At HSG, Kalin provides consulting and advisory services to providers, payers, non-profit organizations, investment firms and government agencies.  Kalin joined HSG after a decade in New York State government, bringing her extensive background in public policy, specializing in areas including strategic planning, project management, Medicaid redesign, cross-sector initiatives, delivery system reform, and value-based payment.

In her work, Kalin focuses on the strategic alignment of value-based models that lead to profitable and sustainable long-term success for clients and better outcomes for the individuals they serve.  She builds on her professional experience in designing and implementing government payer policy and creating value based payment approaches to design innovative solutions and strategies for clients. Kalin is a frequent speaker at conferences, events, and trainings both nationally and internationally.

Kalin’s previous experience includes more than ten years in senior health policy roles with New York State. Most recently, Kalin served in a dual role as Director of New York’s Medicaid Redesign Project Management Office and Assistant Director for Medical, Dental and Pharmacy policy. Prior to those roles, Kalin designed and implemented stakeholder engagement and project management strategies for New York’s Medicaid Redesign Team. The Medicaid Redesign Team was recognized as a finalist in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Innovations in American Government, and the Public Service Innovation Award from the Citizen’s Budget Commission.

Over her eight years with New York’s Medicaid program, Kalin served on the senior leadership team, responsible for nationally-recognized policy development and implementation strategies to ensure alignment and execution of the Medicaid program’s key priorities. In this role, Kalin worked with other state and national organizations to provide advice and guidance on similar efforts, and was a frequent speaker and panelist at health care and Medicaid conferences events in New York and across the country. 

Kalin served as a principal negotiator on New York's Medicaid Redesign Team 1115 Waiver amendment, which resulted in an $8 billion federal investment, commonly known as New York’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, to transform New York's health care delivery system. Upon approval of the award, she served as the state’s liaison with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) staff, and managed the DSRIP implementation process.

Kalin developed, supported, and managed New York Medicaid’s Value Based Payment workgroup, subcommittees, and clinical advisory groups, was an author of the state’s original VBP Roadmap, and oversaw annual updates to the VBP Roadmap.

Kalin developed the workgroup and stakeholder engagement process for New York’s First 1,000 Days on Medicaid initiative, focused on improving access to care and improved outcomes for children in the first 1,000 days of life and their caregivers. Upon the state’s receipt of the workgroup’s final recommendations, Kalin led the management and implementation effort across the state’s Medicaid program and sister agencies.

As Assistant Director for Medical, Dental and Pharmacy policy, Kalin oversaw the policy team responsible for New York’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, and participated in national collaboratives to improve access to services and improved outcomes for children and their caregivers.

Prior to joining NYS DOH, Kalin worked in New York State’s Governor’s Office as the Assistant Director for the Office of Taxpayer Accountability. In this role, she supported a major policy directive led by the Secretary to the Governor and Director of State Operations and implemented a statewide effort across all state agencies to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in state spending. Prior to that work, Kalin was a program and policy analyst with the Governor’s Health and Human Services team, coordinating multi-agency initiatives across New York’s health and human services agencies.

• Health system delivery system reform

• Medicaid & Medicare programs

• Strategic planning & stakeholder engagement

• Large-scale project management

• Value based payment 

• MPA, State University of New York at Albany