AHA

Thought Leaders

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Melissa James Jackson is senior associate director for policy at the American Hospital Association (AHA), managing the AHA’s policy initiatives on program integrity and physician issues. She came to the AHA from private health care legal practice. She previously worked at the national Children’s Hospital Association, where she focused on policy issues related to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid financing and provider reimbursement and children’s health care coverage. In addition, she worked on Medicaid eligibility and provider reimbursement policy at Ohio’s Medicaid agency. Melissa holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Arts in political science from The Ohio State University.

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Tom Merrill is Senior Analyst at Leavitt Partners and is based in Salt Lake City. He serves as the lead primary researcher on the firm’s team dedicated to understanding all trends and developments relative to the accountable care movement. His responsibilities include managing research relationships with ACO leadership from across the U.S. and combining the qualitative insights from frontline leaders with market and state level analysis to better understand the evolution of health care in the U.S.