MCRA Welcomes Stacy Goldman as Strategic Advisor
The Managed Care Resource Alliance (MCRA) is pleased to welcome Stacy Goldman, MPH, as a Strategic Advisor.
About Stacy Goldman, MPH
Stacy is a healthcare strategy leader and strategic advisor with more than 15 years of experience across health plans, healthcare technology, government healthcare, and mission-driven organizations. She holds a Master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences and a Digital Health Innovation Certificate, bringing together a strong foundation in population health and a practical understanding of how innovation can be applied within healthcare organizations.
Her career includes leadership with Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), where she led work across member engagement, clinical operations, customer experience, strategic partnerships, and enterprise initiatives. She has also served as Vice President and in senior leadership roles supporting government healthcare clients, with responsibilities spanning strategy, business development, strategic communications, and growth.
Today, Stacy serves as Healthcare Strategy Leader & Strategic Advisor at Aucostrat, LLC, where she advises healthcare organizations on complex business challenges, helping them create clarity, align strategy with execution, and identify opportunities for meaningful growth and engagement.
Her expertise spans Medicare, Medicaid, commercial health plans, government programs, digital health, population health, quality, member experience, healthcare operations, and growth strategy.
Stacy also brings deep expertise in content strategy, strategic communications, and medical writing, helping organizations translate complex healthcare, clinical, and business priorities into clear, credible narratives that support understanding and action. Her experience spans enterprise communications, thought leadership, medical and scientific content, education and training, and executive-level messaging, connecting content strategy to broader organizational goals, stakeholder engagement, and growth.
A Strategic Perspective for the MCRA Community
Stacy brings a distinctive and important perspective to the MCRA community: an understanding of healthcare from both inside the health plan and alongside the organizations that work with health plans.
As an MCRA Advisor, Stacy will bring an experienced payer perspective to the challenges, priorities, and decisions shaping today's healthcare environment. She will help Members better understand how their solutions and strategies fit within the broader health plan landscape—and how to approach complex challenges with greater context and clarity.
Through MCRA programming and conversations with Members, Stacy will bring leadership and strategic insights across areas including member engagement, population health, healthcare strategy, digital health innovation, and growth. She will also bring a practical perspective on connecting strategy to execution and turning ideas into approaches that can create meaningful value for health plans and the people they serve.
For MCRA, the addition of Stacy strengthens the Alliance's ability to connect Members with experienced healthcare leaders who can provide perspective, challenge thinking, and help organizations better navigate the realities of the health plan environment.
Insight from Both Sides of the Table
Stacy's experience working inside a health plan and alongside organizations that partner with health plans has shaped how she approaches complex business challenges, strategic partnerships, and problem-solving.
As she explains, “The strongest partners listen first, understand the broader context, and know where their solution can create meaningful value.”
Through her role as an MCRA Advisor, Stacy will bring this perspective to with the Alliance and its Members, bringing a strategic leadership and experienced judgment to conversations, challenging thinking, and helping inform how MCRA and its community navigate an increasingly complex healthcare environment.
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