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@OHAOregon
October 30, 2024
Contact: Amy Bacher, amy.bacher2@oha.oregon.gov
Portland, OR – OHA today announced that Clare Pierce-Wrobel will become the agency’s Health Policy and Analytics (HPA) director, effective Nov. 12. She most recently served as the director for Delivery System Reform at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she oversaw the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and policies related to Medicare Advantage and Part D, payment reform, health care competition, health information technology and lower drug pricing.
OHA Director Dr. Sejal Hathi, MD, MBA, said, “Clare’s leadership and proven success in landmark health reform efforts will be an asset to all Oregonians. She joins OHA with both the experience and strategic insight necessary to lead HPA in strengthening access to equitable, affordable care across the state. I look forward to welcoming Clare to OHA.”
Pierce-Wrobel also served as a counselor to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, leading various health policy priorities. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration, Pierce-Wrobel served as senior director of a nonprofit health association promoting multi-payer value-based payment, and as adjunct professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health.
“My career in public service has been dedicated to developing policies and systems that improve the way health care is delivered – driving more equitable health care outcomes and access to affordable, patient-centered care,” Clare Pierce-Wrobel said. “The chance to lead HPA in Oregon – a state whose health care efforts are consistently recognized at the national level – is an incredible opportunity and I look forward to getting to work.”
Starting her career in government as a Presidential Management Fellow at HHS, Pierce-Wrobel helped implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. She also led the State Innovation Model at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which supported Oregon’s health system transformation and coordinated care model.
Pierce-Wrobel earned a Master in Health Services Administration (MHSA) from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan’s Honors College.
HPA develops programs and policies regarding the oversight of health care affordability, improved access to care and health system performance. Through data and policy analysis, HPA programs provide insight into critical health system issues like health care workforce, health care providers and systems, insurance coverage and the affordability of health care.
Oversight efforts within HPA include the Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target program, which helps ensure that health care costs in Oregon grow at a more sustainable rate, and the Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program, which reviews proposed business deals to make sure they will advance Oregon's shared goals of health equity, lower consumer costs, increased access, and better care. Health policy programs under HPA include the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace, the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Download Pierce-Wrobel’s headshot here.
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