Kirsten Stryker Blasch provides actuarial expertise for payers, providers, and life sciences companies to help them navigate complex payment, reimbursement, and regulatory policies.
Before joining Avalere, Kirsten was an actuary at Humana where she supported the Medicare Advantage and Part D bid submission process and Managed Medicaid business. During her time at Humana, Kirsten served as the certifying actuary for Medicare Advantage bids covering the state of Florida, provided strategic guidance for plan benefit design, analyzed financial readiness to facilitate Medicaid request for proposal responses, and served as the Part D point of contact between Humana and bid reviewers at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Kirsten holds a BS in mathematical decision sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.