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.

Mary Beth Dyer, M.P.P. (she, her)
Senior Managing Director

Mary Beth has over 30 years of experience in health care policy and management, including over 12 years at Bailit Health. She possesses specialty expertise in Medicaid managed care as well as performance incentive systems and value–based purchasing approaches. Her health policy experience includes working at the state, federal, and hospital levels.

Mary Beth has worked with multiple Bailit Health clients related to Medicaid managed care, including value–based purchasing approaches, procurements, evaluations, managed care contract development and management, and alternative payment models. Her past state experience includes directing the Massachusetts Medicaid MCO program.

Since 2013, Mary Beth has collaborated with Princeton University staff to manage the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) program. As part of this SHVS work, Mary Beth provides and coordinates technical assistance to state agencies on a variety of health and value topics, such as population health and payment reform. Mary Beth often facilitates SHVS webinars, discussions, and workshop sessions with small groups of states on a variety of Medicaid managed care topics.

Mary Beth's prior hospital experience includes working as Director of Public Policy at the University of Florida’s academic health system. Her prior health policy experience includes working on Medicaid, Medicare and health reform issues in the U.S. Senate, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Project HOPE.

Mary Beth received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where she specialized in health policy.

Selected Publications

Taylor E, Dyer MB."Compendium of Medicaid Managed Care Contracting Strategies to Promote Health Equity", State Health and Value Strategies – April 30, 2024

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

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

Waldman B, Dyer MB, Campbell E. "Medicaid Managed Care Procurements: A Toolkit for State Medicaid Agencies", State Health and Value Strategies – August 9, 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, Dyer MB, Bailit MH "Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care: A Guide for States" State Health and Value Strategies, November 7, 2021.

Dyer MB, Waldman B. "Organizations React to Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement Request for Proposals", California Health Care Foundation, September 24, 2021.

Campbell E, Dyer MB. "Strategies for Working with Managed Care Organizations to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates", State Health and Value Strategies, September 15, 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.

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.

Waldman B, Dyer MB, Lischko A, Boros Á. "Raising the Bar: How California Can Use Purchasing Power and Oversight to Improve Quality in Medi–Cal Managed Care", California Health Care Foundation, April 29, 2019.

Waldman B, Bailit MH, Dyer MB. "State Medicaid Approaches for Defining and Tracking Managed Care Organizations Implementation of Alternative Payment Models", Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 6, 2018.

Bailit MH, Burns M, Dyer MB. "Value–Based Innovation by State Public Employee Health Benefits Programs", Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 28, 2017.