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Susan brings nearly 20 years of experience in health policy, healthcare finance, and health services research within federal and state governments, academia, and the nonprofit sector. Most recently she has worked with clients on strategies for telehealth/telemedicine financing and adoption. She also works with providers on utilization and care management, benchmarking performance, and population health management. Prior to joining Milliman, her client engagements included: Helping the federal government understand the impact of programs designed to drive innovation and adoption of health information technology Developing and facilitating board approval of a large, public sector employer's enterprise-wide strategic plan Advising hospital systems on value and performance metrics and reporting Surveying market trends and payer strategies to better manage chronic conditions. Prior to that, Susan was the director of the California Health Benefits Review Program at the University of California, which provides the state legislature with nonpartisan analytic reports on proposed laws regarding health insurance benefits. She was also a Medicare consultant at Kaiser Permanente, where she provided policy and regulatory expertise to the northern and southern California regions. In that role, she worked with the health plan and contracting provider groups to ensure compliance with Medicare regulations, such as access to care and encounter data reporting requirements. Her experience includes developing quality measurement and improvement programs at the Pacific Business Group on Health and developing recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. She has presented to MedPAC, the Institute of Medicine, and the California State Legislature.