Tracy Johnson
Medicaid Director, Colorado Department of Health Care
Tracy Johnson brings more than 20 years of experience in health policy and program development, research and evaluation. Most recently, Johnson was with Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) where she served as DHHA’s Director of Health Care Reform Initiatives. She led Denver Health’s implementation of federal health care reform, specifically in the areas of delivery system and payment reform. Prior to that, she served as principal of her own health policy consulting firm and in state government. Throughout these roles, she has directed numerous research and consulting projects across the population health spectrum – health insurance coverage, population segmentation/data analytics, delivery system design, health system financing and payment models, safety net provider issues and health equity.
Johnson holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an M.A. in Biomedical Ethics from the University of Virginia.