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Jeffrey Sachs’ Biography

Dr. Jeffrey A. Sachs is CEO & Founder of the Sachs Policy Group (SPG), a boutique consulting firm that advises health care leaders on the direction of health care policy in the US. Sachs Policy Group's expertise is in information analysis and strategic guidance, providing leaders with unique, personalized strategies to achieve success in a fast-changing and evolving healthcare environment. SPG also provides guidance to the health tech start up community working with over 50 tech enabled healthcare companies.

Dr. Sachs’s experience as a policy advisor dates back to the gubernatorial administrations of NY Governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo where he served as senior health & human services advisor. As a key member of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2011 New York State Medicaid Redesign Team, he contributed to one of the country’s most groundbreaking Medicaid reforms. From 2006 to 2011, he advised California state officials on Medicaid enhancement & universal coverage strategies. Dr. Sachs advised on the development of California’s 2010 Medicaid waiver, which disbursed $10 billion over five... Dr. Jeffrey A. Sachs is CEO & Founder of the Sachs Policy Group (SPG), a boutique consulting firm that advises health care leaders on the direction of health care policy in the US. Sachs Policy Group's expertise is in information analysis and strategic guidance, providing leaders with unique, personalized strategies to achieve success in a fast-changing and evolving healthcare environment. SPG also provides guidance to the health tech start up community working with over 50 tech enabled healthcare companies.

Dr. Sachs’s experience as a policy advisor dates back to the gubernatorial administrations of NY Governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo where he served as senior health & human services advisor. As a key member of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2011 New York State Medicaid Redesign Team, he contributed to one of the country’s most groundbreaking Medicaid reforms. From 2006 to 2011, he advised California state officials on Medicaid enhancement & universal coverage strategies. Dr. Sachs advised on the development of California’s 2010 Medicaid waiver, which disbursed $10 billion over five years to secure the safety net & help implement significant reform in the state and was the intellectual author of the first DSRIP (Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program).

While serving on President Obama’s Health Policy Advisory Committee in 2009, Dr. Sachs spearheaded a signed agreement with prominent healthcare trade organizations, formalizing their dedication to the Affordable Care Act.

Dr. Sachs currently serves on the Board of Directors of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Patton Veterans Project, and The Creative Coalition. He is the Founding Secretary of Help USA, a housing and employment nonprofit agency and Co-Founder of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Institute for Worker Education. READ MORE VIEW LESS

Jeffrey Sachs’ Background

Sachs Policy Group

CEO & Founder

1985 - Present

New York, NY, USA

Sachs Policy Group is a boutique consulting firm that advises health care leaders on the direction of health care policy in the U.S. Sachs Policy Group's expertise is in information analysis and strategic guidance, providing leaders with unique, personalized strategies to achieve success in a fast-changing health care environment.

Current Board Positions

JFK, Jr. Institute for Worker Education at the City University of New York

Founder and Co-Chairman

2000 - Present

New York, NY, USA

The John F. Kennedy, Jr. Institute endorses employee growth programs within the human services and healthcare sectors. It collaborates with numerous outside parties including CUNY institutions, public and private companies, labor unions, special interest groups, foundations, community-based organizations and government agencies.

Eden Health

Advisory Board Member

New York, NY, USA

Eden Health is a primary care and insurance navigation company for employers, designed to elevate the health and well-being of employees everywhere. Eden helps employees navigate today’s complicated healthcare landscape across insurance, primary care and mental healthcare, so they can make smart, well-informed and cost-conscious decisions.

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Previous Board Positions

New York State Office of the Governor

Member - Medicaid Redesign Team Member

2011 - Present

Albany, NY, USA

The Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) of New York State was launched by Governor Andrew Cuomo with the explicit mission of overhauling the nation’s largest Medicaid program.

The White House

Advisor - President Obama’s Health Policy Advisory Committee

2009 - Present

Washington, DC, USA

The Health Policy Advisory Committee was tasked with developing strategies for federal health care reform. It served to build, implement and publicize the ideas and policies that would form the Affordable Care Act.

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Philanthropy

RFK / Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Board of Directors

Dec 2016 - Present

New York, NY, USA

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, founded in 1968, is led by human rights activist and lawyer Kerry Kennedy and advocates for a more just and peaceful world. Working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations, the RFK team includes leading attorneys, advocates, entrepreneurs and writers united by a commitment to social justice.

HELP USA

Founding Secretary

1986 - Present

New York, NY, USA

The mission of HELP USA is to provide housing and the support services needed for the homeless and people in need to become and remain self-reliant. Since opening its first shelter in New York 1986, HELP USA has grown into a countrywide organization that builds and maintains supportive housing facilities, manages shelters and operates prevention programs.

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Awards & Recognition

The 2020 Health Power 100

Honoree

2020

New York, NY, USA

City & State’s Health Power 100 highlights the stakeholders in New York City and New York State who are formulating the answers to difficult policy questions – as well as countless other medical matters, from combating AIDS and opioids to contending with the anti-vaccination movement.