Matthew Sweeney, Ph.D.

Matthew Sweeney leads business development and account management for Abt’s portfolio of work at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With more than 20 years of healthcare experience partnering with federal agencies, small businesses, and the private sector, Sweeney has led large research and operational projects focused on various dimensions of alternative payment models, including:  implementing and validating quality measures, program support for hospital pay-for-performance programs, and advising clients on the design and refinement of their value-based purchasing arrangements.

Prior to joining Abt, he led business development and account management at Mathematica for projects focused on alternative payment modeling, monitoring, learning systems and technical assistance, as well as quality measure development within CMS. Additionally, he served as area director responsible for business growth at the Department of Defense, Veteran’s Administration, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In his earlier career, Sweeney served as an actuarial analyst with the Chickering Group/Aetna Student Health Insurance, leading reports on service and benefit utilization.

Sweeney earned his Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University, and his dissertation focused on organ transplantation policies and the association between surgical volume and patient clinical outcomes.

Expertise

• Healthcare quality
• Health delivery systems and reforms

Publications

• Vollmer, Lauren, Dan Anderson, Kimberly Glenn, Anthony Austin, Angie Goubeaux, Laura Goubeaux, Hope Johnson, Bailey Orshan, Eric Schone, and Matthew Sweeney. "Revised Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program Scoring Methodologies: Testing Results." Report submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research under subcontract to Lantana Consulting Group, December 10, 2018.
• Sweeney, Matthew, Dan Anderson, Kimberly Glenn, Anthony Austin, Laura Blum, Alexander Bohn, Alex Bryce, Travis Flemming, Angie Goubeaux, Laura Goubeaux, Rachel Hildrich, Hope Johnson, Rachel Machta, Kristin Maurer, Samantha Merrill, Bailey Orshan, Alex Prociuk Eric Schone, Daniella Sehgal, and Aaron Swaney. "Payment Adjustments to Reward Hospitals for Providing High-Quality Care for Socially At-Risk Patients: Summary Findings." Report submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research under subcontract to Lantana Consulting Group, December 6, 2018.
• Sehgal, Daniella, Eric Schone, Travis Flemming, Matthew Sweeney, and Bailey Orshan. “Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Fiscal Year 2016 Socioeconomic Status Analysis Findings.” Memo submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research under subcontract to Lantana Consulting Group, March 9, 2017.
• Schone, Eric, Daniella Sehgal, Travis Flemming, Matthew Sweeney, and Bailey Orshan. “Implementing 21st Century Cures Act in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.” Submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research under subcontract to Lantana Consulting Group, December 31, 2016.
• Kallem, Crystal, Laura Goubeaux, Bailey Orshan, Lynn Perrine, Eric Schone, Daniella Sehgal, Dawn Sievert, Matthew Sweeney, and Casey Thompson. “Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Assessment Report-Final.” Submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica Policy Research and Lantana Consulting Group, November 30, 2016.
• Sweeney, Matthew, Daniella Sehgal, and Travis Flemming. “CABG-AMI Overlap Analysis.” Memorandum to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under subcontract to Lantana Consulting Firm, June 20, 2016.