Susan Stuard

Ms. Stuard is an independent consultant who advises clients on issues related health policy. She serves as the New York region’s payer convener for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative and is project director for the State Medicaid Alternative Reimbursement and Purchasing Test for High-cost Drugs (SMART-D) initiative at the Center for Evidenced-based Policy at OHSU. She co-chairs the Primary Care Steering Committee for the New York State Health Innovation Plan and serves on the Community Advisory Board for the New York State Health Foundation.

She led THINC, a nonprofit convening organization that established research-based criteria to enhance health care quality and value. She was also Director for Technology Policy Development at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Ms. Stuard holds a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.