Jonathan Palisoc

Hi! I'm Jonathan Palisoc, MPP, PhD!

I specialize in Medicaid+Medicare financing, payment reform, Section 1115 waivers, and uncompensated care. I'm currently consulting for a number of different organizations on Medicaid - including reform, financing, program integrity, HR1 implementation, 1115 waivers, and more!

I successfully defended my dissertation on September 30th, 2026, will offically graduate in December 2026, and am currently on the job market starting Fall 2026.

Previous positions include working for the California Medicaid Director, Kaiser Permanente, UC Berkeley's Labor Center, California's public health system association, the California legislature, CMMI, CMS, and for the Secretary at HHS.

Personal stuff: Half Dutch, half Filipino, NorCal native, first-gen college student. BS in Quantitative Economics from Cal Poly SLO, MPP from Berkeley's Goldman School. Lover of climbing, backpacking, golfing, fantasy/sci-fi, mead, fuji photography, textured oil painting, swimming in any natural body of water I can find, and being a painful 25-year fan of the Sacramento Kings.