Claudia Gonzalez Martinez

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ABOUT CLAUDIA GONZALEZ MARTINEZ

I am an economist with eighteen years of post-doctoral experience centered on program & impact evaluation, health care, labor and employment, and litigation. In Program Evaluation, I have led engagements for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Chief Evaluation Office of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the U.S. Dept. of Treasury’s Debt Management Services. Among other roles, I was the Project Director for the Partnership for Patients 2.0 Evaluation, and the Director of Analytics for the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care National Coordinating Oversight and Review Center (BFCC NCORC).In health care, I have focused on 1) analysis and evaluation of aspects of federal and state programs such as Medicaid and Medicare; 2) anti-competitive and quality of service consequences of hospital mergers, hospital-insurance mergers, and insurance mergers; and (3) the pharmaceutical industry and its pricing policies and schemes.In labor and employment, I have evaluated claims of discrimination based on gender, national origin, race, age, and disability with respect to employment practices including salary, total compensation, promotions, bonuses, performance ratings, hiring, dismissals, layoffs, and overtime. I have consulted on a range of employment issues, including claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act.Lastly, I have worked with large and complex datasets, including the design and implementation of complex sampling designs and econometric analyses. Datasets include, among others, the American Community Survey, the Decennial Census of Population, Current Population Survey, Medicare and Medicaid claims data, other countries micro data, Federal confidential data sets, and private corporations’ personnel history and payroll files.