Fran Jensen
About Fran Jensen
Fran Jensen serves as the Medical Director at Better Life Partners in Maine, where he focuses on enhancing access to care and integrating behavioral and physical health. He has extensive experience in healthcare transformation, having worked with various state innovation models and served in leadership roles at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Work at Better Life Partners
Fran Jensen has served as the Medical Director at Better Life Partners since 2022. In this role, she focuses on enhancing healthcare access and quality for underserved populations in Maine. Her responsibilities include providing clinical leadership for value-based programs and offering subject matter expertise to the Office of MaineCare Services. Jensen's work aims to integrate behavioral and physical health in clinical settings, particularly for individuals facing substance use disorders.
Education and Expertise
Fran Jensen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Bowdoin College, which she completed from 1983 to 1987. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Science in Neurophysiology from the University of Idaho between 1990 and 1992. Jensen earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she studied from 1993 to 1997. Her educational background supports her expertise in healthcare transformation and policy.
Background
Before her current position, Fran Jensen worked at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as the Deputy Director of the State Innovations Group from 2011 to 2018. In this role, she led a team at the CMS Innovation Center, focusing on healthcare transformation through state policy and regulatory levers. Jensen also served as Chief Medical Officer at FEI Systems for a year in 2019-2020, where she contributed to healthcare initiatives.
Achievements
Fran Jensen has received recognition for her contributions to healthcare, including the Fabulous Partner Award from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). This award acknowledges her commitment to data-driven improvement and reducing provider burden. Additionally, she has played a key role in developing a national network of payers, providers, and policymakers through her work as a project officer for several State Innovation Models.
Clinical Leadership and Initiatives
Jensen has demonstrated clinical leadership in various initiatives aimed at improving healthcare access. She has worked in a mobile van in Baltimore City with the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, assessing and treating individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. Her dedication to increasing access to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorder highlights her commitment to integrating behavioral and physical health services for underserved populations.