Katie Huber

Research Team

Katie Huber, MPH

Contact

katie.huber@duke.edu

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Degrees

MPH, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Katie is a Policy Research Associate on the Health Care Transformation team at Duke-Margolis where she helps lead the Institute's research and policy work focused on integrating health and social care to advance whole-person health. She has contributed to projects focused on a range of state, federal, and international health policy issues, including Medicaid, social drivers of health, health equity, specialty care reform, and pandemic response. Prior to Duke-Margolis, Katie held research roles at the Carolina Population Center and the Duke Division of Child and Family Mental Health and Community Psychiatry. She earned her Master of Public Health in Health Behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and her BA in Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

 

Publications by Katie Huber

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Commentary

Scaling What Works: Evidence-based Prevention, Data, and Collaboration in North Carolina’s Medicaid Transformation

Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Katie Huber, Chelsea Swanson, Samantha Repka, Rebecca Whitaker, Rushina Cholera, Mark McClellan

2025

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Policy Brief

Policy Strategies for State Medicaid Agencies to Advance Community Health and Well-Being

Katie Huber, Samantha Repka, Sara Debab, Alida Austin, William Bleser, Rushina Cholera, Robert Saunders, Rebecca Whitaker

Milbank Memorial Fund, 2025

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Commentary

Investing in a Healthier North Carolina: Lessons Learned from North Carolina Medicaid Reforms

Katie Huber, Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Alida Austin, Rebecca Stern, Robert Saunders, Rebecca Whitaker

2025

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Comment Letter

Comment Letter on CMS Updates to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Nitzan Arad, Alida Austin, Wenbo Bai, Beena Bhuiyan Khan, Rachel Bonesteel, Sara Debab, Audrey Ford, Katie Huber, Frank McStay, Mark McClellan, Inga Morken, Samantha Repka, Montgomery Smith, Christina Silcox, Sabina Sussman

2025

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Journal Article

How Providers, Health System Leaders, and States Can Work Together to Align Disparate Policy Efforts to Address Health-Related Social Needs: Learning from North Carolina

Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Katie Huber, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Rebecca Whitaker, Raman Nohria, Andrea Thoumi, Michelle Lyn, Robert Saunders, & Will Bleser

2025

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Policy Brief

North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots: Impacts and Budgetary Considerations

Alida Austin, Katie Huber, Mark McClellan, Robert Saunders, Rebecca Stern, Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Rebecca Whitaker

2025

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Op-Ed

North Carolina’s Medicaid experiment is working. Here’s how we know.

Vibhav Nandagiri, Katie Huber, and William Bleser

2024

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Project Report

Community Action and Analysis Plan: Guidance and Resources for Community Care Hubs to Address Health-Related Social Needs Based on Lessons from North Carolina

Katie Huber, Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Veronica Marshall-Kirk, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Rebecca Whitaker, Andrea Thoumi, Rob Saunders, Will Bleser

2024

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Commentary

Advancing the future of equitable access to health care: recommendations from international health care leaders

Beth Boyer, Katie Huber, Eyal Zimlichman, Robert Saunders, Mark McClellan, Charles Kahn, Ryan Noach, & Claudia Salzberg

2024

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Commentary

The potential for artificial intelligence to transform healthcare: perspectives from international health leaders

Christina Silcox, Eyal Zimlichman, Katie Huber, Neil Rowen, Robert Saunders, Mark McClellan, Charles N. Kahn III, Claudia A. Salzberg, & David W. Bates

2024

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Journal Article

Addressing Housing-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid: Lessons From North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program

Katie Huber, Vibhav Nandagiri, Rebecca Whitaker, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Brianna Van Stekelenburg, Andrea Thoumi, Robert Saunders, Will Bleser

Health Affairs, 2024

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Blog Entry

Next Steps For Engaging Specialty Care In ACO Models

Asher Wang, Katie Huber, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Frank McStay, Mark McClellan, Robert Saunders

Health Affairs, 2023

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Blog Entry

Engaging Specialists In Accountable Care: Tailoring Payment Models Based On Specialties And Practice Contexts

Katie Huber, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Asher Wang, Mark Japinga, Frank McStay, Mark McClellan, Robert Saunders

