Matthew Kehn

Matt Kehn studies and supports the implementation of programs and initiatives that target underserved populations and people with disabilities. His expertise includes efforts to address health-related social needs and the social determinants of health, improve access to care and care coordination, and policies that seek to improve the delivery and integration of health and social services, particularly through value-based care and Medicaid.

Kehn’s recent projects focus on supporting the implementation of federal and state programs that seek to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs by addressing the social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. He directed Mathematica’s contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide implementation support and technical assistance for the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model. AHC sought to screen Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for social needs, such as housing instability and food insecurity, then connect those individuals to community services. Kehn also directed Mathematica’s contract with CMS to provide learning support to several other CMS innovation models, including the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model which seeks to bring accountable care to underserved communities. Kehn advises on several other Mathematica projects that support CMS’s efforts to improve quality through cross-sector coordination. He led the implementation evaluation of the Non-Elderly Disabled Category Two Housing Choice Voucher Program, and the CMS Real Choice Systems Change Grant for Building Sustainable Partnerships for Housing. He also conducted a case review of state initiatives funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. These initiatives aimed to improve the coordination of housing and health services for individuals with behavioral health conditions. Kehn has helped CMS identify measures to gauge progress in expanding housing-related supports to Medicaid beneficiaries with long-term care needs, and to determine whether such measures could be developed for broad use.

Before joining Mathematica in 2010, Kehn held various research positions at the MedStar Health Research Institute. He holds an M.P.P. from the School of Public Administration at American University.