Judi Group Launches Government Affairs Practice to Help Shape the Future of Healthcare

New practice led by Stephanie Noriea will help employers, health systems, health plans, and other stakeholders navigate an increasingly transparent, data-driven healthcare policy landscape

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Judi Group, the premier independent advisory firm at the forefront of healthcare transformation, is pleased to announce the launch of its Government Affairs practice, led by Stephanie Noriea, a national and state government affairs executive with deep experience in healthcare delivery and technology, health policy, and healthcare innovation.

"Regulators at both the state and federal levels are finally catching up to what we've long believed: transparency, disclosure, and data rights are the foundation of a healthcare system that actually works for patients," said Jeff Hogan, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Judi Group. "Launching Government Affairs now gives us a direct hand in making sure that this shift translates into practice, not just policy on paper."

Noriea brings government relations and value-based care experience, spanning state capitols and Capitol Hill, to Judi Health. She has spent more than 15 years in and around Medicare and Medicaid programs, working directly with health plans and health systems while building relationships with leadership at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

"Healthcare policy works best when it reflects the realities of how care is financed, built, and delivered. Our goal is to bring those worlds closer together," said Noriea, newly appointed Executive Director of Government Affairs and Strategy for Judi Group. "Judi Group is the right place to do that: the firm is already doing the work of aligning purchasers and providers around value. Government Affairs makes sure policy keeps pace with that work instead of holding it back."

"I'm equally excited to welcome Yanti Turang to Judi Group as our Chief of Staff for Government Affairs. A registered nurse who led on the ground during the Ebola response in Sierra Leone and in Louisiana during the height of COVID-19, and who has since built and led international NGOs and held executive leadership roles inside healthcare startups, her unconventional background is uniquely valuable to healthcare decision-makers," Noriea added.

Judi Group already works at the intersection of purchasers, care delivery organizations, and healthcare innovation, helping align their interests throughout the continuum of care. The Government Affairs team extends that work into the policy and regulatory environment that increasingly determines how those organizations operate, through state and federal advocacy, regulatory strategy, and coalition-building with the policymakers and agencies shaping the rules of value-based care. The team's goal is to help healthcare organizations navigate and shape policy so that better models of care, transparency, and accountability can actually be implemented, not just proposed.

"Our investment in this team reflects our confidence that we can help clients identify the sources of inflation and risk impacting their healthcare expenses, and build the value, transparency, and accountability into their health plans that they, and their plan members, deserve," said Julie Selesnick, Executive Director of Legal and Compliance at Judi Group.

The expansion of Judi Group's services to include Government Affairs is a natural extension of the work already underway across the firm. Backed by Judi Health™, Judi Group is positioned to help clients navigate an increasingly complex state and federal regulatory environment and ensure that policy keeps pace with the value-based models the firm helps build in practice.

To learn more about Judi Group's services, please visit www.judi.group.

About Judi Group

The Judi Group is a premier, independent healthcare advisory firm built to dismantle systemic opacity in the healthcare industry and deliver 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, the firm improves visibility into total cost drivers for health plans, eliminates waste, mitigates risk, and protects fiduciary integrity. The Judi Group serves as a conflict-free partner, helping organizations optimize and align their procurement decisions, enhance budget predictability through deep forensic review and risk engineering, and improve health plan performance. To learn more, visit: www.judi.group.

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