Health Affairs, 2023

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Project Report

Addressing Social Needs through Medicaid: Lessons from Planning and Early Implementation of North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots

Katie Huber, William Bleser, Rebecca Whitaker, Karina Vasudeva, Jessye Halvorson, Amanda Van Vleet, Michelle Lyn, Robert Saunders

Milbank Memorial Fund, 2023

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Journal Article

Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Integrated Musculoskeletal Pain Management Programs: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study

Trevor A. Lentz, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Katie Huber, Christine Goertz, William K. Bleser, Robert Saunders

2023

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Fact Sheet: North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots Focus Group Findings

Karina Vasudeva, Katie Huber, William Bleser, Michelle Lyn, Rebecca Whitaker, Robert Saunders

2022

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Comment Letter

Comment Letter on CMS Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, FY 2023

Mark McClellan, Katie Huber, Christina Silcox, and Morgan Romine

2022

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White Paper

Health Care Data Reporting Beyond the Public Health Emergency: Payment Policies to Support Public Health Surveillance and Population Health

Mark McClellan, Katie Huber, Christina Silcox, and Morgan Romine

2022

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Policy Brief

Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Testing: Insurance Coverage Strategies to Support Equitable Access

Katie Huber, Thomas Roades, Aparna Higgins, Mara Aspinall, Christina Silcox, Mark McClellan

2022

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Policy Brief

Maximizing the Benefit of COVID-19 Therapeutics: Considerations for State Public Health Officials

The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

2022

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Policy Brief

North Carolina’s COVID-19 Support Services Program: Lessons for Health Policy Programs to Address Social Needs

Will Bleser, Katie Huber, Hannah Crook, Rebecca Whitaker, Jasmine Masand, James Zheng, Raman Nohria, Michelle Lyn, Robert Saunders

Milbank Memorial Fund, 2022

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Blog Entry

Priorities And Policy Levers To Support School-Located Vaccination

Katie Huber, Katie Greene, John Bollinger

Health Affairs, 2022

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Policy Brief

Strategies to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Medicaid Enrollees

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and National Academy for State Health Policy

2021

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Case Study

Exemplary Integrated Pain Management Programs: People’s Community Clinic Integrative Pain Management Program

Katie Huber, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, William Bleser, Robert Saunders, Christine Goertz, Trevor A. Lentz

2021

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Case Study

Exemplary Integrated Pain Management Programs: University of New Mexico Pain Consultation and Treatment Center

Katie Huber, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Robert Saunders, Christine Goertz, Trevor A. Lentz

2021

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Policy Brief

Ensuring Sustainability and Reach of COVID Vaccine Distribution

John Bollinger, Katie Greene, Katie Huber, Mark McClellan, and the National Academy for State Health Policy.

2021

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Policy Brief

Modernizing Immunization Information Systems

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, National Governors Association, National Academy for State Health Policy

2021

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Policy Brief

Innovative Strategies for Leveraging Schools as COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, COVID Collaborative, Council of the Great City Schools

2021

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Case Study

Exemplary Integrated Pain Management Programs: University of Vermont Medical Center Comprehensive Pain Program

Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Katie Huber, Robert Saunders, Christine Goertz, Trevor Lentz

2021

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Policy Brief

Improving Immunization Information Sharing to Support Targeted COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and COVID Collaborative

2021

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Case Study

Exemplary Integrated Pain Management Programs: West Virginia University Center for Integrative Pain Management

Katie Huber, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Robert Saunders, Christine Goertz, Trevor Lentz

2021

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White Paper

Building Public-Private Partnerships to Support Efficient and Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Access, and Uptake

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and COVID Collaborative

2021

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White Paper

State and Local Testing Strategies for Responding to Covid-19 Outbreaks in Communities

Elaine Chhean, Katie Huber, Andrea Thoumi, Christina Silcox, Hemi Tewarson, David Anderson, Mark McClellan

2021

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Policy Brief

Allocating COVID-19 Vaccines in Initial Phases of Distribution: Federal Recommendations and Considerations for States

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and National Governors Association

2020

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Policy Brief

Supporting an Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines: Key Themes, Strategies, and Challenges Across State and Territorial COVID-19 Vaccination Plans

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and National Governors Association

2020

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