Valerie E. Pillo analyzes trends in the U.S. healthcare landscape in metropolitan and state markets, including New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Rhode Island. She joined DRG in 2015 and is an expert in Northeast healthcare markets including payer and provider behavior and Medicaid waivers. Valerie authors Market Overviews and IDN Profiles and is the Thought Leadership Lead for Market Access Insights. In that role, Valerie oversees Thought Leadership strategy, ideation, writing and editing and publication of pieces from Market Access Insights analysts. Prior to joining Clarivate, Valerie was the Media Relations Manager for Independent Health, a large, regional nonprofit health insurance company in Buffalo, NY, and was an award-winning journalist covering healthcare for the Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, NY.