Paula Douglass,a Director in NCI’s Healthcare Practice, has expertise in provider payment system design and evaluation, public policy program development and market analysis and forecasting. Ms. Douglass has more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry and was a corporate officer in charge of strategic planning at a Chicago academic medical center for many years and has also held positions with public and private payers. Her seven years of consulting experience include strategic and operational planning engagements with hospitals and payment system design, compliance and litigation support engagements with public payers and private insurers