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JENNIFER TAYLOR, PhD

Colorado Springs,CO

Summary

Data-driven healthcare profession skilled in using program evaluation to inform business decisions. Well-versed in in the Medicare managed market including expertise in performance measures such as Medicare Stars, NCQA, HEDIS, and CAHPS quality measures. Dedicated to cost, process and resource optimization. Practiced manager and problem-solver with 15 years of experience with Fortunate 500 companies, government and academic institutions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Medicare Market Strategist

Pfizer
New York, NY
08.2009 - 08.2017
  • Pfizer's subject matter expert in Medicare quality performance measures
  • Developed and executed a Medicare STAR Platform to identify low performing customers on therapeutically aligned quality metrics.
  • Led corporate-wide initiatives to help guide enterprise and business level goals In the Medicare Market
  • Developed customer segmentation models to prioritize quality improvement opportunities
  • Designed evaluation framework to "diagnose" customer quality issues and implement a rapid cycle response
  • Pfizer Vanguard Award Winner: Medicare Stars analysis for United Healthcare showed declining patient satisfaction for Medicare managed market formularies that excluded Premarin

Chief Research Officer

Green Ribbon Health
Tampa, FL
08.2005 - 09.2008

Green Ribbon Health (GRH), a joint venture between Humana & Pfizer, delivered care management services to Medicare Beneficiaries in the state of Florida. GRH and CMS had a risk-based contract where payment was dependent on improvement in cost and quality measures.

  • Led the Program Evaluation and Information Management department for GRH; a team of 12 highly skilled technologists, that implemented cost and quality analysis based on CMS requirements
  • Developed, implemented and executed the formative and summative evaluation of GRHs Medicare Health Support Program
  • As co‐Principle Investigator, developed partnerships with key academic/research institutions, e.g., Stanford, Harvard, USF, and RAND to execute research programs that target strategic areas of interest
  • Program evaluation liaison to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and their affiliates, Mathematica Policy Research and Actuarial Research Corporation
  • Invited speaker to the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, GA to present GRHs summarize program evaluation

Senior Manager, Outcomes & Analtyics

Pfizer Health Solutions
Santa Monica, CA
05.2003 - 03.2005
  • Developed metric plans to evaluate customer programs that were internally designed and executed
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement
  • Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions
  • Evaluated trends to understand competitive environments and assess current strategies
  • Evaluated business requirements, leveraging information to forecast program costs

NIH Funded Research Fellow

University Of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
01.2001 - 01.2003
  • Developed and implemented key research methodology for renewable $3.3‐million NIH grant
  • Created original methodology to measure cognitive health in older adult patients
  • Led interdisciplinary teams to accelerate outcomes program 6 months ahead of projected schedule and under budget
  • Developed/implemented protocol to improve accuracy and collection‐speed of outcome measures
  • Analyzed and interpreted data using parametric, nonparametric and analytical statistical techniques in SPSS

Education

Post Doctoral - Neuroscience & Gerontology

UCLA
05.2003

PhD - Applied Research & Evaluation

Claremont Graduate University, And Behavioral Sciences
Claremont
03.2002

M.A - Political Science

Claremont Graduate University, School of Organizational And Behavioral Sciences
Claremont, CA
06.1996

B.A. - Political Science

Whittier College
Whittier
05.1996

Skills

  • Metric Development and Analysis
  • Risk‐Based Contracting
  • Government (HHS, CMS, CDC) Liaison Experience
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Program Evaluation
  • Data Visualization including Tableau

Affiliations

American Public Health Association, Member


Gerontological Society of America, Member


Adult Development and Aging, APA Division 20, Member


American Evaluation Association, Member


American Psychological Association, Member


Disease Management Association of America, Member

Timeline

Medicare Market Strategist

Pfizer
08.2009 - 08.2017

Chief Research Officer

Green Ribbon Health
08.2005 - 09.2008

Senior Manager, Outcomes & Analtyics

Pfizer Health Solutions
05.2003 - 03.2005

NIH Funded Research Fellow

University Of California, Los Angeles
01.2001 - 01.2003

Post Doctoral - Neuroscience & Gerontology

UCLA

PhD - Applied Research & Evaluation

Claremont Graduate University, And Behavioral Sciences

M.A - Political Science

Claremont Graduate University, School of Organizational And Behavioral Sciences

B.A. - Political Science

Whittier College
JENNIFER TAYLOR, PhD