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Mathematica Expands State Medicaid and Maternal Health Practices with the Hiring of Gretchen Hammer
Gretchen Hammer has joined Mathematica as a senior fellow in its Health Unit. She will lead Mathematica’s state Medicaid policy and program research and advisory services practice, and she will lead growth of the organization’s maternal health practice.
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