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Andy Schneider

is a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

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Andy Schneider is a Research Professor of the Practice at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Schneider has over 50 years of experience with the Medicaid program as a Congressional staffer, Executive Branch employee, private consultant, and public interest attorney. Most recently, he served under the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he focused on program integrity issues in Medicaid. He joined the Center for Children and Families in March of 2017. Andy has written extensively on Medicaid issues and led the development of the Medicaid Resource Book (2002) for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. His current research at CCF examines the role of transparency in identifying and improving the performance of Medicaid managed care organizations for children. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Please contact Cathy Hope (catherine.hope@georgetown.edu) with media queries or to set up an interview with Andy.

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