Jane Hyatt Thorpe
Jane Hyatt Thorpe
J.D.
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic, Student and Faculty Affairs
Full-time Faculty
School: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Department: Health Policy and Management
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Milken Institute School of Public Health
950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Office: 219 - Floor 2
Washington DC 20052
Jane Hyatt Thorpe, J.D. is a Professor of Health Policy and Management and Senior Associate Dean for Academic, Student & Faculty Affairs.
Professor Thorpe specializes in healthcare law and policy in the areas of Medicare, Medicaid, health care delivery systems and financing, health information exchange and technology, and corporate compliance. In addition to teaching courses in policy analysis, health care quality and policy, and corporate compliance, Professor Thorpe is currently focusing her research and writing on legal and policy issues related to the impact of health reform implementation on health care quality, delivery, and payment with particular emphasis on health information law and policy. In addition to her faculty appointment, she also served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from July 2012-15.
Prior to joining the Department in February 2009, Professor Thorpe served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Policy for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that role, she was responsible for matters related to the Agency's crosscutting policy and strategic planning particularly focusing on emerging issues in healthcare delivery and financing. Professor Thorpe's previous experience includes policy development for the medical device industry, including serving as a regulatory liaison to CMS in her role as Associate Vice President for Payment and Policy at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). Prior to joining AdvaMed, Professor Thorpe practiced health care law providing counsel to a broad range of providers, manufacturers, and suppliers concerning transactional, corporate compliance, and other regulatory matters.
Health Information Technology
Health Law
Medicare
Federal and State Legislation, Laws and Policies
Health Policy
Health Quality
Health Reform
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University, 1995
Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1998
PubH 6315: Introduction to Policy Analysis
PubH 6399: Healthcare Quality and Health Policy
PSHC 6201: Introduction to Healthcare Corporate Compliance
PSCH 6202: Compliance with Specific Laws and Regulations I
PSCH 6204: Compliance with Specific Laws and Regulations II
PSCH 6206: Case Studies in Health Care Corporate Compliance
Professor Thorpe serves on the Board of Directors of the Winston Fellowship and Chair of the Scholarship Committee. She also previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors for Community Health Charities of the National Capital Area and on the Board of Directors for Physician-Parent Caregivers, Inc. which seeks to improve the quality of health care for children with chronic conditions, and as co-chair of the District of Columbia Bar Health Law Steering Committee. During her tenure with the Health Law Section, she spearheaded the development and publication of the Patient Rights Manual for consumers and practitioners and managed the End-Of-Life Health Care Decision-Making Program.
Professor Thorpe's research focuses on the intersection of health care law and policy in the areas of health care delivery systems and financing with a particular focus on Medicare and Medicaid, health information technology and privacy and security of health information, performance measurement and improvement, and medical innovation. Other areas of focus include fraud and abuse and healthcare corporate compliance.