With over 15 years of experience designing and implementing programs in support of value-based payment arrangements, care delivery redesign, and provider network-building, Deborah Kozick is leading the Firm’s policy direction on healthcare quality and access and providing strategic guidance for clients on a range of Medicaid financing initiatives to help enhance access to high-quality care. She is an experienced advisor to State Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, and providers on strategies for formalizing and scaling cross-sector partnerships and implementation practices to address social determinants of health in Medicaid. Prior to joining Sellers Dorsey, Deborah served as Associate Director, Delivery System Reform, at the Center for Health Care Strategies, where she worked to promote innovative Medicaid managed care policy and contracting strategies among providers, health plans, and state Medicaid agencies nationwide. She also supported 38 states in pioneering care delivery and value-based payment models in the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Innovation’s State Innovation Model initiative. Before that role, Deborah was Director at NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest public health care system, where she specialized in Patient-Centered Medical Homes and referrals between community-based providers and the hospital system.