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Curriculum Vitae Anya Rader Wallack Personal CURRICULUM VITAE ANYA RADER WALLACK PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health School of Public Health Brown University 121 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903 Phone: (401) 863-1115 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION 1988 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Magna Cum Laude University of Vermont 2007 Doctor of Philosophy, Social Policy Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University APPOINTMENTS 2018-present Associate Director Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health Brown University School of Public Heath Providence, RI 2018-present Professor of the Practice Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice Brown University School of Public Heath Providence, RI Feb-May 2017 Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services State of Rhode Island Cranston, RI 2016-2018 Program Director Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health Brown University School of Public Heath Providence, RI 2015-2016 Medicaid Director State of Rhode Island ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 Cranston, RI 2014-2015 Director of Health Source Rhode Island (State Health Insurance Exchange) State of Rhode Island Cranston, RI 2013-2014 Chair Vermont State Innovation Model Steering Committee State of Vermont Montpelier, VT 2011-2013 Chair Green Mountain Care Board State of Vermont Montpelier, VT 2010-2011 Special Assistant to the Governor for Health Policy Office of Governor Peter Shumlin Montpelier, VT 2008-2009 Acting President Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Boston, MA 2007-2008 Executive Director Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute Boston, MA 2001-2014 President Arrowhead Health Analytics Fall River, Massachusetts 1995-1998 Executive Director Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc. Montpelier, VT 1991-1994 Deputy Chief of Staff Office of Governor Howard Dean Montpelier, VT 1989-1991 Associate Kimbell & Sherman Montpelier, VT 1988-1989 Legislative assistant 2 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 Vermont General Assembly HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 Founders Award, Vermont Medical Society 2012 Public Service Award, Bi-State Primary Care Association MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES 1991-present National Academy for State Health Policy, Member 1999-present Academy Health, Member SERVICE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS 1992-1994, 2014-2016 Steering Committee of the National Academy for State Health Policy, Member 1992-1994 Reforming States Group, Milbank Memorial Fund, one of the founding members 1992-1994 National Governors’ Association, Health Care Committee, Staff Chair 1993 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Health Care Task Force, Member 1996-1998 Vermont Board of Medical Practice, Member 2008-2010 Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council, Member 2008-2010 Cost Containment Committee, Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council, Chair 2008-2010 Massachusetts Medicaid Payment Policy Advisory Board, Member 2011-2013 State Health Policy Research Steering Committee, Academy Health, Member 2011-2013 Vermont Governor’s Health Care Cabinet, Chair 2012-2014 Vermont State Innovation Model Steering Committee, Chair 2015-2016 Rhode Island Children’s Cabinet, Member 3 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 2015-2016 Rhode Island Interagency Council on Homelessness, Member 2015-2016 Rhode Island State Innovation Model Steering Committee, Member 2017 Rhode Island Quality Institute Board of Directors, Member 2018-present Rhode Island Accountable Entity Advisory Committee, Co-Chair 2018-present Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), Board Member 2018-present Brown University Title IX Council, Member 2018-present National Academy for State Health Policy Patient Centered Outcomes Research Committee, Member 2019 Member, Search Committee for the Rhode Island Secretary of Health and Human Services 2019-present Faculty Advisor, Master’s in Public Health Program, Brown University BOOK CHAPTERS Wallack, A.R. 2013. The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study, in The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment: Health Policy Lessons and Innovations. Harry P. Selker and June S. Wasser, editors. Springer Books. NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Anya Rader, Cyrus Jordan, M.D., M.P.H. and Laurie Hurowitz, Ph.D. Vermont Health Care Quality Reports for 1997, 1998 and 1999. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care. Booth, M. and A. Rader. 1999. State Experience with External Appeals in Managed Care: Implications for Federal Action. