Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN Executive Director, Institute for Medicaid Innovation Dr. Jennifer E. Moore serves as the founding executive director of the Institute for Medicaid Innovation. An experienced critical care and emergency department nurse, she brings her clinical expertise and focus on improving access to quality care for priority populations. She combines her love of research, policy, and clinical practice in women s and maternal child health by maintaining an active appointment as a research professor at the University of Michigan s Medical School in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Moore comes to the Institute for Medicaid Innovation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where she was appointed as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Fellow before assuming her role leading the Office of Women s Health & Gender Research. There she represented AHRQ on national women s and maternal child health initiatives, including the development of maternal health quality measures, spearheading efforts to develop a maternity Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), and leading the $46 million national perinatal quality and safety initiative. Additionally, she managed a $113 million portfolio of PCOR grants and maintained a rigorous program of research on maternal child health outcomes, economic analysis, and racial/ethnic disparities utilizing the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) dataset. Dr. Moore s research funded by the National Institute of Health led to the development of the Evidence Informed Decision Making through Engagement Model that emphasizes the critical role of patients and shared, informed decision making when implementing evidence-based practices into health care. Most notably, while at HHS, she was appointed by HHS to serve on the Secretary s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, the Secretary s Advisory Committee on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the HHS Federal Workgroup on Maternal Health. Within her role at the Institute, Dr. Moore is responsible for providing national leadership on planning, development, and implementation of strategies and initiatives to better understanding and improve Medicaid. Dr. Moore has been appointed to serve as the co-chair of the NQF's Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Project Coordinating Committee and as a clinical and research subject matter expert on the NQF's Standing Committee on Reproductive and Perinatal Health, CMS's Medicaid Managed Care Quality Rating System (MMC QRS) Technical Expert Panel, HHS's Healthy Start National Quality Evaluation Technical Expert Panel, HHS COIIN to Reduce Infant Mortality Quality Measures & Data Committee, AHRQ s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities workgroup, and HRSA s Women s Preventive Services Quality Measures Expert Review Panel. Dr. Moore volunteers as a nurse at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Washington, DC. She received her BS in Nursing and her MS and PhD in Health Administration and Health Policy from the University of Michigan.
R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM Senior Medial Director, Education and Policy Camden Coalition Chair, Legislative Advocacy Committee American Society of Addiction Medicine R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM is an addiction, pain, and emergency medicine specialist and now the Senior Medical Director for Education and Policy at the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs/Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP). In this role, he is responsible for developing and maintaining all training and live technical assistance delivered by the National Center. This covers addiction, pain, behavior health, system development, payment model implementation and healthcare policy. Before joining the National Center/CCHP he worked for the Spectrum Health System in Grand rapids, Michigan, which is a fully integrated health system with 11 hospitals and over 1000 employed physicians. He was the Medical Director of the Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine, the Medical Staff Chief of Pain Medicine to the Spectrum Health Hospital System, the President of Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine, as well as SUD Medical Director at Lakeshore Regional Partners (Community Mental Health-Region 3). Dr. Waller has also worked extensively with local, state and Federal law enforcement on the issues of controlled substance diversion and interdiction. Dr. Waller earned a Master s of Science in Biology with a neuromolecular focus at Southwest Texas State University and earned his Medical Degree at the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio. Dr. Waller completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and is board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Waller s special interests include creating comprehensive workforce development suite for the care of complex high costs patients, collaborating with law enforcement to create a medically informed policing strategy for controlled substances, understanding the biopsychosocial and financial impact of high cost complex patients as well as the unique interaction of pain and addiction.
Craig M. Martin, MD, DLFAPA Chief Medical Officer, Vaya Health Board Certified in Adult and Child Psychiatry Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine care coordination. Dr. Martin currently serves as the Chief Clinical Authority for Vaya Health, a publicly funded Managed Care Organization in Western North Carolina. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, he completed two residencies in Baltimore and was later on the faculty of Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry. His interest in Addiction Medicine grew during the 1980 s as the Medical Director for Baltimore County s Bureau of mental health, where he initially found that pregnant mothers with chronic illness frequently traversed multiple paths to access treatment, with little support or He has served in leadership roles for Substance Use Disorder Programs in Minnesota and Connecticut, the US Navy, and the Veterans Administration, including early implementation of Medication Assisted Treatment Programs. For the past 5 years, he has worked with healthcare systems and training programs in North Carolina to improve access and longer term outcomes for special needs populations. His current interest, in addition to spending time with grandchildren in Asheville, centers on piloting new models of Collaborative Care that serve the needs of funders, providers, and patients, as well as engaging in research on areas of health care activation, including training and employment of Peer Support Specialists.
Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG, FASAM Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry Associate Director of Addiction Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Mishka Terplan is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology and in addiction medicine. His clinical, research and advocacy interests lie along the intersection of reproductive and behavioral health. He attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, Residency at the University of Southern California, and completed a research fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry and the Associate Director of Addiction Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the Addiction Medicine Consultant for DMAS (Department of Medicaid Services, VA) and a consultant for the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. Dr. Terplan is well published, with active grant-funded research and represents both ACOG (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) and ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) on various federal taskforces and committees including the AMA (American Medical Association) Taskforce to Reduce Opioid Abuse. He has spoken in front of congress and at high schools, and many places in between.
