Medicaid Technical Assistance & Policy Program

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Ohio's Medicaid Technical Assistance & Policy Program (MedTAPP) is a state-university partnership led by the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM). MedTAPP leverages the clinical and academic expertise of Ohio's colleges of medicine and public and private universities to improve health care quality for the nearly three million Ohioans insured by Medicaid.

OUR EXPERTS

MedTAPP health improvement initiatives harness the clinical and academic multidisciplinary experience of experts across the state. All experts are eligible to provide technical Assistance and consultation to the Ohio Medicaid program.

Adrianne Frech

Adrianne Frech
Adrianne Frech, PhD
Ohio University
Expertise
Population Health, Quantitative analysis, Labor force participation

Allyson Hughes

Allyson Hughes
Allyson Hughes, PhD
Ohio University
Expertise
Diabetes, Population Health, Health Policy

Ani Ruhil

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Ani Ruhil, PhD
Ohio University
Expertise
Rural Health, Health Equity, Statistics\Informatics

Arun Kumar

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Arun Kumar, PhD, MS, PharmD
University of Cincinnati
Expertise
Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics

Ayaz Hyder

Ayaz Hyder
Ayaz Hyder, PhD
The Ohio State University
Expertise
Computational Epidemiology; Systems Science/Modeling

Beau Meyer

Beau Meyer
Beau Meyer, DDS, MPH
The Ohio State University
Expertise
Pediatric Oral Health

Berkeley Franz

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Berkeley Franz, PhD
Ohio University
Expertise
Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities; Substance Use; Population Health Science

Beth Canfield-Simbro

Beth Canfield-Simbro
Beth Canfield-Simbro, MPH, PhD, CHES
University of Mount Union
Expertise
Health Education, Qualitative Research, Sexual Health

Bethany Lemont

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Bethany Lemont, PhD
Ohio University
Expertise
Health Economics, Transplantation, Health Disparities

Bethany Panchal

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Bethany Panchal, MD
The Ohio Sate University
Expertise
Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Brittany Hand

Brittany Hand
Brittany Hand, PhD, OTR/L
The Ohio State University
Expertise
Health Services, Health Outcomes, Autism

Catherine Hechmer

Catherine Hechmer
Catherine Hechmer, MSW/LISW-S, LICDC-CS
OSU College of Social Work
Expertise
Substance Use Disorders, Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP

Use your expertise to inform health policymaking and advance health improvement throughout Ohio by completing the form below. Once processed, you will recieve access to funding opportunities, program and news updates, and health policy and analysis resources.