Jennie Harvell works at the Health Care Authority (HCA), the Washington State Medicaid Agency, as a Senior Advisor in the Office of Health Information Technology.

Jennie works with leaders and staff across HCA, other state agencies, and the private sector to advance health IT and information exchange including in the State’s Medicaid 1115 and mental health and SUD IMD Waivers, managed care contracts, and behavioral health programs. She leads and collaborates with others in the development of the legislatively mandated technical plan to enhance and expand the State’s crisis call and response system.

Jennie joined HCA in 2017 after working in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and on detail to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology supporting policy development, research, and use of technology in long-term care and other sectors.