Enrique Martinez-Vidal

Enrique Martinez-Vidal, M.P.P., is deputy director of AcademyHealth's State Coverage Initiatives program, which works with state policy leaders to develop strategies to improve insurance coverage. He also is project director for a contract with the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to conduct an environmental scan of state-level quality initiatives and to help AHRQ develop a strategy to partner with states in quality improvement. Previously, Mr. Martinez-Vidal was deputy director for performance and benefits at the Maryland Health Care Commission, an independent state agency; while there, he was responsible, among other things, for the oversight of Maryland's small group insurance market reforms and the annual evaluation of Maryland's mandated health insurance benefits. He also served as co-director of Maryland's Health Resources and Services Administration State Planning Grant on the uninsured and was a policy analyst with the Maryland Department of Legislative Services. He has a B.A. in political science and international studies from Dickinson College and a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University.