Allison Rizer, MHP, MBA

Allison Rizer, MHS, MBA is the former Vice President of Strategy & Health Policy at UnitedHealthcare where she focused on issues related to Medicare-Medicaid integration. In this capacity, Allison addressed and anticipated the evolving policy landscape in an effort to promote sustainable solutions to serve individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. She is a champion of policy and program design efforts both internally and externally that minimize burdens and barriers for dual eligibles navigating the complex healthcare and social services systems. Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, Allison worked with The Lewin Group, a healthcare and human services policy consulting firm. While at Lewin, Allison’s work focused on vulnerable, aging populations. She led numerous projects with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Office on Women’s Health involving the Medicare population and older lesbian and bisexual women. Her work at Lewin strived to improve health outcomes and programmatic experiences for these individuals. Allison has a Master of Health Science in Health Policy from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and a Master of Business Administration with a focus on Healthcare from University of St. Thomas.