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.

January Angeles, M.P.P. (she, her)
Managing Director

January has over 20 years of experience in health care policy and management. Her expertise includes legislative and policy analysis, program development and implementation, and program management and evaluation, with an emphasis on publicly–financed health care. January’s current work focuses on helping states establish health care cost growth target programs, working with Connecticut and Washington on developing the target methodology and assessing performance against the target. She also works with states to leverage procurement and contract oversight processes to strengthen their Medicaid managed care programs. Most recently she assisted North Dakota on its Medicaid managed care procurement for expansion adults. January’s past work at Bailit Health includes providing technical assistance to Mississippi and New Jersey on strategies to implement value-based payments in their Medicaid managed care contracts, and facilitating a work group to advise the Rhode Island on future telemedicine policies.

Prior to joining Bailit Health, January served as Deputy Medicaid Director for Managed Care and Oversight and as CHIP Director for Rhode Island. She led cross–functional teams responsible for managed care contracting, delivery system reform, policy and regulatory compliance, data analytics, and program integrity. Her accomplishments include spearheading the successful renewal of Rhode Island's Section 1115 waiver, developing and implementing processes and measures for better oversight of the Medicaid program’s contracted health, dental and transportation programs, and directing the Accountable Entities program's transition from pilot to implementation phase. January's Rhode Island state work also included serving as Interagency Operations Manager for HealthSource RI, the state's health insurance exchange. In this role, January facilitated coverage for thousands of Rhode Island residents by strengthening Medicaid and HealthSource RI's eligibility policy and operations.

Before working for the State of Rhode Island, January was a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where she worked on Affordable Care Act legislation and implementation, with a focus on expanding Medicaid, implementing the premium tax credits, and coordinating eligibility for health and human services programs. January's other health policy experience includes working at the Center for Health Care Strategies, American Institutes for Research, and Mathematica Policy Research.

January earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Oberlin College, and a Master of Public Policy Degree from the University of California, Berkeley´s Goldman School of Public Policy.

Selected Publications

Mar J, Angeles J."In Three States, Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Is Unaffordable Even When Accounting For Rebates", Health Affairs Forefront – December 19, 2023

Angeles, J. "States Setting Health Care Spending Growth Targets Experienced Accelerated Growth in 2021", Health Affairs – June 29, 2023

Angeles, J. "Making Health Care More Affordable: A Playbook for Implementing a State Cost Growth Target", Milbank Memorial Fund – January 10, 2023

Waldman B, Dyer MB, Angeles J, Trinity M. "State Strategies to Promote Value–Based Payment through Medicaid Managed Care", Federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), March 13, 2020.