Identifying Tomorrow’s Health Policy Challenges Today

About Us

SMN Health Policy Insights provides focused analyses regarding the impact of regional, state and national trends in health policy on the communication and business strategies of innovators and candidates engaged in the healthcare delivery system.

Our team works at the confluence of clinical care, health care delivery systems, data science, and health care policy. Teams are customized based upon client need to include physicians, data scientists, actuaries and former government officials with expertise in Medicare and Medicaid.

 President, SMN Health Policy Insights

Dr. Susan Nedza is a board-certified emergency medicine specialist and clinical informaticist. Her service as Chief Medical Officer for Region V of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Senior Executive at the American Medical Association (AMA), and as a Health Information Technology (HIT) executive and researcher has given her a unique vantage point of the confluence of clinical care, health care delivery models, data science, and health care policy.

Dr. Nedza is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Gannon University and her doctorate from Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine. She also completed the Executive Master's Program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree from the University of Chicago.

 
Susan Nedza, President SMN Health Policy