During her career, Deb Peartree has partnered with Medicaid Managed Care organizations, Independent Practice Associations, primary care practices, long-term care facilities and public health entities. Her experience and expertise include training and teaching in a variety of settings, overseeing performance and quality improvement, leading practice transformations, and establishing collaborations to better serve safety net populations. … Read More
Shreyas Ramani is an experienced data analyst who is experienced in population health analytics with knowledge of value-based care, using healthcare data to generate actionable information, and collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure access to accurate, timely insights to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care for patients. Prior to joining HMA, Shreyas … Read More
Dan Rhodes is a results-driven healthcare operations and compliance executive with over 25 years of successful leadership experience with blue-chip companies. He has worked in multiple settings and has proven expertise in Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare and commercial plans. Dan is a strategic thinker with an analytical approach, working to improve the health status of communities, … Read More
A licensed and practicing psychologist for more than 30 years, Marc Richman is a strong clinical, systems and policy leader who believes merging his clinical and policy knowledge have made him stronger in both areas. Prior to joining HMA, Marc held executive leadership positions throughout the State of Delaware before retiring after 27 years of … Read More
Sheila Wilson is a registered nurse with over 35 years of experience in both the clinical and managed care environments. For more than two decades she has excelled at leading care management teams crossing multiple lines of business, including small and large group commercial, the individual product, Medicare Advantage, and D-SNP with a primary focus … Read More
Kate Washburn is a public health and program leader with over 20 years of experience in both public health departments and nonprofit organizations. Kate’s expertise includes program design, quality improvement, healthcare operations optimization and innovation, grant writing, and strategy development. Her work has focused on sexual and reproductive healthcare, women’s health, and health equity. Before … Read More
As we look back at our 2023 Fall Conference on publicly sponsored healthcare held in October, we wanted to highlight a few key takeaways from the event: The discourse highlighted pervasive issues such as silos that contribute to a lack of accountability within the system. There was a unanimous recognition of the imperative to eliminate … Read More
An award winning and published leader, Laurie Stolen has over 27 years of experience in healthcare, criminal justice services and behavioral health. Laurie is dedicated to increasing awareness and access to equitable, affordable and quality behavioral health services across the country through innovative and strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Health Management Associates, Laurie has been … Read More
Christine VanDonge provides strong behavioral health expertise, leveraging her 10 years of research and evaluation experience as well as her degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy. Christine is skilled in strategic planning, incorporating stakeholder and community perspectives, and data-to-action frameworks to inform strategic actions. In addition to her early-career clinical experience, she has worked with … Read More
Supporting your organization with state and local insights, across the U.S. Sometimes the only way to know all the nuances and complexities of a publicly funded healthcare issue is to be a part of the community it affects. HMA State Connect gives our clients the benefit of this in-depth insider knowledge at the local level, … Read More