FRANK MICCICHE
Washington,DC
Summary
Dynamic health care leader with 25+ years’ experience designing and implementing successful strategic initiatives and creating environments where teams and team members can thrive. Served for and worked closely with elected officials and their staff at state and federal levels. Deep knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial insurance markets, health information technology and health equity. Comfortable as public face of organization in speaking role or coalition-building capacity. Strong record producing revenue growth for mission-driven organizations.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Public Policy and External Relations
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Washington, DC
05.2014 - Current
- Lead 20+ professionals in executing public policy, education, external relations, development and communications functions for nation’s largest health care accreditor
- Develop advocacy agenda for state and federal public policy
- Work directly with elected officials and agency leaders to advance NCQA priorities in areas of health care quality, digital transformation, long term services and supports, telehealth and health equity
- Drive execution of traditional and digital media strategy, education curriculum development, and all NCQA events
- Speak on NCQA’s behalf at professional conferences and in public testimony
- Oversee production of all public-facing documents, including policy analysis and collateral and comment letters to state and federal agencies
- Major achievements include: Secured state mandates for NCQA products, resulting in $9.8 million incremental increase in sales
- Positioned NCQA as industry leader and partner to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in digital quality transformation
- Created and grew development portfolio that now generates $5M in sponsorship and event revenue (2X increase over 5-year period)
- Directed Taskforce on Telehealth Policy, bringing together two dozen health care leaders from across sectors in developing recommendations for virtual care policy in wake of pandemic.
Senior Advisor/Vice President, Partnerships & Coalitions
Campaign to Fix the Debt
Washington, DC
02.2012 - 05.2014
- Lead development of groundbreaking campaign to push for comprehensive, bipartisan debt reduction deal in Congress
- Implemented fundraising and strategic plans for $40 million initiative
- Directly managed the campaign’s partnerships with 100+ organizations across political spectrum
- Responsible for all outreach and external relations activities, including establishment of Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council (100+ former Members of Congress) and Governors Fiscal Leadership Council (43 former Governors) to support campaign
- Hosted “Common Ground Summit” event that convened 70 national organizations to produce consensus principles for federal debt reduction.
Senior Advisor
McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP
Washington, DC
05.2009 - 02.2012
- Advised clients in various health care sectors regarding policy and economic implications of Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Created business development strategies to maximize new opportunities and adapt existing product lines to post-reform health insurance landscape
- Monitored ACA implementation (particularly involving establishment of health insurance exchanges) in all 50 states via network of state-level contacts
- Participated as subject matter expert in numerous conferences and webinars on ACA implementation and wrote on insurance exchanges in national media, including op-ed in New York Times (July 28, 2010).
Managing Director, Next Social Contract Initiative
New America Foundation
Washington, DC
03.2008 - 05.2009
- Established and implemented day-to-day strategy and management of leading domestic policy initiative to develop innovative, market-oriented solutions for modernizing health, social and fiscal policies
- Op-eds published in Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, and CNN.com.
Director of State-Federal Relations
Office of Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)
Washington, DC
01.2003 - 12.2006
- Represented Governor and Executive Branch before Congress and Bush Administration
- Helped secure Medicaid waiver enabling Governor’s health care reform initiative.
Federal Legislative Liaison
Office of Governor John Engler (R-MI)
Washington, DC
07.2001 - 12.2002
- Led state-federal health care policy agenda for three-term Governor.
Legislative Director/Senior Research Analyst
Office of Minority Leader Massachusetts House of Representatives
Boston, MA
- 08.1999
Education
Master’s in Public Policy -
Harvard University
B.A, Political Science -
Tufts University
Skills
- Health Care Policy
- State and Federal Government
- Health Equity
- Health Information Technology
- Health Care Quality
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Delivery System Transformation
- Value-Based Purchasing
- Professional Education & Event Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Public Policy Advocacy
- Public Speaking
- Coalition Building
- Financial Management
Selected Podcasts
- Inside Health Care (NCQA), Episode 95: Frank Micciche and Peggy O’Kane on Health Care in the New Year, 12/21/2022, https://www.ncqa.org/blog/inside-health-care-95-peggy-okane-the-state-of-health-care-2022/
- Cancer Buzz Podcast (Association of Community Cancer Centers), Episode 47: Telehealth after COVID-19, 12/29/2020, https://www.accc-cancer.org/home/learn/resource-detail/podcast-telehealth-after-covid-19
- Healthcare Strategies Podcast (Xtelligent Healthcare Media), Using Digital Quality Measures to Gather Quality Measures Data in a Crisis, 10/5/2020, https://soundcloud.com/xtelligentmedia/using-digital-quality-measures-to-gather-quality-measures-data-in-a-crisis
Selected Quotes Contributed To Articles
- More Investment in Primary Care Needed, Report Finds, MedPage Today, 02/23/2023, https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/generalprimarycare/103223
- National Committee for Quality Assurance: CMS star ratings changes may cause 'incredible volatility', Becker’s Payer Issues, 04/07/2022, https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/national-committee-for-quality-assurance-cms-star-ratings-changes-will-cause-incredible-volatility.html
- On-Demand Telehealth Is Booming Even as a Fierce Competitor Remains: The Doctor’s Office, Morning Consult, 11/03/2021, https://morningconsult.com/2021/11/03/on-demand-telehealth-polling/
- NCQA, CMS Push for Digital Quality Measures System, Hospital Peer Review, 05/01/2021, https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/147873-ncqa-cms-push-for-digital-qual
Selected Public Speaking Appearances
- ICario’s Health Innovation Summit, Minneapolis, MN, 08/11/2022, https://icariohealth.com/resources/health-equity-and-sdoh-webinar/
- RISE 11TH Annual HEDIS and Quality Improvement Summit, San Diego, CA, 10/25/2021
- RISE National Summit, Virtual, 03/29/2021, https://rise.digitellinc.com/rise/sessions/4242/view
- Association of Community Cancer Centers Annual Meeting, 03/02/2021, https://www.obroncology.com/article/with-telehealth-the-oncology-community-faces-a-goldilocks-dilemma
Selected Publications
- A Fair Exchange, The New York Times, 07/28/2010, https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/opinion/28micciche.html?scp=1&sq=a%20fair%20exchange&st=cse
- The Role of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Frank Micciche and Michael Barr, MD, Chapter 13, The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy and Tools, Fourth Edition, 2018, https://account.ache.org/iweb/upload/Table%20of%20Contents-93498498.pdf
- Obama’s Audacious Agenda: Who’s Paying for It?, Boston Globe, 03/03/2009, http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/03/03/obamas_audacious_agenda_whos_paying_for_it/
Timeline
Vice President, Public Policy and External Relations
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
05.2014 - Current
Senior Advisor/Vice President, Partnerships & Coalitions
Campaign to Fix the Debt
02.2012 - 05.2014
Senior Advisor
McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP
05.2009 - 02.2012
Managing Director, Next Social Contract Initiative
New America Foundation
03.2008 - 05.2009
Director of State-Federal Relations
Office of Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)
01.2003 - 12.2006
Federal Legislative Liaison
Office of Governor John Engler (R-MI)
07.2001 - 12.2002
Legislative Director/Senior Research Analyst
Office of Minority Leader Massachusetts House of Representatives
- 08.1999
Master’s in Public Policy -
Harvard University
B.A, Political Science -
Tufts University
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