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Rep. Latta longtime aide takes key health care post

Posted by Sean Myers on Jan. 15, 2016

A longtime staffer for Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) has jumped to the Joint Commission to fill a crucial post.

Allison Witt Poulios, Latta's deputy chief of staff, in her new role as the Commission's director of federal relations. The Joint Commission is a non-profit organization in charge of accrediting health care institutions and programs in the U.S. The Commission carries a lot of weight in the health care sector, as most states require its accreditation for health care organizations to be licensed in their state and to receive reimbursement for Medicaid expenses. Due to the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid, the Joint Commission's role in American healthcare has grown more important in recent years, making Poulios' new role an integral one.

Poulios has spent most of the past 16 years working for Bob Latta as both a state senator and state representative in Ohio, as well as in the U.S. House of Representatives. She also spent five years as a lobbyist with Kegler, Brown, Hill and Ritter, a Columbus-based firm, although she did not register as a federal lobbyist while there.