William D. Hayes, Ph.D., has nearly 20 years of experience in policymaking, research, and teaching about health care issues. He is the founding President of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. Among Dr. Hayes' current activities is being Project Director for Ohio's Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration project, convenor of the Ohio Health Information Technology Initiative, and a member of Ohio's State Coverage Institute team and Health Policy Advisory Reform Workgroup.
Prior to leading HPIO, he served as Assistant Deputy Director for Policy and Operations in the Office of Ohio Health Plans in the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, where he helped to direct Ohio's Medicaid program. He also has served as the Deputy Director for Policy, Planning, and the Ohio Health Care Data Center at the Ohio Department of Health.
Dr. Hayes is adjunct faculty at the Ohio State University School of Public Health, where he teaches courses on health policy. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University and has taught at Northwestern University, Marquette University, Franklin University, Columbus State Community College, and the Ohio State University.
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