Meredith Gonsahn
Meredith is a senior research director at NORC with over 15 years of experience leading projects and health care programs. Her work focuses on health care policy, operations and value-based payment models in Medicaid and Medicare.
Meredith currently serves as a lead for technical assistance for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service's (CMS) Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model and lead for the integrated care workstream for the Improving Care for Medicaid and CHIP Beneficiaries with Complex Needs project.
She previously supported the CMS Innovation Center for the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), and the Kidney Care Choice (KCC) models. Meredith served as the senior advisor to the Georgia Health Initiative for Progress Towards Vitality, Conducting a 10 Year Retrospective Analysis of Systems Focused Efforts to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia project and was the project director in-depth interviews on behalf of Families USA to inform strategic efforts.
She has also served as a lead for health care program and policy analysis for the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services’ Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic & Treatment (EPSDT), Washington State’s Maternity Episode of Care and New Mexico Legislative Health and Human Services Committee’s Feasibility Assessment of Global Budget for Rural Hospitals.
Prior to NORC, she served as the primary care quality deputy director at the State of Tennessee, Division of TennCare where she oversaw program strategy and implementation for the Medicaid Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program. Meredith also served as a policy analyst for Henry Ford Health System and Georgians for a Healthy Future, a consumer health and advocacy organization. In these roles, she provided research and analysis on public and private health insurance, health system reform, and public health proposed laws, policies, and regulations. She was instrumental in providing policy solutions to guide decision-making for legislators, state officials, and health system leaders.
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Education
MPH
Emory University
BA
Duke University
Project Contributions
Publications
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"Progress Towards Vitality: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis of Systems Focused Efforts to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia"
Project Report | September 12, 2025
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A New, Cost-Effective Method to Improve the Quality of Language Translation for Survey Research
Innovation Brief | April 9, 2025
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opens in new tabDevelopment of a Practical Translation Approach for Survey Research Projects
Journal Article | March 2, 2025
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The National Association of Medicaid Directors Fall Conference
Event | October 16, 2024