Nicole Lovitch, MPH

Research Associate

Health Management Associates

Boston, MA

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Nicole Lovitch is a skilled generalist researcher in the public health and healthcare space. Prioritizing partnerships that bridge gaps between federal, state, and community stakeholders, Nicole supports efforts to improve outcomes for underserved communities and improve access to equitable health coverage and value-based care.

Nicole applies market and qualitative research and evaluation to identify and address unmet needs in under-resourced communities, especially as it relates to mental health and special populations. Nicole’s experience spans market research; stakeholder engagement; needs assessments; data, policy, and gap analyses; program development and evaluation; strategic planning; and, designing educational and marketing materials for diverse audiences. She has collaborated with clinicians, hospital executives, integrated health systems, community-based programs, rehabilitation therapists in assisted-living facilities, and local and state-level departments of health and human services.

With Health Management Associates (HMA), Nicole has contributed to various community needs assessments for municipalities in Massachusetts, focused on improving health outcomes for low-income families, older adults, and racial and ethnic minorities. Nicole plays a key role in collecting data and assessing key themes to inform strategic planning, coordinating and documenting community events, interviews, and focus groups, and supporting project management.

Before joining HMA, Nicole worked at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services within its health insurance marketplace office. In her most recent role, she supported the office through multiple health policy projects, including researching five states’ Easy Enrollment programs to improve health coverage among eligible, low-income families. She presented implementation and design recommendations to executive leadership and drafted MaineCare, CubCare, Medicare, and Medicaid consumer-facing information. She also identified content and design-related areas for improvement, implemented structural changes, and provided new content for programs like Broker and Maine Enrollment Assister Training Modules.

Nicole has made key contributions to harm reduction work, both with HMA and the University of Delaware. She coordinated the planning, outreach and implementation of HMA’s Compassionate Overdose Response Summit, an event bringing together 40 experts and over 900 attendees. She led research on national naloxone purchasing and distribution models and participated in mobile outreach, distributing naloxone kits and hot weather supplies while building trust and collecting live-experience insights to reduce overdose mortality and associated harm.

Within the Department of Student Wellness and Health Promotion, she coordinated two annual Wellness Speaker Series events for university students as part of a health promotion and harm reduction program. Managing a $15,000 budget per year, she negotiated speaker contracts and innovated a hybrid-engagement model resulting in doubled attendance rates from the year prior.

Nicole earned her Master of Public Health with an emphasis in healthcare management and chronic and non-communicable diseases from Boston University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in health behavior science from the University of Delaware. Additionally, Nicole has completed certification in health education (CHES), focused on program design, implementation, and evaluation.