Selected Current and Past Clients
Ireland & Associates, LLC
2018 to
present – Consultant
Conduct research and writing
for health plans
responding to Medicaid managed care RFPs in different states,
and other consulting and research as needed
LBJ School
of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
March 1997 to present –
Researcher, Writer, Editor, Policy Analyst for various
projects
Researched, wrote, edited, and/or formatted various
research publications for many professors over the years; topics have included managed mental health
care, U.S./Mexico health policy, Medicare and Medicaid
policy, labor policy, environmental policy, national
security, public health, and obtaining
health coverage for the uninsured, as well as copyediting
the annual LBJ School Journal for several years
Worked with a professor and several other researchers on two
white papers (on Medicaid and SCHIP, and innovations in
other states) and related research for a UT System task
force; papers became Appendices B and C in the
Code
Red report
Worked with a professor and another contract researcher on
calculating the cost of cancer in Texas and an
analysis of the literature on cancer prevention strategies
(funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
through the Texas Department of Health); our
report won the
James W.
McGrew Research Award for Practitioner Research of the Year
(May 2001) from the Centex Chapter of the American Society
for Public Administration
Dell
2005 to
present – Consultant
Perform marketing-related research, writing, and consulting;
oversee a contractor
Texas Health Institute
January
2012 to August 2016, November 2007 to June 2008, September
to October 2007, March to November 2006, October 2001
to February 2002 – Researcher, Policy Analyst, Writer,
Editor
Working with Senior Research Scientist Dennis Andrulis and
other staff on several related grant-funded projects
involving researching and reporting on the impact of
national health care reform measures on health care
diversity and language and cultural competency provisions
Researched and wrote policy briefs for forums on training
the healthcare workforce in health information technology,
the uninsured in Texas, and mental health care system
transformation in Texas (2006-2008); wrote three grants to
different foundations to obtain additional funding for the
Institute’s health policy forums (2001-2002)
Sendero
Health Plans (subcontracted through Dennis
Edmonds & Associates LLC)
August to December 2011
– Consultant
Assisted new Medicaid/CHIP HMO (owned by Central Health) in
developing their internal policies and procedures required
for operations and for state reviews
Rice University,
Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Houston, Texas
June
2010 to May 2011 – Consultant
Assisted with research and analysis on a project for Rice
University, in conjunction with Methodist Healthcare
Ministries, that aims to assess the impact of national
health care reform on vulnerable population groups in Texas
Texas Association of Local Health Officials (TALHO)
April to May 2010, November
to December 2003, March to May 2001 – Grantwriter
Wrote
federal grant application to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) for a diabetes elimination program in
Texas (2010)
Wrote
two grant applications to the Texas Department of Health in
2003 to apply for funds to develop several training programs
on public health topics (2003)
Wrote
grant application to the Texas Department of Health’s
Innovations Grants program in 2001 for a Public Health Peer Review process in Texas
(TALHO is a statewide non-profit
association of local health department directors)
Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC)
March to June 2009, July to
August 2001, August to September 2000 – Grantwriter; February to June 2001 –
Meeting planner
Wrote
grant application to the federal Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality for a project on improving health care
quality through health information technology
Wrote
grant application to the "Communities in Charge" program of
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; wrote
grant application to Volunteers in Health Care for a
planning and evaluation grant relating to a local physician
volunteer program
Performed
preliminary planning and research for a physician summit
meeting with local physicians, ICC board members, and
members of Travis County Medical Society to explore the
possibility of implementing an organized physician volunteer
system for treating indigent patients in Central Texas
Entrepreneurs Foundation
January to April 2009
– Researcher, Writer
Wrote a case study to document the successes of the
foundation's breast cancer services project that was a
collaboration of local health and social services agencies
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
June to
July 2008 – Researcher, Writer
Rewrote section on financing and policy barriers to
integration of mental and physical health care as part of an
integration resource guide by the foundation
St.
David's Community Health Foundation
May to October 2005 –
Writer
Worked with St. David's CHF staff to write a journal article
to document the successes of the Theo Project, a
collaboration to bring mobile dental services to underserved
children in Austin-area schools
Texas
Department of Health (now Texas Department of State Health
Services)
Texas
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: April to May
2004
–
Writer
Wrote report on cardiovascular disease using 2003 BRFSS data
Traumatic Brain Injury Project: December 2001 to March 2003 – Evaluator
Contracted to be the independent evaluator for the TBI
project as required by their federal grant; developed and
implemented evaluation and monitoring systems and did
monthly (through 3/2002) and then quarterly (through 3/2003)
evaluation reports; presented findings at several TBI
Advisory Council meetings
Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis: March 1998 to January 1999 – Planner III
Completed final report to the Texas Legislature and other
projects related to House Concurrent Resolution 44 of the
75th Legislature regarding improving the public health
system in Texas