Lewin Group Welcomes Kathy Kuhmerker
March 27, 2008
Kathy Kuhmerker has joined The Lewin Group as a Vice President and will play a key role in the firm’s state health consulting work. As Director of New York State’s $46 billion Medicaid program, Kathy developed innovations that helped reduce fraud, waste and abuse, began a formulation to rebalance New York’s long-term care system, oversaw the multi-year design and installation of the new Medicaid claims payment and management information system, managed the program’s response to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack, and saw the successful implementation of the Family Health Plus program for low-income adults. Prior to that position, Kathy ran health, housing, transportation, debt management and bonding projects for the New York State Division of the Budget. Most recently, Kathy was a Vice President at Affiliated Computer Services, where she combined her health care expertise with information technology to develop and enhance programs to improve health care delivery, quality and management.
“Kathy Kuhmerker's background and expertise are a perfect match for The Lewin Group,” says Lewin Group Executive Vice President Lisa Chimento. “Her real world experience leading New York's Medicaid program and overseeing numerous other programs adds an important dimension to our traditional state health policy, Medicaid and other human services consulting practice offerings. Kathy brings a set of skills that are especially suited to the needs of our public and private sector clients."
Kathy earned her MBA in Health Systems Administration from Union College.