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Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Context of
Medicaid Managed Care: A Six-State Demonstration Project

List of Project Participants


State

Representative

Address

Montana

State Medicaid Program:

Jackie Thiel,
Quality Assurance Program Officer

 

PCCM

 

Health Policy & Services Division
1400 Broadway
Helena, MT  59620
Phone:  (406) 444-1834
Fax:  (406) 444-1861
E-mail:  jthiel@state.mt.us

Washington

State Medicaid Program:

Barbara Lantz

 

 

 

Health Plans:

Community Health Plan of Washington

Heather Zuzel,
Project Analyst

Regence BlueShield

 

Colette Arvidson

 

 

 

Nancy Chryst

 

DSHS, Division of Medical Management
805 Plum Street SE
MS:  45506, Bldg. 6, 4th Floor
Olympia, WA  98506
Phone:  (360) 725-1620
Fax:  (360) 586-8827
E-mail:  lantzbk@dshs.wa.gov

 

720 Olive Way
Suite 300
Seattle, WA   98101
Phone:  (206) 613-8864
E-mail:  hzuzel@chpw.org

Quality Programs
Regence BlueShield, MS S503
1800 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA  98101-1322

Quality Improvement
Health Care Services Division
333 Gilkey Road
Burlington, WA  98233-2823
Phone:  (360) 755-2735
Fax:  (360) 755-4552
E-mail:  carvidso@regence.com

Nancy Chryst, RN, MSW
Project Administrator
Quality Programs
Regence BlueShield
nchryst@regence.com

Virginia

State Medicaid Program:

Olivia Howell
Quality Analyst

 

 

Adrienne Fegans

 

 

Health Plans:

Unicare Health Plan of Virginia

Sherrie Smith, MSW
Regional Director

Sentara Health Management

Megan Philpotts Padden
Director of Medicaid

 

Patricia VerSchneider

Kathie Zimbro

 

Managed Care Division
600 East Broad Street
11th Floor
Richmond, VA  23219
Phone:  (804) 371-6060
E-mail:  Olivia.howell@dmas.virginia.gov

Managed Care Division
600 East Broad Street
11th Floor
Richmond, VA  23219
Phone:  (804) 225-4714
E-mail: adrienne.fegans@dmas.virginia.gov

241 South Van Dorn Street
Alexandria, VA  22304
Phone:  (703) 504-6400
E-mail:  sherrie.smith@wellpoint.com

 

4417 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, VA  23462
Phone:  (757) 552-7365
E-mail:  mppadden@sentara.com

E-Mail:  pvschnei@sentara.com

E-Mail:  kzimbro@sentara.com

Michigan

State Medicaid Program:

Sue Moran,
Director, Comprehensive
Health Plan Division

 

Suzette Burkitt-Wesolek

Health Plans:

Great Lakes Health Plan
Mary Ellen Gies
QI Analyst

 

Stephanie Esters

Health Plus of Michigan
Margaret Kokoszka
Director, Medical Services

 

Dianna Hopper

CAPE Health Plan

QI Director

 

Lisa Truitt

MDCH
400 South Pine
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone:  (517) 241-7933
Fax:  (517) 241-8231
E-mail:  morans@michigan.gov

Phone:  (517) 241-8664
E-mail:  burkittwesoloks@michigan.gov

 

17117 Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone:
E-Mail: mgies@glhp.com

E-Mail: sesters@glhp.com

 

2050 South Linden Rd.
Flint
, MI  48501
Phone:
E-Mail: mkokoszk@healthplus.com

E-mail:  dhopper@healthplus.com

26711 Northwestern Highway
Suite 300
Southfield, MI  48034
Phone:  888-354-2273, ext. 3080
E-mail:

E-mail:  ltruitt@capehealth.com

Oregon

State Medicaid Program:

Charles Gallia
Evaluation Research Coordinator

 

Health Plans:

CareOregon, Inc, Oregon
Matthew Carlson, Ph.D.

