Molly Smith provides strategic business and regulatory advice, policy analysis and project oversight to public and private-sector clients on federal-state collaborative health initiatives, health information technology, Medicaid and Medicare.
Prior to joining Manatt Health Solutions, Ms. Smith spent over six years with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Most recently she worked as a project officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), State Health Information Exchange (HIE) program, where she managed state HIE cooperative agreements and administered the state health IT coordinator workgroup. She also served as an intergovernmental affairs specialist in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of External Affairs, where she developed and managed the agency’s relationships with state and local officials to improve understanding of CMS policies related to Medicaid, health IT and Medicare Part D. Ms. Smith's additional health policy experience includes analyzing and developing Medicaid eligibility policies and Medicare hospital payment policies, including drafting federal regulations.