Bill Rencher is a senior research associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center. His expertise includes federal and state Medicaid regulations, compliance reviews, data analysis, and report writing. Rencher also has experience with hospital financial assistance programs, federal and state health care laws and regulations, the Affordable Care Act, and research ethics.

Rencher serves on the Medicaid Policy and Business team, working under a contract with the Georgia Department of Community Health to provide the state’s Medicaid agency with research and technical assistance for the Georgia Medicaid program. As an attorney, Rencher contributes his legal knowledge and research skills to the team and their work, focusing primarily on regulatory and legal compliance issues, as well as report writing.

Rencher is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Health Law section and a member of the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health.