Medicaid Strategist & CMMI Consultant
About Kinney Health Strategy
Sarah Kinney, MPA, builds strategies that move health outcomes at scale. At CMMI, she co-led design of CMS's first integrated behavioral-physical health model for dual-eligible adults, serving as lead author on the federal NOFO and projecting a 345% cost offset from reduced preventable utilization.
As Executive Director of Minnesota's Governor's Health Cabinet, she led a $20B portfolio, built the state's first statewide population health strategy, and protected coverage for 1.6 million residents.
Before public service, Sarah co-founded SuperShelf, a behavioral economics-based food environment intervention backed by $3.4M in NIH funding, and directed $317M in national SDoH investments at Partnership for a Healthier America. She holds an MPA in Health Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
Consulting Services
CMS Strategy Development
Navigating CMMI NOFOs, SPAs, and CMS waiver applications can take over your team's ability to focus on your impact. Kinney Health Strategy offers CMMI consulting support for organizations navigating CMS model applications and cooperative agreements, so you can stay focused on serving your members and communities.
Social Determinants of Health Strategy
Most organizations know SDoH matters. Fewer have a plan that works for them, their CBO’s, and their community. We help you move from commitment to action, identifying the right interventions, building the right partnerships, and integrating SDoH into your care and payment models in ways you can measure and sustain success.
Value-Based Care Program Design
Shifting to value-based care changes how your whole organization operates. We help you design VBC programs that work in the real world: structurally sound, built around the populations you serve, and realistic about what your team can actually execute.
Nutrition & Food System Strategy
The charitable food system is an opportunity to drive real change in community health. We help food banks, pantries, and their partners move toward building a healthy food system that is integrated with Medicaid, clinical care, and federal nutrition programs like SNAP and WIC. Because getting people fed the food their body needs helps all communities thrive.
