Karla Silverman, MS, RN, CNM, is the associate director of complex care delivery at the Center for Health Care Strategies. She leads CHCS’ maternal health portfolio, has expertise in Medicaid and workforce issues, and has run numerous large-scale learning collaboratives and peer-to-peer convenings. Currently, she is working with the state of Vermont, providing coaching for regional health service areas to improve coordination between health and human service providers. Previously, she led a MACPAC initiative on doula coverage under Medicaid across five states, a learning collaborative for MassHealth supporting care planning in their Medicaid accountable care organizations, and a national, multi-year learning collaborative that supported eight health systems in implementing integrated care models, including the integration of community health workers into primary care.

Karla began her career as a certified nurse-midwife at Community Healthcare Network, a federally qualified health center in New York City. Later, she served as clinical director at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic where she oversaw clinical operations and training for twelve health centers. At Primary Care Development Corporation, she led a team that created a nationally respected training and technical assistance program in care coordination and care management. She is an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Global Public Health where she teaches a graduate course on value-based health care.

Karla holds a master of science in midwifery and a bachelor’s of science of nursing, both from Columbia University. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and history from Brown University.

In her free time, you can find Karla hanging with her teenage daughters, running along the Hudson River, cooking and reading memoirs.