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Freedman HealthCare
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Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
Vice President and Director of Policy and Programs, Freedman HealthCare, LLC

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA, sees information and collaboration as the foundation for improving our nation’s healthcare system. While at Freedman HealthCare, Ms. Condon has led consulting engagements on complex, data driven health care policy projects requiring extensive stakeholder engagement, communications strategies, analytic methodologies and clear, concise presentation of cost and quality outputs.

States Just Got $50 Billion for Rural Health. Here’s Why Healthcare Workforce Data Should Be a Top Priority

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
March 13, 2026
What's New
Freedman HealthCare (FHC) has supported multiple states in developing and implementing their Rural Health Transformation Programs. FHC specializes in integrated health data systems, healthcare measurement and benchmarking, and workforce data infrastructure and reporting. By Ena Backus, MPP, Senior Consultant, and Mary Jo Condon, MPPA, Vice President Across the United States, the supply of primary and...Read more

Primary Care Workforce Crossroads: A call for new research

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
June 21, 2024
Analytics and Reporting
High quality primary care is the foundation of our nation’s healthcare system[i]. Research points to the essential role of primary care clinicians and services in improving access, quality, life expectancy, and affordability.[ii],[iii]  While the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Health of US Primary Care Scorecard finds the overall primary care workforce has increased slightly in recent years,[iv]...Read more

FHC Senior Consultant Talks the Future of Telehealth and Lower Healthcare Costs in Op-Ed

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
May 12, 2021
Analytics and Reporting
FHC Senior Consultant, Mary Jo Condon, recently published the following Op-Ed, Does the Long-Term Future of Telehealth Mean Lower Healthcare Costs?, in MedTech Intellegence. Read the full piece below.    Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, use of telehealth was more of an outlier in the healthcare industry, but the pandemic and ensuing quarantines forced rapid implementation of...Read more

Linking new COVID-19 race, ethnicity data to APCDs will provide more complete picture of virus’ toll

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
June 11, 2020
Analytics and Reporting
The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that beginning on August 1 it will require laboratories to report race, ethnicity and other information about each person tested for the novel coronavirus. The goal is to better understand differences in how the virus impacts populations, particularly communities of color. The new requirements include 18...Read more

APCDs will be an important source to understand declining vaccination rates

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
June 11, 2020
Analytics and Reporting, Leading an APCD
Early data shows fewer children are being vaccinated on time, leaving them at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications. A combination of closed pediatrics practices, a transition to more virtual care, parent concerns regarding COVID-19 exposure, and disruptions in the vaccination supply chain are the suspected causes. All payer claims databases can support their...Read more

Early data show declines in overall healthcare spending notwithstanding estimated costs related to COVID-19

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA
May 19, 2020
Analytics and Reporting
While the cost of treating COVID-19 will be significant, particularly for patients requiring hospitalization, the lost revenue from delayed or cancelled elective procedures, diagnostic tests and routine office visits will likely lead to lower total healthcare spending in the immediate future, according to early data emerging from the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. FAIR...Read more
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