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Jennifer Heffernan

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VP, Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO
Chicago, Illinois, United States

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  • Aledade Inc
    VP, Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO
    Aledade Inc
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)
  • Aledade Inc
    Vice President, Payer Strategy and Engagement
    Aledade Inc
    Apr 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year)
  • Aledade Inc
    Sr Director, Strategic Partnerships
    Aledade Inc
    May 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year)
  • Aledade Inc
    Sr Director, Commercial Performance
    Aledade Inc
    Apr 2023 - May 2023 (2 months)
  • Aledade Inc
    Director, Commercial Payer Performance
    Aledade Inc
    Mar 2021 - Apr 2023 (2 years 2 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    Senior Manager, IL Market Strategy
    Health Care Service Corporation
    Dec 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 4 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    Director, Divisional Strategy and Planning, Enterprise Network
    Health Care Service Corporation
    Sep 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 4 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    Director, Affordability of Care
    Health Care Service Corporation
    Jul 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 3 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    Manager, Affordability of Care
    Health Care Service Corporation
    May 2016 - Jun 2017 (1 year 2 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    Manager, Medical Value Planning
    Health Care Service Corporation
    Mar 2016 - May 2016 (3 months)
  • Health Care Service Corporation
    HCM Program Lead
    Health Care Service Corporation
    Sep 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 7 months)
    As a Lead with the Medical Value Planning (MVP) team, collaborate with internal business partners to identify and assess value opportunities, and guide the design and implementation of solutions to maximize said opportunities. Areas of focus are varied, and include a focus on the design and implementation of an oncology strategy. The Medical Value Planning team leads strategic planning and cross-divisional collaboration on projects and initiatives to improve the value of care for HCSC members. We work with the plans and enterprise operational units to identify opportunities, quantify impact, articulate strategies, develop action plans and facilitate delivery and evaluation of value improvement projects.
  • American Medical Association
    Senior Policy Analyst
    American Medical Association
    Aug 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 2 months)
    In the capacity of Senior Policy Analyst, I managed the coordination among teams, timelines, and relationships with outside parties as necessary for several quality measure development contracts, contributing to the development of several NCQA-endorsed measures. Additionally, I represented the AMA-PCPI to the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), and to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), and coordinated communication with the Washington, D.C. office regarding federal quality programs.
  • Centers for Medicare  Medicaid Services
    Health Insurance Specialist
    Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services
    Feb 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year 6 months)
    As a member of the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative team, I aided in the implementation of the multi-payer program. I served the team in several roles; primarily as a lead for three of the seven regions. As lead for the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New York regions, I supported over 200 primary care practices and facilitated the collaboration of private and public payers participating in the initiative. Additionally, I helped support the CPC learning community, tasked with educating participating practices and aiding them in their transformation. Finally, I served as the resident expert on Medicaid policy, essential to the CPC interaction and partnership with State Medicaid agencies.
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    Health Insurance Specialist
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Jul 2010 - Feb 2012 (1 year 8 months)
    As health insurance specialist in the Financial Management Group, I served as the lead for the CMS Region 1. The Non-Institutional Payment Team (NIPT) works to review any Medicaid State Plan amendments brought forth that propose edits to a State's Medicaid reimbursement. As lead for Region 1, I oversaw the review and approvals of these State Plan amendments.
  • United Hospital Fund of New York
    Research Assistant
    United Hospital Fund of New York
    Aug 2008 - Jun 2010 (1 year 11 months)
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  • The Johns Hopkins University
    Master of Public Health (M.P.H
    The Johns Hopkins University
    Jan 2011 - Dec 2013 (3 years)
  • Duke University
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Public Policy Studies, Public Policy Studies
    Duke University
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2008 (5 years)
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    Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
    The Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative is a multi-payer initiative fostering collaboration between public and private health care payers to strengthen primary care. Medicare will work with commercial and State health insurance plans and offer bonus payments to primary care doctors who better coordinate care for their patients. Primary care practices that choose to participate in this initiative will be given resources to better coordinate primary care for their Medicare patients.
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    CMS Administrator's Special Citation Award
    Jan 2012
    team award
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    CMCS Center Director's Award
    Jan 2011
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