Amy Cowell
Senior Health Services Researcher @Abt Global
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Health Services Researcher @Abt Global
As a Senior Associate and Project Director at Abt, Amy leads interdisciplinary teams to address some of the most challenging issues facing federal and state health agencies. She currently serves as PD for the Home Health and Hospice Quality Measurements and Value-Based Purchasing Model (QRPVBP) project, a five year,$30 million contract with CMS’s Center for Clinical Standards and Quality. In this role, Amy oversees a major CMS partnership focused on improving the quality of care for home health and hospice patients nationwide. She directs Abt’s work to advance quality measures, public reporting, and the development, implementation, and maintenance of clinical assessment instruments, collaborating across multiple CMS divisions, centers, external contractors, and measure stewards to support CMS’s broader quality improvement goals.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, International Studies, Economics Concentration
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Master of Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology and Community Health: Maternal and Child Health
ABOUT AMY COWELL
An accomplished health services researcher, Amy Cowell has over 17 years of experience leading large, complex federal evaluation projects, providing strategic direction, methodological oversight, and high-level client engagement across all phases of the work.• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams across evaluation, policy, analytics, and implementation—driving high‑quality performance in complex federal health projects.• Project Director for a $30M, five‑year Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contract, providing strategic oversight, client leadership, and rigorous management of multi‑workstream evaluation and measurement activities.• Exceptional communicator, known for translating advanced analytic and methodological findings into clear, compelling insights for federal leadership, policymakers, clinicians, and other diverse audiences.• Experienced leader of multidisciplinary, cross‑functional teams, collaborating effectively with academic medical centers, health systems, policy organizations, subcontractors, and federal stakeholders.• Highly skilled synthesizer of complex information, adept at integrating qualitative, quantitative, and operational evidence to support actionable, policy‑relevant decision‑making.
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