LTQA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Deputy Executive Director
Camille Dobson is the Deputy Executive Director at ADvancing States (formerly NASUAD). In that role, she provides executive leadership and policy guidance to state aging and disabilities agencies, focused on managed long-term services and supports and quality measurement. She provides intensive technical assistance to states seeking to implement or improve their MLTSS programs on topics as diverse as stakeholder engagement, care management, MCO oversight mechanisms and quality measurement. She has served as an advisor to NCQA regarding LTSS accreditation standards as well as person-driven outcomes. She also represented the states on two different NQF committees working on HCBS quality measurement.
Job Titles:
- Healthcare Project Director at Abt Associates
Carrie Blakeway Amero is a Healthcare Project Director at Abt Associates. Ms. Amero's work focuses on improving long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems by increasing public awareness of and access to home and community-based options and improving the quality of services in nursing homes. Her areas of expertise include Medicaid LTSS, Medicare post-acute care, and other aging and disability services; person-centered approaches to service planning and delivery; quality measurement; and direct care workforce development.
Job Titles:
- Policy and Communications Manager of the Long - Term Quality Alliance
Claire Jensen is Policy and Communications Manager of the Long-Term Quality Alliance, where she supports LTQA research and manages member engagement and communication. Ms. Jensen brings several years of experience in policy, research, and advocacy spaces both domestically and internationally. She previously worked at LTQA as a Policy Analyst in 2016-17.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Consultant for the Long - Term Quality Alliance
Dr. Atkins is a Consultant for the Long-Term Quality Alliance in Washington, DC. He previously served as the Executive Director of Long-Term Quality Alliance and the National MLTSS Health Plan Association. He is a Board member and former President of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He was recently the Staff Director of the federal Commission on Long-Term Care, which issued its final report in September 2013. Prior to that, he was Executive Director, U.S. Public Policy at the global pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck.
Job Titles:
- Senior Scientist and Director of the Community Living Policy Center
Joe Caldwell, PhD, is Senior Scientist and Director of the Community Living Policy Center, within the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University. His work focuses on home and community-based services and supports for individuals with disabilities, older adults, and family caregivers.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of Research
John Tschida, MPP, is the Executive Director of Research and Policy for the Association of University Center on Disabilities (AUCD). AUCD is a national network of more than 100 university-based interdisciplinary programs advancing policy, research, education, practice, leadership and advocacy to improve the quality of life of children and adults with disabilities in the U.S. and around the world.
Job Titles:
- President and CEO of LeadingAge
- Treasurer - LeadingAge
Katie Smith Sloan is president and CEO of LeadingAge, formerly the Association of American Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA). Sloan also serves as the executive director of the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA), a global network of ageing services organizations committed to quality of life for people as they age.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- CEO of the Long - Term Quality Alliance
Mary Kaschak is CEO of the Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) in Washington, DC. LTQA is a community of organizations aimed at improving outcomes and quality of life for people who are managing functional limitations, and their families. LTQA advances person- and family-centered, integrated long-term services and supports (LTSS) through research, education, and advocacy. Mary also serves as CEO of LTQA's affiliated organization, the National MLTSS Health Plan Association-an association of the leading managed care organizations (MCOs) that have Medicaid managed care contracts with one or more states and take risk for long-term services and supports (LTSS) provided under Medicaid.
Job Titles:
- Chairman - Altarum
- Chief Executive Officer, and President of Altarum
Michael Monson is the Chief Executive Officer, and President of Altarum, as well as a Trustee of the Board. Altarum is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations disenfranchised by the health care system. Working primarily on behalf of federal and state governments to design and implement solutions that achieve measurable results, Altarum combines expertise in public health and health care delivery with technology development and implementation, practice transformation, training and technical assistance, quality improvement, data analytics, and applied research and evaluation. Altarum's innovative solutions and proven processes lead to better value and health for all.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Managed Long
Michelle Bentzien-Purrington is the Senior Vice President of Managed Long-Term Services and Supports and Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center for Molina Healthcare, Inc. She is responsible for strategic oversight and operational implementation of person-centered programs for special needs populations. Ms. Purrington has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare strategy and operations, 14 of which have been dedicated to holistic programs that support independent living and individual preferences.
Job Titles:
- Senior Fellow
- CEO of NS Ideas
- Secretary - NS Ideas, LLC
Nora Super is the CEO of NS Ideas, LLC, a boutique consulting firm she leads together with her husband, health economist, Len Nichols. Nora is an internationally recognized thought leader on healthy longevity and the economic and social impact of global population aging. She is a well-known expert and prolific writer on health, long-term care, and retirement public policy. In 2022, Nora was named one of Forbes' 50 over 50 women making an impact.
Job Titles:
- Appointed Commissioner to the Medicaid
Patti Killingsworth is a career public servant with more than 25 years of Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) experience, leading system redesign initiatives in multiple states. Most recently, she was the longstanding Assistant Commissioner and Chief of LTSS for TennCare, the Medicaid Agency in Tennessee, where she led the design and implementation of two successful managed LTSS programs. She is a lifelong family caregiver and nationally recognized leader in HCBS, managed LTSS, value-based purchasing for LTSS, and initiatives to improve care for beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. She currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for CareBridge, a value-based healthcare company dedicated to supporting Medicaid and dual eligible beneficiaries receiving HCBS to maximize their health, independence, and quality of life.
Killingsworth is also a newly appointed Commissioner to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to Congress, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the states on a wide array of issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. She holds a bachelor's degree in Socio-Political Communication from Missouri State University.
Job Titles:
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the SCAN Foundation
Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The SCAN Foundation. The SCAN Foundation is one of the largest foundations in the United States focused on improving the quality of health and life for older adults. Its mission is to advance a coordinated and easily navigated system of high-quality services for older adults that preserve dignity and independence.
Job Titles:
- President of Long Term Services
Sharon Alexander is currently President of Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Solutions for AmeriHealth Caritas where she develops and optimizes programs, policies and best practices to better support individuals with complex LTSS needs. She previously managed AmeriHealth Caritas' Medicare dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNP) and Medicare/Medicaid integration products (MMP), as part of the CMS Financial Alignment Demonstration initiative; and she launched a full array of Medicare Advantage products for Universal American Corporation.
Dr. O'Malley is an internist/geriatrician who specializes in the care of nursing home patients. He graduated from Amherst College and Cornell University Medical College followed by training in Primary Care Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is on the teaching faculty at MGH and Harvard Medical School, where he provides clinical care and supervises medical students, house staff and fellows in geriatrics.
Job Titles:
- Project Director at the National Academy for State Health Policy
Wendy Fox-Grage is a project director at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she works with states on long-term services and supports, family caregiving, and palliative care. Prior to joining NASHP, she provided policy research, analysis, and guidance for the AARP Public Policy Institute from 2004 to 2019. Her areas of focus are state long-term services and supports reforms, Medicaid-managed long-term services and supports, and home- and community-based services. Previously, Wendy worked for the National Conference of State Legislatures for nearly 10 years, where she advised state legislators and legislative staff on issues related to long-term services and supports.