EXPERIENCE to present Executive Director Connecticut Health Policy Project New Haven CT

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1 ELLEN ANDREWS, PhD Connecticut Health Policy the Grove 760 Chapel Street (203) FAX (203) [email protected] EXPERIENCE 1999 to present Executive Director Connecticut Health Policy Project Health policy analysis, monitoring and technical assistance for policymakers, health care providers, consumers, researchers, advocates Guided dozens of graduate and undergraduate student research projects and internships from over a dozen colleges and universities Supervise work study and intern student projects and administration; student projects include policymaker briefs, consumer assistance tip sheets, newsletters, blogs, research summaries, briefings, physician surveys, Medicaid outreach toolbox for community organizations, CT Health Intern Academy, among others Supervise and staff statewide toll-free consumer helpline Authored numerous policymaker issue briefs on timely health policy issues facing Connecticut Host state policymaker briefings and webinars on timely topics Author CT Health Notes Blog with regular updates on CT s health system, Developed CT health reform dashboard, including quarterly CT Health Thoughtleader Survey and CT health reform progress meter, Developed on-line consumer advocacy toolbox, Developed on-line health policy resource guide, including candidate briefing book, teaching materials and health system background slides Developed on-line consumer assistance website with resources, links, dozens of tip sheets and community outreach calendar Research and evaluation on health issues, including focus groups on barriers to HUSKY enrollment, survey of policymakers

2 information needs, rural community needs assessments, barriers to provider participation in Medicaid, best practices in outreach for ACA implementation, qualitative study of effects on families losing HUSKY, potential benefits of moving Medicaid from capitated manage care to care coordination-based program, fiscal, quality and access impact of shifting Medicaid from capitated to care management system Commissioned by state to provide research and reports including Commission on the Future of Hospital Care in CT, Feasibility Study of a Project of Supportive Housing for Families of Children with Complex Medical Conditions and CT Health Economic Self- Sufficiency Standard Staff to Health Policy Committee of Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference Public education, training, speak on health policy issues at national, regional, state and local levels 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor Trinity College Teaching graduate level course Implementing ObamaCare in Connecticut Assess progress toward health reform with a focus on one state, comparing the promise of the Affordable Care Act with the reality of changing a complex system Includes practical tools to track policy options and participate in process Adjunct Faculty Southern CT State University Teaching Health Policy Section, intensive writing course required for Public Health majors Lectures, wrote course content, health policy materials, collected readings, developed and edited health policy writing assignments 2008 Lecturer Yale University School of Nursing Lectured on health care policy for Contexts of Care, required class for graduate nursing students Wrote course health policy module/materials Coordinated health policy module for class including on-line class

3 coordination and readings Recruited guest speakers including CT State Health Care Advocate, DSS Medical Director and Pulitzer-prize winning health care journalist Health Policy Consultant Hamden CT Research and technical assistance Clients included CT Voices for Children and the CT Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Senior Health Care Project Director Connecticut Association for Human Services Directed health care division of non-profit advocacy organization Hired and supervised staff and students Invited to speak at four national conferences and a national conference call on CT s HUSKY (SCHIP) program Duties included research, program evaluation, technical assistance, advocacy, grassroots organizing, analyses of legislative and regulatory health policy proposals, lobbying, lectured in undergraduate and graduate courses 1997 Administrator Connecticut Medicaid Councils Connecticut General Assembly Staffed two legislative councils to monitor CT s $2 billion Medicaid program Assisted legislators in developing CT s HUSKY program of health coverage for uninsured children On-going analysis and recommendations for implementation of current Medicaid managed care program and development of an 1115 waiver for dual eligibles Legislative Staff Public Health Committee Connecticut General Assembly Provided legislative, research and technical support for Public Health Committee

