What is your favorite hobby or pastime?
I’ve been a competitive equestrian since the age of 7 and currently have a young showjumping horse named Repercussion. No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle!
What volunteer work or cause are you dedicated to outside of work?
I’ve taught children with special needs how to confidently and independently ride horses at therapeutic riding centers in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Australia!
Experience
Krista Vrabel Hebert is a health policy and strategy leader with more than a decade of experience spanning federal government, healthcare delivery, and consulting. She leads complex client engagements and delivers innovative, data-driven solutions to healthcare clients.
Prior to consulting, Krista held senior roles at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where she served as Deputy Director for the Division of State Coverage Programs and Special Policy. As Deputy Director for the Division of State Coverage Programs, she helped shape the national Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Basic Health Program (BHP) and Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) strategy. She co-led policy development and program operations, guided regulatory priorities, and aligned stakeholders across multiple initiatives while overseeing a multidisciplinary team.
During the Biden Administration, Krista was a Special Policy Assistant to the Deputy Administrator and Center Director of Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) where she partnered closely with Center leadership, HHS Department leadership, the Executive Office of the President, and state leaders on key policies spanning Medicaid Enrollment & Eligibility, COVID-19 Unwinding, Managed Care, Access, and Early and Periodic Screening, Testing & Diagnosis (EPSDT), Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN), and Carceral Re-Entry.
Krista also brings deep operational experience from Cityblock Health, where she served as Director of Strategic Operations and Chief of Staff. She partnered with executive leadership to define strategy, built the company’s first project management office, and led cross-functional initiatives supporting risk-based care delivery. Earlier in her career, at Commonwealth Care Alliance, Krista gained experience with dual-eligible strategy and managed a Medicaid ACO pilot that drove significant cost savings.
Krista began her career in public health and clinical roles and holds an MHA from Columbia University and a BS in Public Health from Ithaca College, along with Lean Six Sigma training.