Audrey Nuamah, MPH, currently serves as a Senior Analyst at the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) since September 2021, providing Congressional support and advisory services related to health policy. Prior experience includes roles as a Program Officer and Program Associate at the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where Audrey co-taught a course aimed at applying scientific knowledge to real-world health problems. Additional roles include serving as a Graduate Student Assistant to the Commissioner of Health at the New York State Department of Health and various internships, including positions at Johnson & Johnson and the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Audrey holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Societies with a focus on Public Health from the University of Pennsylvania.
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MACPAC - Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) is 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 the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). MACPAC serves as an independent source of information on Medicaid and CHIP, publishing issue briefs and data reports throughout the year to support policy analysis and program accountability. The Commission’s authorizing statute, 42 U.S.C. 1396, outlines a number of areas for analysis, including: · payment; · eligibility; · enrollment and retention; · coverage; · access to care; · quality of care; and · the programs’ interaction with Medicare and the health care system generally. In carrying out its work, the Commission holds public meetings in Washington, DC and regularly consults with state officials, congressional and executive branch staff, beneficiaries, health care providers, researchers, and policy experts. A permanent staff of analysts with backgrounds in public policy, public health, Medicaid and CHIP operations, and data analysis supports the Commission’s deliberations and conducts its analytic work.