Michael B.
Garrett, MS, CCM, CVE has more than 40 years of experience in utilization,
case, care, and population health management. This has included working with
public sector plans, including Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and state, county,
and municipal employee benefit programs. He has also worked with a range of
private benefit programs, including workers’ compensation, health plans,
disability plans, and employee assistance programs. For the last ten years, he
has focused on improving health equity for historically underserved
communities, including people of color, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and
other communities. This includes assessing how organizations can better support
diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) with a special focus on
health and benefits. In the past, he has served on the Commission for Case
Manager Certification, the URAC clinical accreditation committee, and the City
of Seattle LGBTQ+ Commission. He currently serves on the editorial board
of Professional
Case Management, the URAC health equity council, the Bree
Collaborative Social Need and Health Equity Steering Committee, and is the
chair of the Case Management Society of America’s DEIB committee. He holds
a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and religious studies, and a Master of Science
in clinical psychology. He is board certified in case management and vocational
evaluation.
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