Molly Brassil
Molly Brassil
Senior Vice President
Molly Brassil, MSW is the Senior Vice President of Integrated Care at Aurrera Health Group, where she oversees a team of policy consultants and leads a wide range of projects related to promoting effective Medicaid and behavioral health policy in California and the nation. Molly has nearly 20 years of health policy experience, focused primarily on delivery system improvement and integration in California’s Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Program and supporting California’s response to the opioid crisis.
Before joining Aurrera Health Group in 2015, Molly served as the Director of Public Policy for the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA), the trade association representing California’s community behavioral health system. In her role with CBHDA, Molly led efforts to implement the Association’s public policy agenda including leading advocacy efforts to inform California’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act to ensure access to a robust continuum of behavioral health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries and low-income individuals purchasing coverage through Covered California, the state-based marketplace.
Additionally, Molly led efforts to identify an alternative structure for the delivery of substance use disorder services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries including working intimately with state and county leadership to develop the framework for the “Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System” pilot program – a section 1115 Medicaid waiver that was approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2015 and the first of its kind in the nation.
Molly served as a Deputy Director for the California Primary Care Association (CPCA), the trade association representing over 1000 community clinics and health centers in California. In her role with CPCA, Molly led the Association’s regulatory affairs agenda including developing and implementing strategies to reduce policy barriers in the areas of community health center financing, facility licensing, and provider enrollment in public payer programs. Molly successfully worked with the state legislature and administration to develop and implement an alternative community clinic licensing process to enable and expedite the expansion of critical services to underserved areas. She also led efforts to promote behavioral health integration at community health centers.
Before entering the world of health policy, Molly spent several years working directly with at-promise populations as a direct service provider, including working in a community clinic, an outreach program for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, a supportive services program for individuals with developmental disabilities, and a diversion program for youth involved in the justice system.
Molly holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and global studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in social work from California State University, Sacramento. In her spare time, Molly enjoys exploring the outdoors in beautiful Northern California with her partner and two young children.
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MSW, Social Work, California State University, Sacramento
BA, Global/International Studies & Anthropology
