Ben Steffen

Ben Steffen serves as the Acting Executive Director and Director for the Center for Analysis and Information Services at the Maryland Health Care Commission. He serves as a board member for the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, the organization established in 2011 by the Maryland Legislature to implement the insurance coverage expansion under the ACA and the Maryland Health Insurance Program, an insurance program that serves individuals that are unable to purchase insurance in the current Maryland individual market. As Center Director for Analysis and Information Services, Mr. Steffen directs studies on provider workforce, insurance coverage, health care spending, and utilization. He also has operational responsibilities for health care practitioner initiatives including development of the Patient Centered Medical Home Program and the Maryland Trauma Physician Fund, a program established to support physicians in the Maryland trauma system. Mr. Steffen serves as a spokesperson for the Commission at state and national levels on state health care expenditures, physician work force, physician uncompensated care, and information security. Before joining the MHCC, he served as a budget analyst in the Health, Housing, and Income Security Division of the Congressional Budget Office where he was involved with modeling and estimates of reforms that ultimately led to the Medicare Prospective Payment System. Mr. Steffen holds a Master’s Degree from American University and has completed post-graduate work at the University Of Michigan.