Danielle Daly, PHD
Summary
Health Services Researcher with strong background in navigating complex healthcare policies and analyses. Proven track record in leading research trams, collaborating across stakeholders, problem-solving, and customer service. Known for reliability and adaptability in dynamic environments. Successfully establishes relationships with others.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisory Health Insurance Specialist; Division Director
Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services
07.2019 - Current
- Oversees the development and execution of monitoring and evaluation expectations for Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations.
- Collaborates across work units to analyze key section 1115 demonstrations policies such as Substance Use Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Reentry, and alternative payment models.
- Leverages a mixed methods, data-driven approach to informing policy development and assessing the need for updating existing policies
- Supervises an interdisciplinary team; develops staff expertise in the application of evaluation and health services research methods to foster and assess program performance and outcomes.
- Serves as a Government Technical Lead for contracts related to monitoring and evaluating Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations.
- Partners with research communities, such as AcademyHealth, to influence and advance analytic approaches to advance health policy research.
- Supports the Group's budget formulation and analyses.
- Champions process improvement initiatives.
- Optimized workflow processes within the team, resulting in improved overall productivity and reduced backlogs in workload
Technical Director
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
10.2016 - 07.2019
- Provided technical direction and leadership to staff regarding monitoring and evaluation of Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations.
- Designed, directed, and coordinated research studies to advance Medicaid health policy.
- Produced and edited a wide variety of technical, written products to support decision making.
- Participates and presents at workshops, conferences, and webinars.
- Supported the development of OMB packages for research studies.
Research Assistant: Homelessness
University of the Sciences
01.2015 - 06.2017
- Created and refined database from the Public Use files.
- Supported writing and created a new chapter for the Annual Homelessness Assessment Report.
- Conducted qualitative analyses for interviews conducted with homeless veterans related to Healthcare and health seeking behaviors.
- Maintained open lines of communication with project leads and team members for effective collaboration on common goals.
Health Services Researcher
Army Institute of Public Health
10.2010 - 10.2016
- Provided direct evaluation support to the Office of the Army Surgeon General, Behavioral Health Division.
- Provided project management and oversight to coordinate, plan, and execute multiple program evaluations with a specific emphasis on behavioral health programs
- Developed tools, strategies, and policies to facilitate evidenced based practice within the Army.
- Prepared technical documents to proliferate evidenced based findings.
- Provided technical guidance to analysis teams.
- Translated findings into actionable programmatic and policy recommendations for a broad range of stakeholders.
- Builds and maintains strategic relationships with key stakeholders
- Draft program policy objectives to promote high quality research.
- Represent the interests of the organizations leadership in meetings, workgroups, conferences, and webinars.
Student Researcher
Shippensburg University
09.2008 - 05.2010
- Designed and implemented research project
- Conducted literature reviews
- Networking to recruit participants
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Presented results at local conference
Research Assistant
Millersville University
09.2007 - 05.2008
- Assisted in planning and implementing facial recognition research project
- Conducted literature reviews to support hypothesis development and identify gaps in existing knowledge.
- Assisted in data collection, entry, and analysis
- Prepared written manuscript
- Presented findings at conference
Education
Ph.D. - Health Policy
University of The Sciences
Philadelphia, PA05-2020
Master of Science - Psychology
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA05-2010
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, PA05-2008
Skills
- Healthcare policy analysis
- Supervise and mentor staff
- Qualitative and quantitative research design and methods
- Translating research findings to actionable programmatic and policy recommendations
Timeline
Supervisory Health Insurance Specialist; Division Director
Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services
07.2019 - Current
Technical Director
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
10.2016 - 07.2019
Research Assistant: Homelessness
University of the Sciences
01.2015 - 06.2017
Health Services Researcher
Army Institute of Public Health
10.2010 - 10.2016
Student Researcher
Shippensburg University
09.2008 - 05.2010
Research Assistant
Millersville University
09.2007 - 05.2008
Ph.D. - Health Policy
University of The Sciences
Master of Science - Psychology
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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