Team

Bailit Health staff is comprised of a close-working team of senior consultants. Multiple team members are involved on most projects. The team is complemented, on an as-needed basis, by a cadre of specialty subject matter experts with whom we have worked for years.

Erin Taylor, M.P.H. (she, her)
Senior Consultant

Erin Taylor has more than a decade of experience supporting states to advance policies to improve the health care system for covered populations. At Bailit Health, Erin is assisting states to slow the trajectory of health care spending growth, develop and implement payment and delivery system reforms, and promote equity within Medicaid managed care strategies. She provides strategic and technical guidance to states to implement programs, performs health care policy research and analysis, and supports multi-stakeholder engagement.

Erin is currently supporting the development and implementation of health care cost growth target programs in California and New Jersey, and previously assisted Rhode Island with a stakeholder engagement process that led to recommendations for the state’s cost growth target framework. In addition, Erin performs research and analysis for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) program. Erin has developed and facilitated webinars and discussions among states on topics of interest in their Medicaid managed care programs and authored several briefs for SHVS, including on strategies to promote health equity in birth-related outcomes and mental healthcare. Erin’s past work includes advising states and Medicaid health plans on value-based payment strategies and developing guidance for states to assess readiness of providers to enter into risk-based contracts.

Prior to joining Bailit Health, Erin worked on health care payment and delivery system reform initiatives at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. While at the Office of Medicaid, Erin gained experience in the development of managed care programs for individuals with dual Medicare and Medicaid eligibility. She assessed early program experience to recommend adjustments, and prepared presentations, reports, and program updates for internal and external stakeholders.

Previously, Erin completed a fellowship at Health Leads where she gained experience with performing health-related social needs screening in primary care.

Erin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights from Boston University.

Selected Articles & Publications

Campbell E, Dyer MB, Taylor E."What´s New in State Approaches to Addressing Health–Related Social Needs in Medicaid Managed Care", State Health and Value Strategies – December 29, 2023

Taylor E, Isaacson R, Dyer MB."Medicaid Managed Care Strategies to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Mental Healthcare for Adults", State Health and Value Strategies – July 21, 2023

Taylor E, Reynolds M."What's New in State Approaches to Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care", State Health and Value Strategies – April 7, 2023

Vangeli A, Hwang A, Bailit MH, Taylor E."States Take on Affordability — Hospital and Pharmaceutical Spending Are Pressing Priorities, but Difficult to Tackle", The Commonwealth Fund – January 26, 2023

Campbell E, Dyer MB, Taylor E. "Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid Managed Care", State Health and Value Strategies – October 4, 2022

Kanneganti D, Reynolds M, Shea-Delaney E, Taylor E, and Waldman B, in asscoation with Abt Associates and Westat Insight "Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model Evaluation: Report 1", Submitted to U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – August 23, 2022

Taylor E, Dyer MB, Campbell E. "California´s Department of Health Care Services Centers Health Equity in its Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Procurement", State Health and Value Strategies – July 28, 2022.

Isaacson R, Dyer MB, Taylor E. "Stratifying Data and Implementing Financial Incentives: How States Are Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care to Further Health Equity" State Health and Value Strategies, January 28, 2022

Taylor E, Sayles JN, and Bailit MH. "Promising Approaches to Reducing Disparities in Birth-Related Health Outcomes in Medicaid" State Health and Value Strategies – November 12, 2021

Taylor E, Dyer MB, Bailit MH "Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care: A Guide for States" State Health and Value Strategies – November 7, 2021

Taylor E, Dyer MB, Bailit MH. "Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care: A Guide for States", State Health and Value Strategies, September 9, 2021

Taylor E, Dyer MB. "States Are Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care to Further Health Equity", State Health and Value Strategies, August 27, 2021

Taylor E, Bailit MH, Burns M, Kanneganti D. "Measuring Non-Claims-Based Primary Care Spending", Milbank Memorial Fund, April 15, 2021

Taylor E, Bailit MH, Burns M, Zayhowski J. "Rhode Island’s Cost Trends Project: A Case Study on State Cost Growth Targets", Milbank Memorial Fund, January 26, 2021

Taylor E, Shea-Delaney E, Waldman B, Kenny Walsh K. "Behavioral Health Urgent Care: A Vision for Massachusetts and Opportunities to Improve Access", Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, October 27, 2020

Taylor E, Bailit MH, Sayles JN. "Prospective Payment for Primary Care: Lessons for Future Models", Milbank Memorial Fund, September 16, 2020.

Taylor E, Bailit MH. "Leveraging Multi–Payer Claims Databases for Value", State Health and Value Strategies, March 25, 2019.

Taylor E, Bailit MH. "Making Quality Matter in Medi-Cal Managed Care: How other states hold health plans financially accountable for performance", California Health Care Foundation, February 27, 2019.

Taylor E, Bailit MH, Volk J. "Safeguarding Financial Stability of Provider Risk–Bearing Organizations", State Health and Value Strategies, August 1, 2018.

Taylor E, Dyer MB, Bailit MH. "State Strategies: Value-Based Payment for Medicaid Populations with Complex Care Needs", Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 29, 2017.

Burns M, Waldman B, Taylor E. "The Role of State Medicaid Programs in Improving the Value of the Health Care System", National Association of Medicaid Directors, March 24, 2016.

Taylor E, Bailit MH, Dyer MB, Hacker K. "Integrating Public Health and Health Care: Getting Beyond the Theory – State Health Reform Assistance Network", Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 22, 2016.