Selected Current and Past Clients
Ireland & Associates, LLC
2018
to present – Consultant and Proposal Writer
Conduct
research and writing for health plans responding to
Medicaid managed care RFPs in different states, and other
consulting and research as needed
LBJ
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at
Austin
March 1997 to present –
Researcher, Writer, Editor, Policy Analyst for various
projects
Researched,
wrote, edited, and/or formatted various research
publications for many professors over the years; topics
have included managed mental health care, U.S./Mexico
health policy, Medicare and Medicaid policy, labor policy,
environmental policy, national security, public health,
and obtaining health coverage for the uninsured, as well
as copyediting the annual LBJ School Journal for several
years
Worked with a
professor and several other researchers on two white
papers (on Medicaid and SCHIP, and innovations in other
states) and related research for a UT System task force;
papers became Appendices B and C in the Code Red report
Worked with a
professor and another contract researcher on calculating
the cost of cancer in Texas and an analysis of the
literature on cancer prevention strategies (funded by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the
Texas Department of Health); our
report won the James W. McGrew Research Award for Practitioner
Research of the Year (May 2001) from the Centex Chapter of
the American Society for Public Administration
Dell
2005
to present – Consultant
Perform
marketing-related research, writing, and consulting;
oversee a contractor
Texas Health Institute
January
2012 to August 2016, November 2007 to June 2008,
September to October 2007, March to November 2006, October
2001 to February 2002 – Researcher, Policy Analyst,
Writer, Editor
Working with
Senior Research Scientist Dennis Andrulis and other staff
on several related grant-funded projects involving
researching and reporting on the impact of national health
care reform measures on health care diversity and language
and cultural competency provisions
Researched and
wrote policy briefs for forums on training the healthcare
workforce in health information technology, the uninsured
in Texas, and mental health care system transformation in
Texas (2006-2008); wrote three grants to different
foundations to obtain additional funding for the
Institute’s health policy forums (2001-2002)
Sendero Health
Plans (subcontracted through Dennis Edmonds
& Associates LLC)
August to December 2011
–
Consultant
Assisted new
Medicaid/CHIP HMO (owned by Central Health) in developing
their internal policies and procedures required for
operations and for state reviews
Rice University,
Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Houston, Texas
June
2010 to May 2011 – Consultant
Assisted with
research and analysis on a project for Rice University, in
conjunction with Methodist Healthcare Ministries, that
aims to assess the impact of national health care reform
on vulnerable population groups in Texas
Texas Association of
Local Health Officials (TALHO)
April to May 2010, November
to December 2003, March to May 2001 – Grantwriter
Wrote federal
grant application to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for a diabetes elimination program in
Texas (2010)
Wrote two grant
applications to the Texas Department of Health in 2003 to
apply for funds to develop several training programs on
public health topics (2003)
Wrote grant
application to the Texas Department of Health’s
Innovations Grants program in 2001 for a Public Health
Peer Review process in Texas (TALHO is a statewide
non-profit association of local health department
directors)
Integrated Care
Collaboration (ICC)
March to June 2009, July to
August 2001, August to September 2000 – Grantwriter;
February to June 2001 – Meeting planner
Wrote grant application to the
federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for a
project on improving health care quality through health
information technology
Wrote grant
application to the "Communities in Charge" program of the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; wrote grant application to
Volunteers in Health Care for a planning and evaluation
grant relating to a local physician volunteer program
Performed
preliminary planning and research for a physician summit
meeting with local physicians, ICC board members, and
members of Travis County Medical Society to explore the
possibility of implementing an organized physician
volunteer system for treating indigent patients in Central
Texas
Entrepreneurs Foundation
January to April 2009
– Researcher, Writer
Wrote a case study to document the
successes of the foundation's breast cancer services
project that was a collaboration of local health and
social services agencies
Hogg Foundation for Mental
Health
June
to July 2008 – Researcher, Writer
Rewrote
section on financing and policy barriers to integration of
mental and physical health care as part of an integration
resource guide by the foundation
St. David's
Community Health Foundation
May to October 2005 –
Writer
Worked with
St. David's CHF staff to write a journal article to
document the successes of the Theo Project, a
collaboration to bring mobile dental services to
underserved children in Austin-area schools
Texas
Department of Health (now Texas Department of State
Health Services)
Texas
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: April to May
2004 – Writer
Wrote report
on cardiovascular disease using 2003 BRFSS data
Traumatic Brain Injury Project: December 2001 to March 2003 – Evaluator
Contracted to
be the independent evaluator for the TBI project as
required by their federal grant; developed and implemented
evaluation and monitoring systems and did monthly (through
3/2002) and then quarterly (through 3/2003) evaluation
reports; presented findings at several TBI Advisory
Council meetings
Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis: March 1998 to January 1999 – Planner III
Completed
final report to the Texas Legislature and other projects
related to House Concurrent Resolution 44 of the 75th
Legislature regarding improving the public health system
in Texas