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| Kimberly Haddad, MPH, chief of staff of UMass Medical School's Commonwealth Medicine division |
Kimberly A. Haddad, MPH, chief of staff of UMass Medical School’s Commonwealth Medicine division, has been named one of '10 to Watch' in 2015 by MetroWest495 Biz, a sister publication ofthe Worcester Business Journal.
The annual list celebrates change makers in the MetroWest region who are leading the area’s most visible organizations. Haddad, who joined Commonwealth Medicine in February, spoke about her role within the division in an article and video published May 18.
“I’m helping to lead a dynamic organization that is at the forefront of improving the value of health care in Massachusetts and beyond,” Haddad said. “As chief of staff I work across the enterprise, so I have the opportunity to impact the direction we’re headed.”
Haddad is a health law and policy expert who previously served as both director of health care policy and deputy general counsel at the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance. She also was general counsel and health policy advisor to state Sen. Richard T. Moore, assisting him in drafting health care cost containment and quality improvement legislation that would become known as Chapter 224.
Commonwealth Medicine is UMass Medical School’s health care consulting and operations division, and much of its work involves partnering with public agencies and private organizations both in Massachusetts and internationally to improve health care accessibility, delivery, and financing. Commonwealth Medicine’s use of data analytics to improve patient care and health care cost effectiveness is one area of growth.
