Our role is to provide support and specialized technical assistance and services to assist communities to improve the health and well-being of their citizens.

Kathryn Langwell, President

Kathryn Langwell has more than 25 years of experience in designing and conducting research, demonstration projects, and evaluations of health care policy issues. Her expertise extends to survey design and methodology, sample design, database development, analysis of large databases, quality measurement, and performance assessment.

She has served in a variety of roles, including Research Associate, Senior Economist, Senior Fellow, Director of Health and Policy Analysis, Visiting Assistant Professor, and Deputy Assistant Director of the Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress.

Ms. Langwell has testified and provided briefings nationwide regarding health policy and program reform, including before U.S. congressional and State legislative committees. She has worked on behalf of numerous agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), serving as Project Director for the initial five-year implementation of the Medicare Managed Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), and as Co-Principal Investigator for the Medicare CAHPS Subgroup Analysis for that project.

Ms. Langwell has served as Project Director and Principal Investigator for numerous large multi-year program evaluations and has exceptional experience in conducting qualitative research and case studies that provide context and information for program planning and development. Her research includes studies of health insurance coverage and the uninsured, Medicare and Medicaid coverage and expenditures, the impacts of cost containment strategies on health spending, and rural health care.

Ms. Langwell’s most recent research efforts have focused on the role of access and financing barriers on racial and ethnic health disparities, particularly for American Indians. She was Project Director for a study of American Indian Eligibility and Enrollment in Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and Medicare; Co-Principal Investigator for DHHS’s Tribal Self-Governance Evaluation Feasibility Study; and has conducted research on barriers to American Indian and Alaska Native’s access to DHHS grant programs.

She currently serves as Principal Investigator to develop a comprehensive inventory of all health care data collection initiatives throughout the United States that can be used to inform policymakers, clinicians, and consumers, and as Principal Investigator to develop a national framework for quality measurement.

Ms. Langwell has published widely and serves as a Reviewer for numerous professional publications, including the Journal of Health Economics, Health Care Financing Review, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law Inquiry.

Ms. Langwell holds a B.A. degree in Social Sciences and Communication and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California.