One of the most important challenges for a health data organization is ensuring that its policies and procedures remain compliant with the dynamic landscape of federal and state privacy and security statutes, regulations, and industry standards. HMA brings applicable experience and expertise to assist state agencies, non-profit organizations, and other entities that are responsible for … Read More
We know your challenges. And we’ll help you solve them. No matter where you are in the publicly funded healthcare space, we’ve been there. Members of our consulting team have spent years working in a wide range of health and human services careers before coming to HMA. We know the kind of problems you face. And … Read More
An innovator who excels at change management, Nancy Jaeckels Kamp knows how to help clients navigate today’s challenges to ensure future success. A veteran coach and consultant for performance improvement and Lean Thinking, Nancy helps organizations improve processes and outcomes. She has experience designing training within and across organizations, securing funding, and managing programs. Nancy … Read More
This week, our In Focus section highlights the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) model, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced January 18, 2023. It is the third state-based alternative payment model that the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has released in recent months. HMA wrote about the Transforming Maternal … Read More
Policymakers have been working to move the U.S. healthcare system away from the costly and inefficient framework of fee-for-service to patient-centered structures focused on value and quality. Financial pressures, government regulation, and improvements in managed care all contribute to the drive toward value-based care, and that creates challenges for providers, payers, manufacturers, government, and others … Read More
Kristan McIntosh specializes in behavioral health programming designed to both enhance access to community-based care and facilitate program and organizational sustainability. She has extensive development experience, working across a number of human service sectors to fund and implement programming that responds to the needs of a wide array of vulnerable populations, including individuals with co-occurring … Read More
A strategic thinker with a record of driving transformation in multiple settings, Megan Beers is a successful program developer, leader, and consultant focused on systems of care and services for children and families, as well as behavioral health across the lifespan. Before joining HMA, she served as chief operations and program officer for Childhaven in … Read More
Dr. Karen Batia is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of clinical and executive leadership experience in community-based healthcare. She specializes in bringing together different healthcare sectors, payers and providers including those that impact the social determinants of health to create integrated delivery models focused on population health strategies that improve health outcomes. … Read More
Jaimie Hammerling Bern has more than 18 years of health policy and management experience, specializing in health reform implementation, Medicaid managed care and patient-centered medical homes. Jaimie works with states, health plans and foundations to analyze and plan for health care reform. She also supports local and national health plans with preparation for state Medicaid … Read More
Monica Bonds is an experienced managed care professional with over 15 years of experience working in large and diverse organizations. She is a results-driven leader who has extensive knowledge and experience in managed care, product strategy, Medicare, Medicaid, dual eligibles, and pharmacy benefits. She excels at forming and fostering collaboration to drive quality, growth, and … Read More