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As Assistant Director of The Prescription Project, Ms. Hams directs the Project's state and public payer initiatives. She has worked for over sixteen years to expand access to health care through her work at Community Catalyst, a national non-profit advocacy organization, and and its partner organization, Health Care For All, one of the most influential state consumer health organizations in the country. Ms. Hams directed Community Catalyst’s Medicaid Matters project, a national collaboration to provide effective materials, messages and policy analysis for the defense of Medicaid.

As HCFA’s Deputy Director for Programs, she managed the major program areas; previously she conducted policy analysis, coordinated campaigns, did legislative advocacy and provided assistance to community organizations on children’s health access, Medicaid, managed care, free care and community benefits. Ms. Hams also managed HCFA’s survey research on the insurance status of fishing communities in New England and helped develop the Massachusetts Fishing Partnership Health Plan, a comprehensive, subsidized plan to meet the needs of uninsured families. She has completed her doctoral coursework in health policy at the Brandeis University Heller School and holds an M.A. from Boston University and a B.A. from Pomona College in Claremont, CA.