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy. Wallack, Anya R. 2006. Small Group Health Insurance Reform in New Hampshire: Report to the Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight. Providence, RI: Office of the Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner. Wallack, Anya R. 2006. Group Purchasing Alliances for Small Employers: Report to the Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight. Providence, RI: Office of the Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner. 4 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 Wallack, Anya R. The Cost of Long Term Care Needs More Attention, Op-ed in the Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA. April 9, 2009. Roadmap to Cost Containment (Anya Rader Wallack, lead author), Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council, November 2009. Health Care Costs and Cost Growth in Vermont: An Analysis of Recent Trends and Explanatory Factors (Anya Rader Wallack, Steven Kappel and Stanley Wallack). Prepared for Fletcher Allen Health Care. September 2010. Wallack, Anya R. Single Payer Ahead: Cost Control and the Evolving Vermont Model, July, 2011, New England Journal of Medicine. Wallack, Anya R. Wallack on Vermont’s Goal: Universal, Affordable Coverage (interview with Kaiser Health News). June 7, 2012. https://khn.org/news/supreme- uncertainty-anya-rader-wallack/ Wallack, Anya R. Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace, December 15, 2015, Harvard Business Review. Jain SH, WE Golden and AR Wallack, A Holistic Approach to Social Needs, November 2016, NEJM Catalyst. Jain SH, WE Golden and AR Wallack, Merging Mental and Physical Health Care, January 2017, NEJM Catalyst. Jain SH, WE Golden and AR Wallack, You Get What You Pay For, January 2017, NEJM Catalyst. Wallack, Anya R., Deborah Fournier, Trish Riley and Marilyn Barnett. Can We Please Stop Fixating on Hospital Chargemasters? January 17, 2020. NASHP News, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, ME. https://nashp.org/can-we-please-stop- fixating-on-hospital-chargemasters/ INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1. Vermont General Assembly House Committee on Health and Human Services Testimony on Governor Dean’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 1992 2. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Testimony on Governor Dean’s Health Reform Legislation 5 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 January-May 1992 3. Vermont General Assembly House Committee on Appropriations Testimony on Governor Dean’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 1992 4. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Appropriations Testimony on Governor Dean’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 1992 5. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Finance Testimony on Governor Dean’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 1992 6. United States Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Testimony regarding the need for state flexibility to implement health reforms; February 1993 7. President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry Testimony on health care quality improvement efforts in Vermont June 1998 8. Vermont General Assembly House Committee on Health and Human Services Testimony on Governor Shumlin’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 2011 9. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Testimony on Governor Shumlin’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 2011 10. Vermont General Assembly House Committee on Appropriations Testimony on Governor Shumlin’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 2011 11. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Appropriations Testimony on Governor Shumlin’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 2011 6 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 12. Vermont General Assembly Senate Committee on Finance Testimony on Governor Shumlin’s Health Reform Legislation January-May 2011 13. Windham County Policy Forum Brattleboro, VT Presentation on the Role of the Green Mountain Care Board April 24, 2011 14. Grand Rounds, Fletcher Allen Health Care Presentation on Vermont health care reform September 2011 15. Health Policy Grand Rounds, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Presentation on Vermont’s Health Reform Initiative June 18, 2012 16. Council of State Governments Annual Meeting Halifax, Nova Scotia Presentation on Vermont health care reform June 2013 17. Bi-State Primary Care Association, Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker May 2012 18. University of Vermont, Master’s in Public Policy Program, invited guest lecturer by Professor Steve Kappel Spring 2013 19. National Health Policy Forum Washington, DC Participant in Panel Discussion: Transforming Payment and Health Care Delivery: Early Reports from the State Innovation Model States April 18, 2014 20. 21st Annual Princeton Conference Council on Health Care Economics and Policy Presentation on Health Care Cost Regulation in Vermont May 2014 21. Northeastern University, MPP Program, invited guest lecturer by Professor Amy Lishko 7 ANYA RADER WALLACK May 10, 2019 Spring 2015 22. Rhode Island General Assembly House Committee on Finance Testimony on Health Source RI statute and budget January-July 2015
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