4 Public Policy Consultant Hamden CT Provided technical assistance to several New Haven non-profit organizations 1993 Director, Children s Program Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven Directed children s program in a battered women s shelter Supervised staff, recruited volunteers Public education on the effects of violence on children Perinatal Class Coordinator Hill Health Center Taught a workshop at a community health center required of all pregnant New Haven city welfare recipients Duties included outreach, child birth education, counseling, case management, and life skills training Postdoctoral Fellow Hematology Yale University School of Medicine Directed an independent research project on tissue specific expression Taught medical and graduate students Awarded NIH postdoctoral grant to fund project EDUCATION 1989 Ph.D. Human Genetics Yale University 1981 BS Zoology University of Massachusetts Amherst MA

5 AFFILIATIONS Member, FDA Anti-Infective Drug Advisory Committee Member, CT Health Care Reform Cabinet Member, CT Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council, Complex Care Committee, Under-service monitoring workgroup (Co-Chair) Member, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, Advisory Board Member, CEPAC Advisory Board Board member, Dwight Hall at Yale Member, Brainard Fund Advisory Committee, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Member, Health Justice CT Advisory Board Member, CT Insurance Department Consumer Advisory Board Member, NCQA Customer Advisory Board SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Value over Volume 2.0: Practical Tools for State Policymakers to Support Health Care Reform, 2014 Brief: Encouraging Future Medicaid Spending Projections, February 2014 Brief: Connecticut Medicaid Program Success: Significant improvement in access, quality care and cost control, February 2014 CT s SIM: Pros and Cons of health reform plan, November 2013 CT Health Policy Roundtable: CT s APCD, October 2013 HUSKY is Growing outreach tool for community organizations, September 2013 Brief: 2014 CT Health Insurance Exchange Premiums, August 2013 Brief: Health Insurance Rate Shock: What Connecticut Can Do, Policymaker Brief, May 2013 Brief: What can Charter Oak teach the CT Health Insurance Exchange, March 2013 Brief: Thirty One Ways to Save Money in Connecticut s Health Care Budget, December 2013

6 Medicaid expansion outreach planning, December 2012 Fixing Medicaid: Healing Connecticut s largest health care program, May 2011 Patient Centered Medical Homes First Adopters: Lessons from three Connecticut practices, May 2011 Self-insuring HUSKY could save $40 million or more, Policymaker Issue Brief No. 57, January 2011 Health IT, Wellness, Payment Reform, Patient-Centered Medical Home option papers, Malloy/Wyman Transition Team Health Policy Working Group, January 2011 Health Care Candidate Briefing Book, November 2010, 2012 Final Recommendations, SustiNet Patient Centered Medical Home Advisory Committee and Health Care Workforce Task Force, July 2010 Patient Centered Medical Homes in National Health Reform, SustiNet Patient Centered Medical Home Committee, May 2010 Workforce Survey of 2010 CT Nursing School Graduates, March 2010 Primary Care Case Management and HUSKY FAQs for Providers and for Consumers, October 2009 Patient-Centered Medical Homes: How Could They Help CT? Policymaker Issue Brief No. 48, June 2009 The Federal Stimulus Package and Passage of the SCHIP Bill: How much health care help can CT expect? March 2009 An Individual Health Insurance Mandate: Could it Work for CT? December 2008 In Their Own Words: Connecticut Families Losing HUSKY, 2005, Feasibility Study of Supportive Housing for Families of Children with Complex Medical Conditions, 2004, Commission on the Future of Hospital Care in Connecticut, 2003, Healthcare Needs Assessment and Recommendations for the Rural Northeastern CT Borough of Danielson, 2003,

7 Health Resource Capacity Assessment for Putnam, Connecticut, 2001, Reh, D, Taymans, C. and E. Andrews, 2002 Connecticut Health Policymaker Survey, CT Medicine, 66: , What Are Parents Saying? Focus Group Studies with Parents of Uninsured Children in Connecticut, 1999, Armbruster, P., Andrews, E., and G. Blau. Expanding the Children s Mental Health Safety Net: The Child Guidance Clinic Comes to the School, Clinical Psychology Review, The Status of Safety Net Providers in Connecticut: A Survey of Connecticut s Safety Net Providers, Public Health Subcommittee, Medicaid Managed Care Council, Health Care Reform in Connecticut: Problems, Prospects, and Guiding Principles, Workgroup for Health Care Access for the Uninsured, Office of the State Comptroller, (