also worked in health care as a consultant supporting health care systems adjusting to change. I helped a safety net physician practice adjust its operations to maintain profitability under new Medicare Advantage capitated plans. I supported an Academic Medical Center and Faculty Plan seeking to balance clinical, academic, and research missions in an era of reduced NIH and Medicare funding. Currently, I support CMS partnerships with State Based Health Care Exchanges providing coverage under the Affordable Care Act.