Mark Schaefer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and the Director of Healthcare Innovation for the State of Connecticut. Dr. Schaefer previously served as the state’s Medicaid Director at the Department of Social Services, where he led the design and implementation of the Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership, a joint initiative with the Departments of Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services to develop an integrated behavioral health service system. He led the nation’s first expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and the development of an array of health service delivery and purchasing reforms to improve care experience and quality, while reducing costs, including the HUSKY medical ASO initiative and the person centered medical home glide path program. In his current role, Dr. Schaefer is leading the state’s multi-payer State Innovation Model Initiative under the direction of Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman.