New MaineCare Medical Director Announced
The Office of MaineCare this week welcomed Fran Jensen, MD,
MS, as MaineCare’s Medical Director beginning on Monday, September 14.
She has extensive Medicaid experience and has held many roles focused on
delivery system transformation and patient-centered care throughout her career.
Dr. Jensen previously served as the Deputy Director for the
State Innovations Group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
(CMMI), has worked for CMS, was a Medical Officer with the US Public Health
Service, and has directly served individuals who are homeless and in recovery
from substance use disorder in her practice. During COVID-19, she has
worked contact tracing and serving individuals with COVID-19 at the Lord
Baltimore Triage-Respite-Isolation Center.
Dr. Jensen has ties to Maine, as well: she is a graduate of
Bowdoin College, and also served as the Project Officer for Maine for the CMMI
State Innovation Model (SIM) grant from 2013 to 2017. She currently
resides in Baltimore and will begin work remotely, with plans to transition to
Maine full time in summer 2021.
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