 

Ann E. Blume, RN, BSN, CPHQ
Clinical QI Coordinator

 

 

FamilyCare, Inc., Oregon
Susan Fillmore, RN
Health Services Manager

 

Providence Health Plan
Denise Halenz-Robinson

 

Department of Human Services
500 Summer Street NE
E-35
Salem, OR  97301
Phone:  (503) 947-5280
Fax:  (503) 378-7689
E-mail:  charles.a.gallia@state.or.us

Dept. of Sociology
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Phone:  (503) 725-9554
E-Mail:  carlsonm@pdx.edu

CareOregon
522 SW 5th Ave.
Suite 200
Portland, OR  97212
Phone:  (503) 416-1723
E-mail:  Blumea@careoregon.org

2121 SW Broadway
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 222-3205 ext. 2106
E-mail:  suef@familycareinc.org

3601 Murray Blvd.
Suite 10
Beaverton, OR  97005
Phone:  (503) 574-6374
E-mail:
denise.halenz-robinson@providence.org

Texas

State Medicaid Program:

Olga Garcia
Manager, Program Initiatives

 

Lisa Cotter

Health Plans:

Community Health Choice, Inc.
Stephanie H. Kong, MD
Health Services, Consultant

AMERIGROUP Corporation, Texas
Bobbie Jo Jonas
Directory, Regulatory Compliance

Kathleen Lester

 

Medicaid/CHIP Division
4900 North Lamar, 4th Floor
Austin, Texas  78751
Phone:  (512) 424-6628
Fax:  (512) 424-6665
E-mail:  olga.Garcia@hhsc.state.tx.us

Phone:  (512) 424-6633
E-mail:  lisa.cotter@hhsc.state.tx.us

2636 South Loop West
Suite #700
Houston, TX   77054
Phone:  (713) 566-6288
Fax:  (713) 566-4328
E-mail:  stephanie.kong@communityhealthchoice.org

4425 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
Phone:  (757) 473-2737 ext, 2590
E-mail:  bjonas@amerigroupcorp.com

E-Mail:  klester@amerigroupcorp.com

 

Project Staff and Consultants

Person
Title or Group
Contact Information

David Nerenz, PhD

Project Director

Senior Staff Investigator
Center for Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
1 Ford Place (3A)
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 874-3042
Fax: (313) 874-7137
E-mail: dnerenz1@hfhs.org

Debra Darling

Project Manager

IHCS
Michigan State University
D-132 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 432-9822
Fax:  (517) 432-9977
E-mail: Debra.Darling@ht.msu.edu

Becky Grebosky, MS

Consultant

Lovelace Clinic Foundation
2309 Renard Place, SE
Suite 103
Albuquerque, NM  87106
(505) 821-6455
Phone:  (505) 821-6455
E-mail:  becky@lcfresearch.org

Margaret Gunter, Ph.D.

Consultant

Lovelace Clinic Foundation
2309 Renard Place, SE
Suite 103-B
Albuquerque, NM  87106
(505) 262-7857
Phone:  (505) 262-7857
E-mail:  Maggie@lcfresearch.org

Matthew Carlson, Ph.D.

Consultant

Dept. of Sociology
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 725-9554
carlsonm@pdx.edu

Rhoda Abrams, MBA (Now retired)

HRSA Health Systems and Financing Group, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

5600 Fishers Lane
Room 10-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-1512
Fax:  301-480-0773

Alexander  Ross, Sc.D.

HRSA Health Systems and Financing Group, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

5600 Fishers Lane
Room 10-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-1512
Fax:  301-480-0773
E-mail:  aross@hrsa.gov

Wayne Smith (Now retired)

Center for Medicaid and State Operations,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  Services,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Center for Medicaid & State Operations
S3-13-26
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland  21244
Phone: (410) 786-2583
Fax:  (410) 786-1008

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