Dave Schneider, MPA

Senior Advisor

schne694@msu.edu
Phone: 517-422-4222

965 Wilson Rd.
A522D East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Biography

Dave Schneider is an experienced public administrator with more than 30 years’ experience dedicated to improving specialty healthcare. Through cross-county and cross-organizational collaborations, he helped develop and implement programs and funding structures for persons with mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. While at Health Management Associates (HMA), Dave has worked closely with the State of Michigan to improve administrative capacity to manage the public behavioral health system and to develop plans to redesign the public behavioral health service delivery model.

Prior to joining HMA, Dave served as the Manager of the Collaboration and Integration Section within the Medical Services Administration in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services where he led development of joint metrics projects, implemented federal regulations and facilitated coordination of programs to improve health and well-being of those with co-morbid physical and behavioral health conditions. Dave also led an opioid related data analytics team within the department.

He is a proven strategic planner and leader with a passion for behavioral and integrated healthcare. He has guided the development and operations of information systems, quality management, regulatory compliance, client access and eligibility and contract management as the lead administrator of a Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP). This included managing all publicly funded SUD services in a 21-county region.

As the chief executive officer of a start-up regional health entity serving as a PIHP, Dave worked with national consultants to implement a behavioral health home pilot, forging relationships with Medicaid health plans and assuming responsibility for management of public funding for substance use disorder services in the region. A facilitator of synergistic partnerships, Dave also served as director of affiliation services and developed a statewide plan for implementing an integrated care learning community and regional information systems to meet organizational, state and federal requirements.

He earned a Master of Public Administration and bachelor’s degrees from Western Michigan University.