Improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of publicly financed health care
Chad Shearer, JD, MHA
Chad Shearer is a program officer with the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). In that role, he works on CHCS' Rethinking Care Program, a multi-component, national and regional/state initiative to improve care for high-need, high-cost Medicaid beneficiaries. Mr. Shearer also works on the Long-Term Care Partnership Expansion initiative, a program to expand the public-private partnership model to increase enrollment in quality, affordable long-term care insurance.
Prior to joining CHCS, Mr. Shearer worked on Capitol Hill for the chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health. In that role, he was responsible for Medicare managed care and prescription drug policy. Mr. Shearer also served as a David A. Winston Health Policy Fellow with the Subcommittee on Health, focusing on coverage initiatives.
Mr. Shearer received his juris doctor and a master of health administration degree from the University of Iowa, and holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Coe College.