Judi Group Launches Government Affairs Practice for Healthcare Policy Navigation
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Judi Group, a leading independent advisory firm in healthcare transformation, has expanded its services by launching a new Government Affairs practice. The initiative, led by Stephanie Noriea, aims to help employers, health systems, health plans, and other stakeholders navigate the complex and data-driven healthcare policy landscape.
Stephanie Noriea brings extensive experience in government relations and value-based care, having worked in and around Medicare and Medicaid programs for over 15 years. Her role involves building relationships with leadership at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Noriea's appointment as Executive Director of Government Affairs and Strategy underscores Judi Group's commitment to aligning healthcare policy with the realities of care delivery.
To support this mission, Judi Group has also welcomed Yanti Turang as its Chief of Staff for Government Affairs. Turang, a registered nurse with experience leading on-ground responses during the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana, brings a diverse and unconventional background to the role. Her leadership will be instrumental in shaping the Government Affairs team's approach to policy and regulatory advocacy.
Jeff Hogan, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Judi Group, expressed excitement about the expansion.
The Government Affairs team will extend Judi Group's existing work at the intersection of purchasers, care delivery organizations, and healthcare innovation. Their goal is to help healthcare organizations navigate and shape policy so that better models of care, transparency, and accountability can be implemented. This expansion reflects Judi Group's confidence in its ability to help clients identify the sources of inflation and risk impacting their healthcare expenses and build the value, transparency, and accountability into their health plans.
The launch of the Government Affairs practice is a natural extension of Judi Group's existing services, which focus on dismantling systemic opacity in the healthcare industry and delivering transparency and unified oversight to employers, health systems, provider groups, state governments and municipalities, unions, and other payers. By combining the expertise of leading health benefits strategists, ERISA attorneys, actuarial analysts, and world-class technologists, Judi Group aims to improve visibility into total cost drivers for health plans, eliminate waste, mitigate risk, and protect fiduciary integrity.