Mary-Beth Malcarney

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Mary-Beth Malcarney, JD, MPH, is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She has a diverse range of expertise in public health law and policy, including: Affordable Care Act implementation; Medicaid reimbursement policy; health homes and other delivery system reforms; the changing landscape of public health departments and community health centers; community-based prevention and wellness programs; and health care and public health spending reforms.

Professor Malcarney is the Executive Director of the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition, a multi-sector coalition of organizations working to advance policy proposals that will improve cost-effective, evidence-based childhood asthma management and symptom prevention through federal policy change and targeted state efforts. Coalition membership is multi-sector, consisting of individuals and organizations who are leading advocates and experts in childhood asthma, public health, environmental health, poverty, housing, health care, and health care economics.

Prior to joining the Department of Health Policy & Management, Professor Malcarney was a health policy associate at the Genetic Alliance and a health law associate at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P. Professor Malcarney has also held legal intern positions at the Office of the General Counsel within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and at the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Program within the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Frauds Division. Professor Malcarney holds a JD from The George Washington University Law School; a MPH in health policy and management from Tufts University School of Medicine; and a BS in biopsychology and community health from Tufts University.

Expertise

Expertise:

Health Law

Health Reform

School Health

Medicaid and SCHIP

Healthcare Workforce

Health Policy

Federal and State Legislation, Laws and Policies

Children's Health

Education:

Juris Doctor: The George Washington University Law School, 2009

Masters in Public Health: Tufts University Medical School, 2004

Bachelor of Science: Tufts University, 2003

Teaching:

PUBH 6325 Federal Policymaking and Policy Advocacy - Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health and Health Services

PUBH 6335 Public Health & the Law - Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health and Health Services

Institutes and Centers:

Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program

Center for Health Policy Research

GW Health Workforce Institute

Publications

Publications:

Malcarney Mary-Beth & Horton Katie. Case Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services: Medicaid Reimbursement for Home-Based Asthma Services in California. National Center for Healthy Housing and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. September 2015. Available at: http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/Asthma_CA_FINAL.pdf.

Malcarney Mary-Beth & Horton Katie. Case Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services: Medicaid Reimbursement for Home-Based Asthma Services in Delaware. National Center for Healthy Housing and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. September 2015. Available at: http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/Asthma_DE_final.pdf.

Malcarney MB, Horton K, Seiler N. Overcoming Medicaid Reimbursement Barriers to Funding School Nursing Services for Low-Income Children with Asthma. Journal of School Health. (accepted July 2015).

Malcarney MB, Seiler N, Horton K. Public Health Laboratories and the Affordable Care Act: What the New Healthcare System Means for Public Health Preparedness. Public Health Reports. 2015 Sep-Oct;130(5):543-6.

Seiler N, Malcarney MB, and Levi J. The Affordable Care Act and Public Health. Book Chapter in Principles of Public Health Practice. (accepted October 2014).

Reddy A, Morley R, Malcarney MB, & Horton K. Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes: Findings from a 2014 Nationwide Survey of State Reimbursement Policies. National Center for Healthy Housing and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. November 2014. Available at:

http://www.nchh.org//Portals/0/Contents/Reimbursement%20Landscape_MAIN%20REPORT_FINAL%20(18%20November%202014).pdf

Reddy A, Morley R, Malcarney MB, & Horton K. Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes: Recommendations for Increasing the Number of States with Medicaid Coverage of Lead Follow-up and Home-based Asthma Services. National Center for Healthy Housing and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. November 2014. Available at:

http://www.nchh.org//Portals/0/Contents/Reimbursement%20Landscape_RECOMMENDATIONS_FINAL%20(18%20November%202014).pdf

Seiler N, Horton K, Malcarney MB, Dafflitto S. Coverage of clinical preventive services under the Affordable Care Act: from law to access. Public Health Reports. Nov/Dec 2014. 129(6):526-532.

Malcarney MB. Free Care Rule Regulatory Change: New Opportunities for Medicaid Reimbursement in Schools. October 2014. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma Community Network. Available at: http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/node/15433.

Malcarney MB, McKnight M, & Horton K. Issue Brief: Using Social Impact Financing to Improve Asthma Outcomes. Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition. October 2014. (available at: http://www.childhoodasthma.org/?p=813).

Seiler N, Horton K, & Malcarney MB. Medicaid Reimbursement for Take-Home Naloxone: A Toolkit for Advocates. Toolkit for the Open Society Foundation. September 2014. (available at: http://publichealth.gwu.edu/pdf/hp/naloxone_medicaid_report_gwu.pdf).

Penny S. Loosier, PhD, MPH, Mary-Beth Malcarney, JD, MPH, Lauren Slive, JD, MPH, Ryan C. Cramer, JD, MPH, Brittney Burgess, MPH, Karen Hoover, MD, and Raul Romaguera, DMD, MPH. Chlamydia Screening For Sexually Active Young Women Under the Affordable Care Act: New Opportunities and Lingering Barriers. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2014 Sep; 41(9):538-544.

