Professional Experience
Ms. Garcimonde provides policy analysis, project implementation support and other strategic business and policy advisory services to health care providers, health information organizations and other health care clients on health information technology, health care access and financing and other issues.
Prior to joining Manatt, Ms. Garcimonde served as a graduate intern at Wider Opportunities for Women where she provided federal and state-level legislative and policy analysis to the Federal Policy and FESS (Family Economic Self-Sufficiency) Project and was a contributor to Setting the Standard, WOW's quarterly newsletter. Ms. Garcimonde also served as a research assistant at the Campaign Finance Institute, where she was involved in the drafting of The Election After Reform, a book that examines the impact of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act on the 2004 elections.
Education
The George Washington University, M.A., Public Policy and Women’s Studies, 2006.
University of Florida, B.A., English and Political Science, 2003.
McLaughlin Scholar.
Memberships & Activities
Volunteer, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 2009.
Former Lobby Corps Volunteer, American Association of University Women.
Publications
Coauthor, "Medicaid Managed Care: How States' Experience Can Inform Exchange Qualified Health Plan Standards," Center for Health Care Strategies, November 2011.
Coauthor, "Giving Meaningful Use Time to Settle In," Executive Insight, June 29, 2011.
Contributor, “Realizing State-level HIE Value and Sustainability: Advancing Effective State-level Approaches to Interoperability in the New Federal Context,” prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, May 15, 2009.
Contributor, “Automated Renewal: Strategies to Maintain Coverage of Eligible Children in Medicaid and Child Health Plus,” United Hospital Fund, December 2008.
Contributor, “Examining the Potential Role for RHIO Accreditation in New York’s Health Information Technology Strategy,” New York eHealth Collaborative, White Paper, September 2008.
Contributor, “State Level Health Information Exchange: Roles in Ensuring Governance and Advancing Interoperability (Final Report),” Findings from State-level HIE Consensus Project, prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, March 10, 2008.
Contributor, “State Level Health Information Exchange: Roles in Ensuring Governance and Advancing Interoperability,” Preliminary 2007 Findings from State-level HIE Consensus Project, prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, September 28, 2007.