Kara Curtis

Kara Curtis has 20 years of experience in operations, regulatory affairs, compliance, and business strategy for health plans contracting with federal and state governments to serve Medicare and Medicaid populations. Ms. Curtis has over 10 years of experience working for both Fully Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (FIDESNP) and Medicare‐Medicaid Plans (MMP). She even worked for one of the first Fully Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan, Commonwealth Care Alliance in Massachusetts, dating back to 2006. Other organizations include Tufts Health Plan and Cambridge Health Alliance in the Boston area as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield in Illinois. She currently works for Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan which launched a FIDESNP In 2016.Ms. Curtis has served as adjunct professor in the Elder Care Management Program at Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts for 4 years. She taught classes in Long Term Care Policy + Finance, Elder Care Policy + Politics, and Long-Term Care Housing. Ms. Curtis has Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University and Master of Public Administration from Syracuse University.