Professional Experience
Ms. Newman is a Manager for Manatt Health Solutions, a policy and business advisory unit within the national healthcare practice at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Prior to joining Manatt, Ms. Newman served as the director of health policy at the California Academy of Family Physicians in San Francisco, California. There she directed state and national quality improvement projects focusing on chronic disease management, systems change, and automation; managed federal legislative and regulatory agendas, including Medicare and Medi-Cal issues; advanced healthcare reform strategies that addressed the full spectrum of primary care issues; and provided expert guidance to foundations, community leaders, legislators and key stakeholders on health systems innovation, health information technology, medical home, workforce development, and cultural proficiency. Ms. Newman also served as policy specialist at the National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance. In this role, Ms. Newman managed a nationally recognized 50-state initiative to analyze health and social service programs, secured federal and foundation funding for the provision of expert guidance over caregiver issues, provided technical expertise to federal and state leaders on long-term care policy, and directed the federal legislative agenda. Ms. Newman was also a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski.
Education
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Master of Public Health, Concentration: Maternal & Child Health, August 1997.
Tulane University, Bachelor of Arts, Women’s Studies, May 1995.
Memberships & Activities
Board of Directors, Red Room Omnimedia Corporation. Member, CALeRX (California Statewide e-Prescribing Task Force). Small Practice Advisory Committee, California Healthcare Foundation.
Publications
“The Relationship Between a Statewide Preceptorship Program and Family Medicine Residency Selection,” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2010. “Fractured: Family Medicine’s Fix to Ensure a Healthy California,” California Academy of Family Physicians, 2009. “Strong Medicine: Family Medicine’s Fix for California’s Fractured Health Care System,” California Academy of Family Physicians, 2008. “Residency Program Survival: Blueprint for an Effective Defense,” California Academy of Family Physicians, 2007. “Preliminary Experiences of the States in Implementing the National Family Caregiver Support Program: A 50-State Study,” Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2006. “Family Caregiver Support Services: Sustaining Unpaid Family and Friends in a Time of Public Fiscal Constraint,” AARP, 2005. “A Study of 10 States Since Passage of the National Family Caregiver Support Program: Policies, Perceptions, and Program Development,” The Gerontologist, 2004. “Medicaid and Family Caregiving: Services, Supports and Strategies Among Aged/Disabled HCBS Waiver Programs,” Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, 2005. “Caregiving and Retirement Planning: What Happens to Family Caregivers Who Leave the Workforce,” Family Caregiver Alliance, 2003. “Women and Caregiving: Facts & Figures,” Family Caregiver Alliance, 2003. “Paid Family and Medical Leave: Why We Need It; How We Can Get It,” Family Caregiver Alliance, 2003.
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, “Health Information Technology: ARRA & Adoption Incentives,” California Academy of Family Physicians: 2010 Congress of Delegates, Sacramento, CA, 2010. Speaker, “Parameters and Implications of the Patient Centered Medical Home,” Santa Cruz Medical Society, 2009. Speaker, “Residency Program Survival: Blueprint for an Effective Defense,” American Academy of Family Physicians: Annual Leadership Forum, Kansas City, MO, 2008. Speaker, “Practice Redesign, Quality Improvement, and a Clinical Hook: A Perfect Match for Your Members,” American Association of Medical Society Executives: Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, 2007. Speaker, “The State of the States in Family Caregiver Support: A 50-State Study,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: New Freedom Initiatives Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2005. Speaker, “The State of the States in Family Caregiver Support: Implications for Policy & Practice,” Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging,” Philadelphia, PA, 2004. Speaker, “The State of the States in Family Caregiver Support,” Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging,” San Francisco, CA, 2004. Speaker, “Reining in Long-Term Care Costs While Providing Good Care: Mission Impossible?” National Conference of State Legislatures: Sixth Health Policy Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2002.
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