Lillian Appelbaum

Lillian brings to each engagement enthusiasm and a detailed approach that demonstrates her passion and dedication to reforming today’s healthcare system by way of meaningful and lasting solutions. While Lillian’s project experience runs the gamut from government agencies and nonprofits to private foundations and provider organizations, her goal has always remained the same: to improve the care delivery model for all patients, families, and providers. Prior to ECG, Lillian worked as a project assistant for the National Council for Behavioral Health (now the National Council for Mental Wellbeing), where she supported more than 100 behavioral health organizations in New York as they prepared to transition to value-based payment structures. In doing so, she helped the entities assess and monitor progress toward value-based readiness and improve performance on various quality-related metrics, such as medication adherence rates and community outreach. Lillian also served as a research assistant in the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Obama administration, during which she supported national education efforts aimed at enhancing awareness and understanding around substance use disorder, the impact of stigma, and the importance of addiction medicine within the medical field.