Diana Bianco

For more than twenty-five years, Diana has supported clients in navigating the changing health care environment. Diana specializes in providing strategic advice and convening diverse stakeholders to help them determine how they can work together to improve the health of their communities. Diana has developed health policy, facilitated collaborative processes that resulted in legislative action, worked with boards to be more effective, helped health care organizations envision their future, and convened state policymakers to improve investment in primary care.

Diana started her career in health care studying Medicaid law, built expertise working on policies to improve the health care system, and, as a long-time consultant, has worked with government, foundations, non-profit advocacy groups, community health clinics, business groups, hospital and provider associations, insurers, state boards and taskforces, health care providers and patients to improve the health system. The issues she has focused on include the intersection of health care and public health; strengthening primary care; implementing value based payment mechanisms; Medicaid policy; the integration of physical and behavioral health; and lifting up health related social needs.

Prior to consulting, Diana served as a policy lead and lawyer working to improve health care access and quality at non-profit organizations. Diana also has represented children and adults with disabilities in health care matters and served as staff to elected officials.
 

Diana is a cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law. She received her B.A. from Brown University. Diana has served on the boards of several human services organizations in Portland, Oregon, where she lives.

Diana is also the owner of Artemis Consulting.