Patricia MacTaggart
MBA, MMA

Patricia MacTaggart is currently at The George Washington University (GW), where she instructs graduate students in health information technology (HIT) policy, quality and state health policy. She is active on internal GW committees, including mentoring numerous graduate students on their capstones, the SPHHS Conference/Public/Community Spaces Working Group and the Health Policy Public Communication Committee.

Prior to coming to GW, Patricia was a principal at Health Management Associates (HMA and an executive at EDS for State and Local Government Health Care where she was responsible for system design and implementation, work on Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), provider relations, prior authorization, drug utilization, drug rebate, and claims management.

Patricia has been involved in Medicaid and other publicly funded health care issues her entire career. She has held executive positions in a national research and consulting firm, a global for-profit company, a state-wide not-for-profit company, a federal government, a state government, and a county government. Patricia has been a public servant for almost 30 years, including serving as Minnesota’s Medicaid Director and various county-level eligibility positions. She was also Vice Chair of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors.

She is currently a member of several national committees devoted to healthcare, quality, and electronic health information.