David T. O'Gurek, MD, FAAFP Assistant Professor Family & Community Medicine Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Chair, Commission on Health of the Public and Science American Academy of Family Physicians Dr. O Gurek, a family physician at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in North Philadelphia, completed his medical studies at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey and his residency in Family Medicine at Lancaster General Health where he also later served as associate director of the program and developed an addiction medicine area of concentration within the program. He practices full spectrum outpatient medicine including running a buprenorphine program within his practice. He is the Family Medicine clerkship director at Temple and has developed curricula on opioid abuse and pain management for the medical school as well as Temple s GME programs and he currently sits on the Temple Health System s Substance Abuse Task Force to develop an addiction care service line. He currently serves as President-Elect of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and is the chair of the American Academy of Family Physician s Commission on Health of the Public and Science. Family-Centered Care: Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery for Healthy Families
Megan Barton, BSN, MHA, CCM Vice President Medical Management Home State Health Megan Barton is the Vice President of Medical Management at Centene s Missouri Plan, Home State Health. Megan has a wide range of clinical experience including direct patient care nursing, case management, utilization management, quality, clinical outcomes and clinical documentation improvement. In each role, Megan has lead innovative implementations to create efficiencies and improve health outcomes. Megan has been with Home State Health since 2014 where she is responsible for oversight of all Case Management, Utilization Management, Clinical Outcomes and Quality. During her time at Home State, Megan has lead multiple initiatives to increase member participation in achieving positive health outcomes with a focus on face-to-face member interactions. Megan has her nursing degree, her master s degree in healthcare administration and she is a certified case manager.
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Division of Neonatology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and an attending neonatologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children s Hospital at Vanderbilt. He is a graduate of the University of Florida, Florida State University College of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Patrick completed his training in pediatrics, neonatology and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan. Dr. Patrick joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 2013. His National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded research focuses on improving outcomes for opioid-exposed infants and women with substance-use disorder and evaluating state and federal drug control policies. He previously served as Senior Science Policy Advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and has testified before Congress on the rising numbers of newborns being diagnosed with opioid withdrawal after birth. He served as an expert consultant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration s development of a Guide to the Management of Opioid-Dependent Pregnant and Parenting Women and Their Children, as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Substance Use and Prevention and as a board member on the US Office of Personnel Management s Multi-State Plan Program Advisory Board. Dr. Patrick s awards include the American Medical Association Foundation Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award, the Academic Pediatric Association Fellow Research Award and Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Early Career Physician of the Year. His research has been published in leading scientific journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Pediatrics and Health Affairs.
Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer Senior Vice President of Mission Impact March of Dimes Dr. Jarris is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President Mission Impact at the March of Dimes. His overall responsibility includes Advocacy, Maternal Child Health, Consumer Education and Professional training, the Perinatal Data center and the NICU Family Support Program. He is currently a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse Dr. Jarris is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare policy, clinical quality initiatives, public health and disease prevention and wellness. He previously served as Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Prior to his role at ASTHO, Dr. Jarris served as Commissioner of Health for the State of Vermont, where he led public health, mental health and substance abuse for the state of Vermont. He has held a number of health insurance executive positions, including President and CEO of Vermont Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Jarris has a distinguished career spanning 20 years leading policy and care initiatives to improve public health at the local, state and national levels. He is a board certified Family Physician with over 20 years of clinical practice and received his BA from the University of Vermont, his MD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an MBA from the University of Washington.
Steven Szebenyi, MD Chief Medical Officer Gateway Health Dr. Steve Szebenyi received his medical doctorate from Johns Hopkins and completed an internal medicine residency at the M. I. Bassett Hospital in New York. He continued to practice at Bassett, leading the general internal medicine group and developing the AIDS program for the system in the 1980s. He subsequently served as the chief of the division of HIV Medicine and director of the AIDS Treatment Center at Albany Medical College. Dr. Szebenyi then joined HealthNow New York as medical director and during his tenure started the HealthNow Foundation, a health services research foundation, for the plan. Recently he has been chief medical officer at Security Health Plan of Wisconsin and at Health Partners Plans, primarily serving inner city Philadelphia with Medicaid, Medicare and CHIP. He is currently CMO with Gateway Health, a government programs plan serving Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and North Carolina.
Judy Chamberlain, MD, FAAFP Retired Family Physician Retired Senior Medical Director, Aetna Medicaid Chair, National Advisory Board Institute for Medicaid Innovation Judith Chamberlain, MD, FAAFP, retired as a family physician and from Aetna Medicaid as the Senior Medical Director in 2017. Her major area of focus was Aetna s integrated care management program, which included chronic condition management, perinatal care management and long term care management. She helped to develop clinical programs for Aetna s Medicaid members with particular emphasis on a biopsychosocial approach to each member and to fully-integrated physical and behavioral health for all members. She also served as the interim chief medical officer for Aetna Medicaid plans in Florida, Virginia, and New York. Prior to her role at Aetna, she was the Medical Director for a program with MaineCare, Maine s Medicaid program, where she supervised Case Managers, and performed concurrent review and prior authorization for the entire MaineCare population. Dr. Chamberlain received her BA and MD degrees from Stanford University and Dartmouth Medical School, respectively. She completed a residency in family medicine in Bangor, ME and has been board certified in Family Medicine since 1980. She practiced family medicine in Maine for 27 years, first in Dexter, ME and then in Brunswick, ME. From 1982 to 1996, she taught family medicine at Eastern Maine Medical Center and precepted residents, medical students, physician assistant students, and nurse practitioner students both at the residency and in both of her practices. She is active in the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), as a past President of the Maine Chapter and nationally as a member of the AAFP Board of Directors from 2004-2007.