Edith Coakley Stowe
Edith Stowe, Managing Director, works with states, foundations, nonprofits, providers, payers and others on delivery system reform, population health and value based care, particularly at the intersection between health and housing, food and other social drivers of health.
Edith brings over a decade of experience designing and implementing population health initiatives at both the federal and state levels and is skilled at the translation between policy and practical implementation. She brings special expertise in primary care transformation, alternative payment models, Medicaid managed care and quality measurement and improvement.
Edith is a skilled facilitator known for her ability to drive progress on complex program implementation projects across multiple stakeholders and viewpoints and on projects that may take multiple years to plan, test and scale. Edith has a special interest in care design for highly complex populations and is a member of the Camden Coalition’s National Advisory Committee.
Prior to Manatt, Edith served as a Health Insurance Specialist at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). She led the team implementing the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative, a payment and care delivery model involving 500 primary care practices in 7 U.S. regions, as well as over 30 health care payers acting in partnership with CMS. Since that time, CPC has influenced multiple subsequent CMMI initiatives as well as shaped Medicare Part B policy on reimbursement for care management.