Susan C. Reinhard

Susan C. Reinhard, R.N., Ph.D., is the co-director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy.
She also directs two national initiatives to support and stimulate state policy and program
development: the Community Living Exchange Collaborative at Rutgers, which helps states that are
funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to design long-term care that enables older
adults and people with disabilities to live in their homes and communities; and the State Solutions
program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which seeks to improve enrollment in the
Medicare Savings Programs.

Earlier, Reinhard was executive director of the Center for Medicare Education at the Institute for
the Future of Aging Services in Washington, D.C. During 1996–99, she was deputy commissioner of
the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, where she spearheaded the consolidation
of all senior services into one state department. She supervised quality oversight of long-term care
facilities and services; initiated community-based programs, including NJEASE and Community
Choice Counseling; and directed the statewide pharmaceutical assistance program for seniors and
people with disabilities.

Dr. Reinhard’s background includes clinical care, education, research, policy development, and
state governmental relations. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Since this report
was first drafted, she has been asked to act as a senior policy adviser to the McGreevey administration. July 2003