Marilee Ashy Andrews

Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD)

• Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
• Monitored project progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track. (e.g. Statewide Incident Mangement System, CMS Performance Measures, Guardianship Services, National Core Indicators Surveys).
• Provided synthesized project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
• Directs, implements, and manages health- and program-related data and performance indicators, identifying areas for improvement and recommending actionable solutions.
• Championed best practices in project management, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Optimized resource allocation, effectively balancing priorities and managing competing demands.
• Coached team members on professional development opportunities, contributing to improved overall performance.

Medicaid

• Prepared detailed reports on project status for Medicaid leadership and LDH stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
• Contributes to the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of Medicaid activities that are essential to achieving the triple aim of improving the health of the population, improving patient satisfaction, and reducing costs.
• Mentored junior team members in project management best practices to enhance their skills and contribute to better overall performance.
• Monitors CMS Performance Measures and HEDIS and non-HEDIS measures for Louisiana Medicaid services.
• Reviews and analyzes Louisiana's Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy, the written strategy for assessing and improving the quality of managed care services provided to Medicaid recipients as required by Federal law, and the Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy Evaluation submitted by Medicaid's contracted external quality review organization (EQRO).

Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council (LADDC)

• Coordinated closely with Louisiana's DD network, ensuring seamless collaboration throughout the duration of joint projects.
• Develops current and long-range plans, policies, and procedures for administering Council initiatives based on five-year plan.
• Monitors and reports on progress of Council initiatives internally to leadership and in public meetings to all stakeholders.
• Serves as liaison for the Council on boards and commissions, work groups, and ad-hoc committees. (e.g. Governor-appointed member of the State Interagency Coordinating Council for EarlySteps; Governor-appointed member of the Achieving a Better Life Experience Account Advisory Council.
• Adapted quickly to changing circumstances and identified opportunities for process improvement, implementing changes that led to increased efficiency within the organization.
• Maintained comprehensive documentation of program activities for future reference, facilitating continuous improvement efforts.
• Drafts and finalizes contracts; Monitors/manages budgetary and programmatic aspects of those agreements assuring compliance with budget and deliverables.
• Ongoing technical assistance to contractors, fiscal agents, and staff on programmatic issues (e.g. Partners in Policymaking training program).

Office of the Secretary

• Assists with design and development of special projects (e.g. redesign of the Department’s visitation experience).
• Monitors and reports on progress of special projects to the Department's Executive Counsel and Secretary.
• Trains new staff, legal aids, and interns on tasks to further ongoing projects.
• Designs, develops, and pilots research projects on the basis of best practices, and state and federal legislative or policy developments (e.g. pilot doula program for incarcerated pregnant females) and provides project updates to DPS&C leadership.
• Manages the statewide operations of regulations and policies within the department.
• Advises and provides technical assistance to administrators, other agency personnel, and other persons outside the field of corrections (e.g. the Crime and Justice Institute) on programs, policies, procedures, laws, and regulations; and answers questions and assists in the resolution of problems.
• Provides technical assistance for various task forces and committees on behalf of the Department (e.g. Women’s Incarceration Task Force; Felony Class System Task Force; Human Trafficking Prevention Commission; the Governor’s Justice Reinvestment Oversight Council; LDJA/DPS&C Liaison Committee; and the Secretary’s Families of the Incarcerated Advisory Board).

Office of the Medical/ Mental Health Director

• Reviewed medical, mental health, and disability needs assessments to identify gaps in service delivery and inform program development efforts.
• Reviews, interprets, and revises medical, mental health, and disability departmental regulations (both new and revisions to existing) as necessary to accommodate state and federal laws, legislative sessions, judicial actions, court decisions, policy changes, compliance with national standards (e.g. American Correctional Association), etc.
• Assists with design and development ongoing projects (e.g. Annual Report)
• Confers and interacts with Department staff and federal, state, and local officials regarding policy-related issues and/or requests
• Assists state, local, or private agencies with research projects regarding policies and procedures and forms management
• Serve as a member of committees relevant to the Department’s program (e.g. Suicide Review Committee).