Kiahana Kalima Brooks
Health Insurance Specialist Technical Lead @Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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WORK HISTORY
Health Insurance Specialist Technical Lead @Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Brooklyn, NY, US
Coordinates and mentors a team of six staff members to conduct regulatory analysis of Affordable Care Act requirements towards the development and implementation of operational programs for monitoring and compliance. Develops and analyzes data metrics and program outcome analytics of oversight and enforcement programs to track program effectiveness. Utilizes data, legal and policy analysis metrics to develop regulatory provisions aimed to strengthen Affordable Care Act compliance. Coordinates with external Affordable Care Act stakeholders towards promoting education on the compliance requirements and engaging impacted parties to ensure compliance. Coordinates with internal program and enforcement entities to ensure alignment and transparency in the implementation of compliance requirements between federal components.
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Public Health (MPH), Global Health
Harvard University
Bachelor's degree, Concentration Human Evolutionary Biology; Secondary Field African Studies
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Nursing
SKILLS
ABOUT KIAHANA KALIMA BROOKS
I specialize in health program administration with a focus on Affordable Care Act policy analysis and implementation. I have 8 years of federal government experience implementing the Affordable Care Act, which has included extensive experiences in stakeholder monitoring, oversight, and enforcement; short and long-term strategic planning; stakeholder coordination; legislative branch communications; pandemic planning and response; and data analysis, all towards ensuring that Affordable Care Act programs are implemented to desired program outcomes in changing real world conditions. This experience leverages 4+ years of clinical experience as a maternal and child health newborn and postpartum nurse in Washington DC, and 2+ years public health program management experience with underserved populations both domestically and abroad. I hold a Bachelors Degree from Harvard College with a concentration in human evolutionary biology and secondary field in African studies, a Bachelors of Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in global health. I am intermediately fluent in French and able to speak basic Swahili and Arabic. In all of these experiences, I have worked with non-profit, faith-based, government and for-profit organizations to create new programs and strengthening existing programs.
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