DHCFP Leadership

Marta Jensen has been with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services for 24 years, beginning her career in social services with the Nevada State Division of Welfare and Supportive Services. During her 14 years with the Welfare Division, Marta was an eligibility worker, a hearings representative, eligibility system trainer, quality control specialist, child care program specialist, child care systems analyst and the program manager for the Energy Assistance Program. In 2007, she transferred to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy where she held numerous oversight roles in Surveillance and Utilization Review, Provider Enrollment, Hearings, Medicaid Estate Recovery, Division Compliance and Program Integrity. In addition, she was appointed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as the Region IX representative for the Fraud and Abuse Technical Advisory Group (TAG) where she co-chaired a national work group on the Affordable Care Act provider enrollment and screening regulations and processes.

In 2014, Marta was promoted to Deputy Administrator of Administrative Services at the Division of Public and Behavioral Health within the HHS Department where she was responsible for executive oversight of the accounting and budget, contracts, information systems and human resources units. In late August 2015, she returned to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy as the Medicaid Administrator.

Ms. Phinney is a Nevada native, and has been in State service since 1998. Ms. Phinney has a Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Health Services Administration; as well as a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Cody started with the mental health programs doing quality assurance. She has been an agency manager and managed the Federal Community Mental Health Services Block Grants. She has an extensive background working in health and human service programs, including program and division oversight at the executive level in Nevada State government. Cody has developed a strong background in program oversight, quality assurance and performance improvement.

 

DuAne has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of behavioral and public health working previously in the areas of criminal justice, community mental health, substance abuse, drunk driving prevention and education. He has worked previously in the public sector in Indiana for eight years beginning as a mental health evaluator within the county courts and leaving as Assistant Administrator for the Court Drug and Alcohol Program within State Court Administration. He worked in the private sector in various capacities including overseeing the project development and implementation strategy of the 2013 publication of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. Within the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services he has served within the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) as the Tobacco Program Coordinator, Director’s Office as the Health Policy Analyst and the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy as the Chief of Behavioral Health and Pharmacy Services. He most recently served as Deputy Administrator of DPBH over Clinical Services overseeing a workforce of over 1,000 employees providing direct client services in both public and behavioral health systems.

DuAne received his B.S. in Family Studies from Miami University and M.S. in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. He is also ABD status in the Organizational Leadership Doctoral Program at Indiana Wesleyan University. All his post graduate work has focused on leadership practices within varying healthcare settings.

 

 

 

Sandie Ruybalid, Certified Public Manager, has been with the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy for 16 years.  She began her career with the State of Nevada in 1994 in Workers Compensation Insurance.  She has over 24 years of experience in the Healthcare Insurance industry, with a focus on Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).  She was appointed to her role as Chief of Information Services in 2013 and oversees the Divisions Project Management Office, Business Process Management Unit, IT Operations, Information Security Officer, and Application Development team in addition to the Divisions outsourced MMIS Vendors.  She is the Project Director for the Division's MMIS Modernization project.  She was appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval as a Management representative on the Employee-Management Committee and serves as the Co-Vice Chair.

She received her Certificate of Public Manager designation in April of 2016.