Staff

Mary Kaschak – Executive Director

Ms. Kaschak is Executive Director of the Long-Term Quality Alliance in Washington, DC.  She comes to the Alliance with ten years of experience in aging and health policy, most recently as Deputy Director of the Aging and Disability Business Institute at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a).  At the Business Institute, Ms. Kaschak played a lead role in advancing the readiness and business acumen of community-based organizations (CBOs) to successfully engage in the design and delivery of integrated care systems for older adults and younger adults with disabilities.  Ms. Kaschak’s responsibilities at the Business Institute included business development, grant management, and oversight of day-to-day operations.

G. Lawrence Atkins – Research Director

Dr. Atkins is Research Director of the Long-Term Quality Alliance in Washington, DC. He is a Board member and immediate past-President of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He was recently the Staff Director of the federal Commission on Long-Term Care, which issued its final report in September 2013. Prior to that, he was Executive Director, U.S. Public Policy at the global pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck.

Dr. Atkins is a veteran of more than 30 years of health and social policy analysis, policy development, and legislative representation at the local, state, and federal levels. He directed Public Policy at Schering-Plough Corporation; was founder and President of Health Policy Analysts, Inc., a firm providing consultation on pharmaceutical, health benefits, and health care reimbursement issues; was Executive Director of the Corporate Health Care Coalition, an alliance of Fortune 100 companies on federal and state health reform issues; and headed a health and benefits policy practice in the Washington office of the New York law firm Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam and Roberts. During the 1990s, Dr. Atkins served on two quadrennial Social Security Advisory Commissions – 1991 as a Commission member and 1995 as a member of the Technical Panel.

Jared Hite – Policy Analyst

Jared Hite is a Policy Analyst, contributing his skills and experience to LTQA research, working groups, and events. He also takes a lead with member engagement and communication.

Jared’s previous health policy research has covered Medicare palliative and hospice services, pharmaceutical affordability, and state efforts to reduce health disparities. Before joining LTQA, Jared interned with AcademyHealth and the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Jared has a Master of Public Policy and Master of Business Administration from Brandeis University’s Heller School, where he focused on healthcare policy. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in Philosophy.

Anne Tumlinson – Consultant

Anne Tumlinson has over two decades of research and consulting experience in post-acute and long-term care financing and delivery.  Her consulting firm, Anne Tumlinson Innovations, helps organizations respond to demographic changes and delivery system reform, with a special emphasis on addressing gaps in financing for long-term services and supports for older adults with long-term care need. Her research focuses on measuring the impact on Medicare acute spending of managing the long-term social supports and services needs of frail older adults.  Anne has testified before Congress and appeared before the Long-Term Care Commission, and the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Lois Simon – Consultant

Lois Simon is the Founder and Principal of L. Simon Solutions LLC, a healthcare integration strategies consulting firm based in Boston, MA. She was also the Co-Founder of Commonwealth Care Alliance and its former President. Commonwealth Care Alliance is a nationally recognized pioneer in the design and operation of programs integrating Medicare and Medicaid financing and service delivery for populations with complex needs: elders and individuals with disabilities across the age spectrum. Lois has had extensive experience with achieving desired care and cost outcomes by designing approaches to integrate Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and behavioral health with medical care.

Henry Claypool – Consultant

Henry Claypool is the former Director of the Health and Human Services Office on Disability and a founding Principal Deputy Administrator of the Administration for Community Living. He also served as a presidentially-appointed member of the Federal Commission on Long-Term Care, advising Congress on how long-term care can be better provided and financed for the nation’s older adults and people with disabilities, now and in the future, and was Executive Vice President of the American Association of People with Disabilities, which promotes equal opportunity, economic power, independent living and political participation for people with disabilities. He is Affiliated Faculty at the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF and principal of Claypool Consulting.

Jennifer Windh – Consultant

Jennifer Windh has expertise in the fields of healthcare and aging. Jennifer serves as the primary investigator for LTQA’s “Developing the Business Case for LTSS Integration” research project.

Prior to joining LTQA, Jennifer held analyst positions at The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and McKinsey & Co. While at Pew, she led the development of the Improving End-of-Life Care project: an initiative to advance federal policies that support high-quality care for individuals who are seriously ill.

Jennifer received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Duke University, and holds a master’s degree in public policy from Georgia State University.