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Jinnifer Wattum

Senior Director, Business Development

Ms. Wattum has more than 18 years of experience helping federal, state, and local government clients find practical solutions to complex funding, program structure, and participant needs. She has led implementation projects, directed consulting engagements, and managed operational accounts for several government health service programs, including Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicare call centers, and public education campaigns. Her focuses have been on policy development, program development, process redesign, and strategic change management. Ms. Wattum has a B.A. from Willamette University and an M.B.A. in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix.

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Article | Feb 22, 2019

Untangling the web of social programs

For governments to cultivate a culture of opportunity, they require administrative solutions that enable them to integrate and align program delivery. If done correctly, program participants will be provided prudent and logical benefit choices that offer a pathway to self-sufficiency rather than irrational benefit choices that create the benefit cliff. To accomplish this, governments must identify and address the roadblocks that an individual or family has to economic security and coordinating the support services.

Video | Feb 1, 2019

Enabling individual ownership to break the cycle of poverty

If we’ve learned one thing from the ongoing health care debate, it’s that we need to look at America’s social benefit programs and consider a universal reset. There certainly is no shortage of policy ideas and passionate theoretical debates. As a global administrator of government health and welfare programs, we bring practical, applied experiences from those administering these safety net programs.

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