Alisa Chester
Alisa Chester
Director
Alisa Chester, MA serves as Director of Medicaid Policy & Programs with Aurrera Health Group. She joined the firm in April 2019 and works closely with clients from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative. Alisa plays a leading role on the transition to statewide integrated care plans for dual eligible individuals and long-term care carve-in to managed care, offering subject matter expertise across the landscape of dual eligibles and long-term care in California, policy analysis of federal and state policies for integrating care for dual eligibles, strategies for stakeholder outreach and engagement, and overall project management support.
Alisa also led policy implementation, provider training, and technical assistance for the ACEs Aware initiative, working closely with staff at DHCS and Office of the California Surgeon General to train Medi-Cal providers on screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and responding with trauma-informed care.
Alisa brings expertise on Medicaid, Medicare, drug spending, and state and federal efforts to expand access to health care for low-income populations. Prior to joining Aurrera Health Group, Alisa held positions with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ State Strategy Team and Drug Spending Research Initiative in Washington, D.C. where she led state strategies to reduce drug spending and Medicaid expenditures, published research on the pharmaceutical supply chain, and helped expand access to opioid use disorder treatments.
While at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, Alisa provided policy analysis and research on the development and implementation efforts related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act. Alisa has also worked for the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association.
Alisa has a master’s degree in women’s studies from George Washington University, a certificate in health policy from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Alisa lives in Sacramento, California and enjoys spending time outdoors hiking and rock climbing.
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MA, Women’s Studies, George Washington University
BA, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
