Melanie Wakeland

Senior Consultant

Melanie is a procurement analyst in CSG’s Healthcare and Human Services practice. She has 33 years of experience in the Medicaid field and 11 years of experience developing RFPs, including the successful Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) procurement for the State of Mississippi. Melanie has contributed to the development of more than 30 RFPs and solicitation documents and has 11 years of experience developing evaluation-scoring algorithms, cost proposal requirements, and pricing methodologies. She also has expertise in Medicaid eligibility, third party liability, program integrity, eligibility quality control, and strategic planning. Melanie has spent more than four years supporting procurement activities for Ohio’s MMIS modernization, producing research and analysis, developing strategy documents, and facilitating requirements development for the modular implementation.

Experience

33 years in the Medicaid industry
11 years developing RFPs and other solicitation documents
11 years developing evaluation scoring algorithms, cost proposal requirements, and pricing methodologies
11 years in strategic planning initiatives with Medicaid programs

Expertise

Medicaid
Procurement
Contract negotiation
Claims processing