Stephanie Anthony

A veteran of state and federal health care administrations with experience in program design and implementation, Stephanie Anthony provides research, analysis and advisory services on health policy and health law to public and private sector clients.

Clients turn to Stephanie for counsel on health care reform, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) financing, program design and waivers, post-acute care, and long-term services and supports. She also advises on best practices in care management, integrated care models, and coverage options for the uninsured.

Before joining Manatt, Stephanie was with the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s (UMMS’s) Center for Health Law and Economics, where she helped Massachusetts become the first state to implement a demonstration program of integrated care for individuals with dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid.

Stephanie oversaw strategic planning, policy development and analysis, program design, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement efforts. She was also the lead consultant providing analytic and staff support to Massachusetts’ Long-Term Care Financing Advisory Committee.

Prior to UMMS, Stephanie was deputy Medicaid director in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. A member of the executive management team, she worked with the federal Medicaid oversight agency and was integral to the development and implementation of the Commonwealth’s landmark health care reform law. Stephanie also oversaw CHIP and the MassHealth 1115 Waiver, the primary financing mechanism for the publicly funded health care reform coverage expansions.

Stephanie’s government service also includes work as a director of federal and national policy management within EOHHS’s Medicaid office and as a legal advisor and policy analyst for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also was a senior policy analyst for the Economic and Social Research Institute.

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Stephanie Anthony

A veteran of state and federal health care administrations with experience in program design and implementation, Stephanie Anthony provides research, analysis and advisory services on health policy and health law to public and private sector clients.

Clients turn to Stephanie for counsel on health care reform, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) financing, program design and waivers, post-acute care, and long-term services and supports. She also advises on best practices in care management, integrated care models, and coverage options for the uninsured.

Before joining Manatt, Stephanie was with the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s (UMMS’s) Center for Health Law and Economics, where she helped Massachusetts become the first state to implement a demonstration program of integrated care for individuals with dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid.

Stephanie oversaw strategic planning, policy development and analysis, program design, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement efforts. She was also the lead consultant providing analytic and staff support to Massachusetts’ Long-Term Care Financing Advisory Committee.

Prior to UMMS, Stephanie was deputy Medicaid director in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. A member of the executive management team, she worked with the federal Medicaid oversight agency and was integral to the development and implementation of the Commonwealth’s landmark health care reform law. Stephanie also oversaw CHIP and the MassHealth 1115 Waiver, the primary financing mechanism for the publicly funded health care reform coverage expansions.

Stephanie’s government service also includes work as a director of federal and national policy management within EOHHS’s Medicaid office and as a legal advisor and policy analyst for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also was a senior policy analyst for the Economic and Social Research Institute.

Accomplishments

Speaker, “CMS Final Rules Part 3: Home and Community-Based Services,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, June 6, 2024.

Speaker, “Working with CMS, Medicare Payment Policy, and Shared Savings Opportunities,” Medicare Academy: Capacity-Building for Advancing Medicare-Medicaid Integration, Center for Health Care Strategies, April 5, 2023.

Panelist, “Innovations in Health Care,” 2023 Health Care Forecast Conference, University of California, Irvine Center for Health Care Management and Policy, February 23, 2023.

Presenter, “A Focus on Health Care: Five Key Priorities for the Next Administration,” BCBSMA Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, December 8, 2022.

Speaker, “Complex Care Lunch & Learn,” Society of Health Policy Young Professionals, December 6, 2022.

Panelist, “Careers in Health Law,” St. John’s University Health Law Society, April 27, 2022.

Presenter, “Transforming Medicare and Medicaid Beyond COVID-19 for a Person-Centered Future,” 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference, AcademyHealth, April 4, 2022, Arlington, Virginia.

Panelist, 2021 State Policy Roundup and 2022 Forecast, Alliance for Health Policy, January 28, 2022.

Speaker, “Transforming Medicare and Medicaid Beyond COVID-19 for a Person-Centered Future,” The Scan Foundation 2021 Forum: Amplifying All Voices in Aging, October 20, 2021.

Speaker, “New Flexibilities in Medicare and Medicaid,” Grantmakers In Aging, October 13, 2021.

Speaker, “New Integration Requirements for Special Needs Plans: Policy Implications and Considerations,” America’s Health Insurance Plans National Conference on Medicare, Medicaid & Duals, Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2018.

Speaker, “Strengthening Long-Term Services and Supports: Reform Strategies for States,” National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities Home & Community Based Services Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, August 29, 2018.

Speaker, “Strengthening Long-Term Services and Supports: Reform Strategies for States,” Center for Health Care Strategies, Webinar, March 6, 2018.

Speaker, “Regulatory Burden Analysis,” American Hospital Association 2017 Annual Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2017.

Speaker, “‘Manatt on Medicaid’ Webinar Series: Reforming Medicaid’s LTSS System,” Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Webinar, July 27, 2016.

Speaker, “Addressing Challenges to Promote Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Reform,” World Congress’s Medicare, Medicaid and Dual Eligibles Summit, Tysons Corner, Virginia, July 12, 2016.

Speaker, “Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health in Medicaid: Challenges and Opportunities,” America’s Health Insurance Plans National Conference on Medicaid, Washington, D.C., October 21, 2015.

Speaker, “Reforming Medicaid’s Long-Term Care (LTC) System: Aspirations Versus Reality and How States Can Bridge the Gap,” Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP , Webinar, June 10, 2015.

Speaker, “Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health: Challenges and Opportunities for States,” National Association of Medicaid Directors Behavioral Health Integration Workshop, Manhattan Beach, California, December 11, 2014.

Speaker, “Raising Awareness and Making Change Through Private-Public Partnerships: Learned from a Statewide Community Health Worker Advisory Council in Massachusetts,” Rhode Island Department of Health New England Regional Minority Health Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, October 14-16, 2009.

