About Us

Povall Associates, founded by Louise Povall, offers a wide range of strategic advisory services to organizations primarily within the health care and government sectors and often with a focus on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

 

In addition, Povall Associates provides subject matter expertise, strategic planning, innovative problem solving, health care policy research and interpretation, financial analysis, relationship marketing, competitive intelligence, due diligence, proposal strategy, Massachusetts lobbying, and product positioning for technology solutions in the health care and government sectors. 

Founder & Principal

Louise Povall

Louise Povall is an accomplished health care and government consultant specializing in business development and strategic advisory services, as well as innovative financial solutions for the government health care benefits sector.  She is an advisor to companies doing business with and/or regulated by federal and state governments.

Prior to becoming a consultant in 2001, Louise held many executive level management positions in Massachusetts state government including COO/CFO of the state's Medicaid agency and COO/CFO of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

Thoughout her tenure in the public sector, Louise played a leadership role in identifying innovative solutions to preserve and leverage scarce state dollars appropriated to HHS agencies focusing on efficiency, cost effectiveness, revenue enhancement and savings initiatives.  During her last five years in state government, she founded and co-chaired the Revenue Management Team which generated $1 billion.

Louise has been a proponent of leveraging the value of data and data integration to save money in state government and has been an invited speaker at the national Microsoft Conference for State Government CIO's on this subject. Louise holds a Master's Degree in Human Services Management from the Heller School at Brandeis University. 

 

Povall Associates leverages Louise's deep knowledge and understanding of:

•     Medicaid
•     Medicare
•     Dual Eligible Demonstrations
•     Health Care Reform
•     State Financing and Operations
•     Massachusetts Health Care Community
•      Health and Human Services Policies and Programs