Janice Frates, Ph.D. teaches health policy, management and marketing classes in the Health Care Administration Program at California State University Long Beach. Prior experience includes:

• Business/competitive analysis consultant for Kaiser Permanente Health Plan (southern California region)
• Director (VP) of Planning and Government Relations for a Community Health Group, a Medicaid HMO and the San Ysidro Health Center
• Health Economist for the San Diego-Imperial Counties Health Systems Agency
• VP of a healthcare marketing and consulting firm specializing in hospital-sponsored physician networks where she conducted demographic and market research studies for physicians and hospitals throughout the nation
• Futures research management consultant for the Lutheran Hospital Society of Southern California during its transition to become the UniHealth system.

Dr. Frates received her Ph.D. in Public Administration from USC, with a concentration in Health Services Administration. Her recent research and publications focus on Medicaid managed care and state health policy options to expand health insurance coverage for the uninsured. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, holds a Master of Social Work from the University of California , and was a social work practitioner and administrator in the San Diego County Department of Social Services and the Orange County Department of Public Health.

For more information, please see Dr. Janice Frates’ CV