DONALD W. MORAN
FOUNDER

Don Moran founded The Moran Company in 1998 after a twenty-four year career in the health and human services fields.
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KEVIN M. KIRBY
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Kevin Kirby has 22 years of experience in Medicare reimbursement, with a focus on Medicare Part B, particularly as it relates to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
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MARK DESMARAIS
PRINCIPAL

Mark Desmarais has 11 years of experience with Medicare and Medicaid policy consulting.  Mark specializes in large dataset analysis.
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SARA HODGSON
CONSULTANT

Sara is a Consultant at The Moran Company. She works closely with the Managing Director and the other Principals in managing the daily operations of the firm.
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RACHEL S. KRAMER
PRINCIPAL

Rachel has over 15 years of experience in health policy analysis and consulting focusing on Medicare regulation, reimbursement methodologies and payment system reform.
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CLARE MAMEROW
PRINCIPAL

Clare Mamerow is a Principal at The Moran Company (TMC) with more than 14 years of experience in health care policy analysis.
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HUAI-CHE SHIH
PRINCIPAL

Huai-Che Shih is a Principal at The Moran Company. He has over ten years of experience in health policy and scientific consulting. His technical areas of expertise include large-scale database management on both Medicare and commercial claims, research methodology with advanced statistical modeling, and in-depth knowledge of Medicare reimbursement models.

Huai-Che received his Ph.D. in Health Services Research and Policy from the University of Rochester. His research interests include health economics, long-term care, real-world evidence, cost-effectiveness, and machine learning.

YAENA MIN
PRINCIPAL

Yaena Min is a Principal at The Moran Company. She received her PhD in Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science in December 2014 from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focused on geriatric pharmacotherapy regarding the effect of sleep medication use and poor sleep quality on risk of falls in community-dwelling older adults. Through her graduate work she has developed an understanding of pharmacoepidemiology, survey research methods, and secondary data analysis. She previously worked as a pharmacist in South Korea.

RACHEL HOLLANDER
CONSULTANT

Rachel Hollander is a Consultant at the Moran Company. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She joined the team in January of 2020 with three years of experience in the industry of health care research and consulting. In her previous role at a consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., she worked with hospital and health system executives to identify and overcome a range of strategic and operational challenges, including intensifying margin pressures, unprecedented competition and regulatory and political uncertainty. Through her work she has developed an understanding of Medicare payment systems, federal and state health care legislation and delivery system and payment reform.

YAMINI KALIDINDI
CONSULTANT

Yamini Kalidindi is a Consultant at The Moran Company. She joined the company in May 2020 after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation in Health Policy and Administration from Pennsylvania State University. Her research at Pennsylvania State University focused on analyzing the benefits of hospice use among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer. Through her research, Yamini demonstrates an in-depth understanding of health policy analysis, Medicare payment systems, and statistical modeling using claims data. Yamini also holds a Master of Health Policy and Administration degree from Penn State. Prior to moving to the US in 2011, she practiced as a dentist in India.