Ann L. Rasenberger, JD, President of Care Management Strategies LLC, has broad and diverse experience in government health care financing (including Medicaid and Medicare), Medicaid managed care, home and community based services and other long-term care programs, and the delivery of health care and home- and community-based services to low-income seniors as a consultant, a health care provider, and an attorney.
Clients of Care Management Strategies LLC include George Washington University’s Department of Health Policy, a Medicare Advantage/Special Needs Plan (Bravo Health Inc.), two long-term care organizations, a care management firm, several consulting firms, Med Chi (the Maryland state medical society), the Maryland Hospital Association and a community health foundation. Through her consulting work with George Washington University over the last two years, Ann has worked on teams to provide high-level technical assistance to the District of Columbia’s Department of Health Care Finance on matters pertaining to Medicaid long-term care, managed care, and quality improvement. Key projects for clients have included:
- Conducting an assessment of the District of Columbia's Home and Community-Based Waiver for the Elderly and Physically Disabled, focusing on quality of care issues and consumer direction services
- Providing technical assistance to the District of Columbia on its Money Follows the Person and Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) programs
- Preparing analyses of the District of Columbia government's oversight of the quality of care in certain long-term care programs funded by Medicaid
- Performing a literature search and analysis of preventable clinical conditions causing prolonged hospital stays among elderly hospital patients
- Overseeing the preparation of a Medicaid MCO application on behalf of a Medicare Advantage Plan
- Conducting readiness reviews of the District of Columbia's Medicaid MCOs
- Assisting in an evaluation of Maryland's Long-Term Care Ombudsman program for the Maryland Department of Aging and drafting proposed legislation to reform the program
- Preparing a white paper on Medicaid and commercial insurance coverage of a substance abuse treatment (buprenorphine) in Maryland
From 2001-2005, Ann served as Director of Catholic Charities' SeniorLife Services Division in Baltimore where she managed an array of programs for seniors that spanned the continuum of senior care, including a skilled nursing facility, an assisted living facility, independent living apartments, senior centers, adult day care programs, an information and referral program, and a family caregiver support program.
Prior to joining Catholic Charities, Ann provided guidance to several states on managed care, quality improvement, and reimbursement issues as a senior consultant for the Washington, DC consulting firm, Engquist, Pelrine & Powell. She was also VP of Regulatory Affairs for the Health Facilities Association of Maryland, a leading long-term care trade association, where she worked on ground-breaking quality improvement legislation.
Ann developed expertise in Medicaid as an Assistant Attorney General and Medicaid counsel to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 1988-1997, during which time she played a leading role in developing and implementing Maryland’s managed care program for Medicaid recipients, HealthChoice. She was also involved in the design of a managed care pilot program for “high cost users.”
Ann has provided guidance to the State of Maryland as a member of several advisory groups on issues relating to Medicaid, managed long-term care, community-based services for older adults, aging-in-place, and the development of Maryland’s Aging and Disability Resource Center. Ann served as a Commissioner of the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education, Baltimore’s Area Agency on Aging. She has been a member of Maryland’s Medicaid Advisory Committee since 2004. Ann received a law degree from Georgetown University and an A.B. in Government, cum laude, from Smith College.
Care Management Strategies LLC is located in Ellicott City, Maryland just outside of Baltimore, and near the headquarters of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Care Management Strategies LLC is a Maryland-certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).
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