Office of DisabilityBiography of Kate King, M.P.A. Kate King, M.P.A. has managed Medicaid programs or conducted health
policy analysis on issues related to the organization, financing or service
delivery for long term care and other special populations for 28 years.
As a Health Insurance Specialist at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) in Baltimore, she is currently working on several projects
related to the President’s New Freedom Initiative, including direct
care worker issues, for which she is the CMS lead. Prior to Federal service,
she served in the Maryland Medicaid program for 17 years, consulted at
major health organizations while completing her doctoral residency at
Brandeis University, and was a policy analyst at the Institute of Medicine
for five years. She currently has a fellowship on Balancing Long Term
Care Systems sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Last Revised: June 17, 2004 |