Julia Baller: Education, Career, Achievements

Discover the educational background, professional experience, and career milestones of Julia Baller. Learn how journey in healthcare has shaped the expertise ans success in the medical field.
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Julia Baller

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Current Role
 
Director, Medicaid Analytics

  • Company: Mathematica
  • Location: Washington D.C. Metro Area
  • Start Date: January 2015
  • Description:
    • Expert in using Medicaid administrative data for data analytics, focusing on behavioral health and substance use disorders.
    • Leading all complex data analytics on the Medicaid and CHIP Business Information Solutions (MACBIS) data analytics project.
    • Involved in the development of data products used to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid and CHIP enrollment, service use, and health outcomes for all 50 states, Washington DC, and the US territories.
    • Developed the T-MSIS Substance Use Disorder Data Book, a congressionally mandated report estimating the number of beneficiaries with a Substance Use Disorder and the services they receive.
    • Led the impact evaluation of delivery system reform incentive payment programs on the national Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Evaluation.

 
Previous Roles
 

Consultant

  • Company: University of Pittsburgh
  • Location: Greater Pittsburgh Area
  • Start Date: January 2014
  • End Date: January 2015
  • Description: Designed analyses and collaborated on a manuscript to investigate if states’ adoption of two optional policies to expand Medicaid eligibility to immigrant women during pregnancy are associated with an increase in insurance coverage of Medicaid-eligible infants and children.

Research Assistant

  • Company: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Start Date: January 2011
  • End Date: January 2015
  • Description:
    • Involved in various projects such as National Human Services Interoperability Architecture, National Institute of Mental Health Serious Mental Illness Longevity Study, Prescription Opioid Abuse and Misuse, Development of a Prescription Opioid e-Health Tool, Evaluation of State Autism Insurance Mandates.

Teaching Assistant

  • Company: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Start Date: January 2012
  • End Date: January 2014
  • Description: Conducted courses such as Introduction to Health Policy, Managed Care and Health Insurance, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Research Methods in Health Policy.

Wendy Klag Scholar

  • Company: Kennedy Krieger Institute
  • Location: Baltimore, MD
  • Start Date: January 2013
  • End Date: January 2014
  • Description: Worked with families and children with developmental disabilities. Assessed the state of health care transition services for adolescents in Maryland.

Student Intern

  • Company: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Location: Woodlawn, MD
  • Start Date: January 2012
  • End Date: January 2013
  • Description: Assessed evaluations and evaluation plans for state 1115 waivers. Developed a quality improvement initiative to improve immunization rates, adolescent well-care visits, and obesity screening for Medicaid recipients.

Consultant

  • Company: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Location: Baltimore, MD
  • Start Date: January 2012
  • End Date: January 2012
  • Description: Developed a needs assessment tool for all school-based health centers (SBHCs) in Maryland. The tool was to be used from 2013 to 2015.

Intramural Research Training Awardee

  • Company: National Institute of Mental Health
  • Location: Bethesda, MD
  • Start Date: January 2009
  • End Date: January 2011
  • Description:
    • Research focused on the genetic epidemiology of migraine, mood, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
    • Responsibilities included participant recruitment, conducting screening and family history interviews, coordination and clinical tasks, analyzing prevalence, health disparities, service use, and physical and mental comorbidities.

 
Education
 

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Health Services Research and Policy

  • School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Start Date: January 2011
  • End Date: January 2014

BA, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Latin American Studies

  • School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Start Date: January 2005
  • End Date: January 2009

 
Skills
 

  • Health Policy
  • Stata
  • Policy Analysis
  • Health Equity
  • SAS
  • Epidata
  • Microsoft Office
  • Actiware
  • Endnote
  • Java
  • Public Health Policy
  • Medicaid
  • Mental Health
  • Autism
  • Health Services Research
  • Program Evaluation
  • Data Analysis
  • Research
  • Qualitative Research
  • Healthcare

 
Languages
 

  • Spanish

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