Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Katie Horton is President of HealthPolicy R&D, a health policy firm in Washington, D.C., affiliated with the law firm of Powell Goldstein. HealthPolicy R&D offers its clients a wide range of specialized services, including research, design and analysis of health policy proposals. Ms. Horton combines professional and technical expertise, clinical experience and creative innovation to develop sound and strategic health policy positions and effective business planning for clients.
Before establishing HealthPolicy R&D, Ms. Horton served as senior professional health staff specializing in Medicare financing issues for the United States Senate Committee on Finance. She was an advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and other Democratic Senators and their staffs on federal health insurance issues and drafted a variety of legislative proposals involving improvements to Medicare and patient protections in the private health insurance market. Ms. Horton has broad experience working with Congressional advisory organizations such as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Budget Office and has also worked extensively with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (previously named the Health Care Financing Administration).
Prior to her work with the Senate Finance Committee, Ms. Horton served as the Legislative Director for Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA), where she was responsible for the Member's legislative agenda regarding Medicare, Medicaid, welfare and social security issues, including issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. She also served as Director of Clinical Services for Operation Smile, a humanitarian organization providing health services to indigent children in developing countries. Before her international work, Ms. Horton was a neurosurgical intensive care nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital and a cardiovascular intensive care nurse at Mount Auburn Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ms. Horton is also an Adjunct Professor with the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute.
Katie Horton is President of HealthPolicy R&D, a health policy firm in Washington, D.C., affiliated with the law firm of Powell Goldstein. HealthPolicy R&D offers its clients a wide range of specialized services, including research, design and analysis of health policy proposals. Ms. Horton combines professional and technical expertise, clinical experience and creative innovation to develop sound and strategic health policy positions and effective business planning for clients.
Before establishing HealthPolicy R&D, Ms. Horton served as senior professional health staff specializing in Medicare financing issues for the United States Senate Committee on Finance. She was an advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and other Democratic Senators and their staffs on federal health insurance issues and drafted a variety of legislative proposals involving improvements to Medicare and patient protections in the private health insurance market. Ms. Horton has broad experience working with Congressional advisory organizations such as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Budget Office and has also worked extensively with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (previously named the Health Care Financing Administration).
Prior to her work with the Senate Finance Committee, Ms. Horton served as the Legislative Director for Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA), where she was responsible for the Member's legislative agenda regarding Medicare, Medicaid, welfare and social security issues, including issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. She also served as Director of Clinical Services for Operation Smile, a humanitarian organization providing health services to indigent children in developing countries. Before her international work, Ms. Horton was a neurosurgical intensive care nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital and a cardiovascular intensive care nurse at Mount Auburn Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ms. Horton is also an Adjunct Professor with the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute.
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