Speaker, “Historical Perspective and Summary of the Latest Renewal,” The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum’s The MassHealth Waiver Renewal: Advancing Massachusetts Health Care Reform, Boston, Massachusetts, February 25, 2009.

Recipient, Public Service Award, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine Division, June 2010

Recipient, Citation for Outstanding Performance, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, 2004

Admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and the District of Columbia

Member, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight’s (CCIIO’s) Objective Review Committee for Cooperative Agreements to Support Establishment of State-Operated Health Insurance Exchanges, 2011-2013

Member, Massachusetts Housing and Homeless Services Advisory Board and Interagency Workgroup on Chronic Homelessness (2005)

Co-author, “Emerging Federal Policy and Potential Implications for Subsidized Health Insurance Programs in Massachusetts,” The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - Policy & Research, March 20, 2025.

Co-author, “Redesigning Integrated Care For Dually Eligible People With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities,” Health Affairs, December 23, 2024.

Co-author, “Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform: Overview and Implementation Update,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, August 2024.

Co-author, “Opportunities For States To Promote Financial Integration For Dual-Eligible Individuals,” Health Affairs, May 26, 2023.

Co-author, “Opportunities to Promote Financial Integration for Dual-Eligible Individuals,” Arnold Ventures, January 2023.

Author, “Leveraging COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Flexibilities to Advance Person-Centered Care for Older Adults and People With Complex Care Needs: A Roadmap for Policymakers,” The SCAN Foundation, January 2023.

Quoted, “Gov.-elect Healey is mostly mum on priorities. Experts point to major challenges and low-hanging fruit.,” WGBH, December 12, 2022.

Co-author, “A Focus on Health Care: Five Key Priorities for the Next Administration,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, December 2022.

Co-author, “Learning from COVID-19-Related Flexibilities: Moving Toward More Person-Centered Medicare and Medicaid Programs,” The SCAN Foundation, March 2022.

Co-author, “Racism and Racial Inequities in Health: A Data-Informed Primer on Health Disparities in Massachusetts,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, December 2021.

Co-author, “MassHealth’s Role in Behavioral Health Care in Massachusetts,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, June 2021.

Co-author, “Assessing Enhanced Federal Funding for HCBS Under the American Rescue Plan Act,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies, April 1, 2021.

Co-author, “A Primer on the Dual Eligible Population in Massachusetts,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, March 29, 2021.

Co-author, “Protecting Privacy in the Midst of COVID-19,” McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, May 19, 2020.

Co-author, “Strengthening Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports in an Evolving Policy Environment: A Toolkit for States,” Center for Health Care Strategies, March 20, 2019.

Co-author, “Ready for Reform: Behavioral Health Care in Massachusetts,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, January 2019.

Co-author, “Addressing Major Drivers of MassHealth Per-Enrollee Spending Growth: An Analytic Review and Policy Options,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, November 14, 2018.

Co-author, “Manatt on Medicaid: 10 Trends to Watch in 2018,” February 2018.

Co-author, “Strengthening Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports in an Evolving Policy Environment: A Toolkit for States,” Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. with support from The SCAN Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund, December 2017.

Co-author, “Regulatory Overload: Assessing the Regulatory Burden on Health Systems, Hospitals and Post-acute Care Providers,” American Hospital Association, October 2017.

Co-author, “Integrating MassHealth Long-Term Services and Supports: Considerations for ACOs and MCOs,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts of Foundation, October 2017.

Co-author, “Securing the Safety Net for America’s Vulnerable Populations,” Generations: Journal of the American Society of Aging, February 2017.

Co-author, “Manatt on Medicaid: A New Focus on Managed Long-Term Services and Supports,” July 2016.

Co-author, "Massachusetts Long-Term Services and Supports: Achieving a New Vision for MassHealth," Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts, May 2016.

Co-author, “Manatt on Medicaid: Ten Trends to Watch in 2016,” February 2016.

Co-author, “MassHealth Matters II: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Opportunities for MassHealth,” Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute, a program of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, December 2015.

Co-author, “The Future of MassHealth: Five Priority Issues for the New Administration,” Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI), December 2014.

Co-author, “State Strategies for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health Services in a Changing Medicaid Environment,” The Commonwealth Fund, August 2014.

Co-author, “Securing the Future: Report of the Massachusetts Long-Term Care Financing Advisory Committee,” UMass Medical School, November 2010.

Co-author, “The MassHealth Waiver: 2009-2011 . . . and Beyond,” Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute and Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, February 2009.

Co-author, “Community-Based Health Plans for the Uninsured: Expanding Access, Enhancing Dignity,” W.K. Kellogg Foundation, November 2001.

Co-author, “Reducing Health Care Fraud: An Assessment of the Impact of the False Claims Act,” Taxpayers Against Fraud, September 2001.

Co-author, “Medicaid Managed Care for Dual Eligibles: Descriptions of Programs in Georgia, Minnesota and Pennsylvania,” The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, July 2001.

Co-author, “Medicaid Managed Care for Dual Eligibles: State Profiles,” The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, October 2000.

Co-author, “State and Local Initiatives to Enhance Health Coverage for the Working Uninsured,” The Commonwealth Fund, October 2000.

Co-author, “Business and Employee Attitudes Toward the New State Children’s Health Insurance Program,” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May 1999.

Co-author, “Health Policy for Low-Income People in Missouri: Highlights of State Policies,” Urban Institute, January 1999.

Co-author, “Privatization of Public Hospitals,” The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, January 1999.

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Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, M.P.H. with distinction, Health Policy and Administration, 1997

St. John’s University School of Law, J.D., 1994

Boston College, B.A., English, 1991

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