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Zoe Barnard

Senior Advisor

Manatt Health
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  • Phone: 312.477.4787
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  • University of Colorado at Boulder, M.A., 2001

    Michigan Technological University, B.S., 1997

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Zoe Barnard has extensive experience working on behavioral health initiatives, with a focus on enhancing medical and behavioral health access through better care management.

As Montana’s Mental Health Commissioner, Zoe was responsible for the development and implementation of Medicaid programs as well as other publicly funded mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for the state. She has experience with the behavioral health needs of people throughout their lifespan. Additionally, Zoe has directed the development of policy and administrative rules and regularly serves as a thought leader for mental health–related issues.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “A Vision for Value-Based Care,” Montana Healthcare Foundation Integrated Behavioral Health Summit, December 8, 2021.

Panelist, “Telehealth and SUD: Lessons from the Pandemic,” Manatt Health, October 7, 2021.

Speaker, “Mental Health System Development in Rural and Remote Areas During COVID-19,” National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Annual Conference, September 14, 2021.

Speaker, “Suicide Prevention and Mental Healthcare in Montana: Exploring Montana’s Research Needs,” ​The Center for Mental Health Research and Recovery at Montana State University, September 15, 2019.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

Governor’s Award for Excellence in Performance, 2020

Memberships

Memberships

Founding Board Member, Montana Public Health Institute

Board Member, Helena YWCA

Publications

Publications

Quoted, “State Principles for Financing Substance Use Care, Treatment, and Support Services,” Center for Health Care Strategies, September 18, 2023.

Quoted, “POLITICO Pulse Newsletter: Telehealth prescribing up in the air,” POLITICO, August 16, 2023.

Co-author, “Impact of the Pandemic and the End of the Public Health Emergency on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment,” with support from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, August 1, 2023.

Co-author, “Expanding Equitable Telehealth Access: Federal Funding Opportunities to Support Universal Broadband,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, September 2022.

Featured, “Zoe Barnard, Senior Advisor at Manatt Health,” Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast, May 20, 2022.

Quoted, “In Montana, Crisis Support Teams Offer Alternatives To Policing Mental Health,” NPR, June 10, 2021.

Zoe in the News

  • 05.20.22

    Barnard Featured in Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast on Behavioral ...

    Manatt Health Senior Advisor Zoe Barnard spoke with Laura Dyrda on the Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast to discuss trends in the health care ...

  • 04.06.22

    Manatt Strengthens Health Insurance Marketplace and Behavioral Health ...

    Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, welcomed Tara R. Straw and Zoe Barnard as senior advisors in its Manatt Health group. Straw’s deep ...



Zoe's Articles

  • 08.09.23

    CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based ...

    On May 18, 2023, the CMS, in consultation with the DOE, released new guidance to support state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance ...



  • 08.01.23

    Impact of the Pandemic and the End of the Public Health Emergency on ...

    This report was written in partnership with and funded by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal ...



  • 09.07.22

    Expanding Equitable Telehealth Access: Federal Funding Opportunities ...

    As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, states are awash in federal funding opportunities to assist them in responding to or mitigating the impacts of ...



Zoe's Newsletters

  • 08.15.23

    CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based ...

    On May 18, 2023, CMS, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), released new guidance to support state Medicaid and CHIP ...

  • 08.09.23

    Impact of the Pandemic and the End of the Public Health Emergency on ...

    COVID-19 was accompanied by serious disruptions in care and treatment for persons with OUD, as well as isolation, loneliness, grief, job loss, and ...

  • 05.04.23

    DEA Issues Statement on Continuing PHE Telehealth Prescribing ...

    On May 3, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a statement from Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 telemedicine flexibilities for ...

  • 03.01.23

    DEA Releases Proposed Rules Regarding Telemedicine Prescribing of ...

    On February 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, issued two proposed ...

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