Lyndsey Cavender

Lyndsey Cavender specializes in developing and delivering technical assistance to support states with implementation of eligibility and enrollment policies for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

She is currently leading Mathematica’s policy technical assistance support for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) through the Medicaid and CHIP Learning Collaboratives to Support the Development of High-Performing State Health Coverage Programs. In this role, Cavender helped CMCS identify and respond to states’ technical assistance needs and deepen federal-state partnerships in preparation for and throughout the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement.

Cavender has experience in translating research and best practices into recommendations for policymakers. She previously worked at the Missouri Foundation for Health where she developed policy briefs and initiated a project with the state’s Medicaid program to update application and enrollment processes, leveraging findings from approaches used in other states. She also worked at a community-based organization where she identified policy implications from a program focused on supporting pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid and experiencing food insecurity.

Cavender holds an M.P.H. in health policy analysis from Washington University in St. Louis.