Gregory Pappas, MD, PhD, Yujiang jia, MD, PhD, MPH, Naomi Seiler, JD, Mary Malcarney, JD, MPH, Katherine Horton, RN, MPH, JD, Irshad Shaikh, MD, PhD, MPH, Carla Alexander, MD, Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPH. Perspectives on the Role of Patient-Centered Medical Homes in HIV Care. American Journal of Public Health. 2014 Jul;104(7):e49-53.

Malcarney MB, Ferraina S & Fennell R. (July 2014). State Honor Roll 2014: Asthma & Allergy Policies for Schools. A report for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. (Available at:

http://www.aafa.org/pdfs/2014%20State%20Honor%20Roll%20Updated%20FINAL.pdf).

Katie Horton, RN, JD, MPH, Mary-Beth Malcarney, JD, MPH, and Naomi Seiler, JD. Medicare Payment Rules and Telemedicine. Public Health Reports. Mar/Apr 2014; 129:196-199.

Crowley JS, Seiler N, Horton K and Malcarney M. Building the Affordable Care Act to Make the Health System Work for Young Gay Men: An Action Plan. Trust for America’s Health Issue Report. March 2014. Available at: http://healthyamericans.org/health-issues/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MAC-AIDS-4.pdf.

Rokos IC, Schwamm LH, Konig M, Malcarney MH, Horton K, Ranous J, Ellrodt AG, Farmer SA, Frankel MR, Ferguson TB, Goff DC, Hiratzka L, and Jacobs, AK. Variable Impact of State Legislative Advocacy on Registry Participation and Regional Systems of Care Implementation A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013 Oct;128(16):1799-809.

Katie Horton, Mary-Beth Malcarney and Naomi Seiler (September 2013). Comparing Health Care Cost Containment Proposals Matrix. Commonwealth Fund (available at:

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/site_docs/DRM9/images/Cost_control_proposals_appendix.pdf).

Katie Horton, Mary-Beth Malcarney and Naomi Seiler (September 2013). Deficit Reduction Matrix. Commonwealth Fund (available at:

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/site_docs/DRM9/matrix_cat1.html).

Mary-Beth Malcarney, JD, MPH, Naomi Seiler, JD and Katie Horton, RN, JD, MPH. Using Insurance Laws to Improve Access to Community-Based Asthma Prevention. Public Health Reports. Sep/Oct 2013; 128:402-406.

Mary-Beth Malcarney, JD, MPH, Emilie Pinkham, & Katherine Horton, RN, JD, MPH (July 2013). State Honor Roll 2013: Asthma & Allergy Policies for Schools. A report for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Available at: http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=5&sub=105&cont=649

Mary-Beth Harty, JD, MPH and Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD. Using Medicaid to Advance Community-Based Childhood Asthma Interventions: A Review of Innovative Medicaid Programs in Massachusetts and Opportunities for Expansion under Medicaid Nationwide. Issue Brief from the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition. February 2013. Available at:

http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/HCF_Community-Based-Asthma-Interventions-and-Medicaid-CALC-White-Paper_2.28.13.pdf

Kim Calder, Karen Davenport, Mary-Beth Harty, Katie Horton, Kevin Lucia, Karen Pollitz and Naomi Seiler. What Cancer Survivors Need to Know about Health Insurance. National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. 2012. Available at: http://www.canceradvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Health-Insurance.pdf.

Mary-Beth Harty, JD, MPH. ACA and Changing Policy: A Five Part Series. Issue Brief from the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition. December 2012. Available at:

http://www.childhoodasthma.org/?author=1&paged=16.

Gordon F. Tomaselli, Mary-Beth Harty, Katie Horton and Mark Schoeberl. The American Heart Association and the Million Hearts Initiative: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011; 124:1795-1799.

Mary-Beth Harty, Katie Horton, Taylor Burke. The Commonwealth Fund, Health Reform Resource Center, September 2010, available at: http://mobile.commonwealthfund.org/Health-Reform/Health-Reform-Resource.aspx.

Phyllis C. Borzi & Mary E. Harty, ERISA Fiduciary Law Second Edition: Chapter 3, Fiduciary Issues in Welfare Plans, Bureau of National Affairs (2009 Cumulative Supplement).

Rosenbaum S, Harty M, & Sheer J. State Laws Extending Comprehensive Legal Liability Protections for Professional Health-Care Volunteers During Public Health Emergencies. Public Health Reports. 2008 Mar-Apr; 123(2): 238–241.

Burke, T., Stewart, A., Harty, M.E., Borzi, P., Rosenbaum, S. The Legal Context for Employer Health Care Quality Improvement Initiatives That Collect and Report Information by Patient Race and Ethnicity. BNA's Health Care Policy Report. Vol. 16, No. 25, June 23, 2008.

Sara Rosenbaum, Anne Markus, Jennifer Sheer and Mary Elizabeth Harty. Negotiating the New Health System at Ten: Medicaid Managed Care and the Use of Disease Management Purchasing. Center for Health Care Strategies. May 2008. Available at: http://www.chcs.org/resource/negotiating-the-new-health-system-at-ten-medicaid-managed-care-and-the-use-of-disease-management-purchasing/.

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