Janet O'Keeffe
Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst
Janet O'Keeffe, DrPH, has more than 20 years of experience in health, long-term care, aging, disability, and social policy analysis and research. She is a national expert on Medicaid and has researched policy issues such as eligibility for services, coverage of services in residential care settings, and adult day health services. She recently completed a project to update a report for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Medicaid home and community services. She is also working on a project for the Hawaii Long-Term Commission to prepare policy options for addressing the long-term care needs of their growing older population. She recently completed an 8-year study of the Federal Systems Change Grants for Community Living Program funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is currently working on a project to evaluate grants aimed at increasing enrollment of children in Medicaid and states' children’s health insurance programs. In addition to her extensive experience as a policy analyst on a wide range of health and social policy issues, she has clinical experience as a registered nurse in health and long-term care settings.
Education
DrPH, University of California; MPH, University of California; BSN, State University of New York.
Publications
Wiener, J.M., Anderson, W.L., Khatutsky, G., Kaganova, Y., O'Keeffe, J., Tumlinson, A., et al. (Mar 2013)
Wiener, J.M., Anderson, W., Khatutsky, G., Kaganova, Y., & O'Keeffe, J. (Mar 2013)
Anderson, W.L., O'Keeffe, J., & O'Keeffe, C. (Jun 2009)
O'Keeffe, J. (Feb 2009)
O'Keeffe, J., O'Keeffe, C., Wiener, J.M., & Siebenaler, K. (Dec 2007)