Medicaid Waivers and State Plan Amendment Opportunities to Fund Evidence-Based Programming

Sharon R. Williams is the founder and CEO of Williams Jaxon, Consulting, LLC, a business development and training firm focused on support for community organizations, government agencies and health organizations serving Medicare/Medicare consumers. Sharon’s experience includes executive leadership in both the traditional health care and the Home and Community Based Services industries. She is a seasoned and results oriented executive with a passion for the delivery of high quality, culturally competent, comprehensive and cost effective health care services for publicly funded consumers. Sharon was CEO at CareSource Michigan, a top 100 ranked health plan with Medicaid and Medicare product lines. Additional leadership experiences include Vice President roles at Coventry, Amerigroup and OmniCare. She has also served as COO for one of the nation’s leading Area Agencies on Aging. Sharon is a consultant with the National Council on Aging (NCOA). She conducted the research and construct for the soon-to-be-released CDSME marketing video. Additionally, she administers NCOA’s Community Integrated Health Council and the 2017 Network Development Learning Collaborative.

Sharon has been affiliated with leading industry organizations such as America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), National Association of Health Services Executives, Meals on Wheels America (MOWA), and the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP).

Katrina Seipp-Lewington is the Manager, Community Health at Comagine Health supporting cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to scale the National DPP, the Administration for Community Living to Grow the Community Integrated Network of Oregon (CINO) to Deliver and Sustain Evidence Based Chronic Disease Self-Management and Support Programs, and multiple state public health interventions. Her work focuses on community engagement, quality improvement, and multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the system design and implementation of state and local sustainable infrastructure for evidence-based health education. Katrina holds a Master of Public Health degree in Health Promotion from Portland State University.