Ruth Beckerman-Hsu

Since joining Mathematica in 2018, Ruth Beckerman-Hsu has served in key roles on projects for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She has collaborated with federal clients to help answer policy-relevant research questions and has played major roles on quality improvement, program monitoring, and evaluation projects focused on improving health outcomes for children, families, and Medicaid beneficiaries.

Beckerman-Hsu is the Technical Assistance (TA) Lead for the Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) project, providing TA to Title X grant recipients reporting 41 unique data elements related to family planning services. She is currently the Implementation Lead for the Rapid Cycle Innovation Program (RCIP), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) project which uses rapid randomized control trials to improve service delivery and build quality improvement capacity among Accountable Care Organizations. Beckerman-Hsu is also a researcher on a multi-study project for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which uses rapid cycle evaluation and mixed methods to study how early childhood home visiting models have utilized virtual modalities to conduct foundational staff trainings and deliver early childhood services to families. She was previously the deputy lead for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Postpartum Care Learning Collaborative, on which she co-facilitated an expert work group and authored a recommendations report on CMS strategies to improve maternal and infant health.

Beckerman-Hsu has published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Adolescent Health, Contraception, and Public Health Reports. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science from the University of California, Berkeley.