DENVER, Colo. – May 26, 2011 – The National PACE Association selected Dorothy Ginsberg, a Senior PACE Consultant with Altitude Edge Consultants, as the recipient of its 2011 Public Service Award.  A group of professional peers from the Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) industry nominated Ginsberg for the award, which was delivered at the NPA Spring Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

Ginsberg joined Altitude Edge in 2010. She previously was the PACE Administrator for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. She is credited with developing PACE in New Jersey and with successful implementation of three programs with several more applications in the pipeline.

“From 2004 through 2010, Dorothy was the official face of PACE in New Jersey,” said Jill Viggiano, Executive Director of LIFE St. Francis, a Trenton-based PACE. “She did whatever it took to make PACE a reality.”

As the NJ PACE Administrator, Ms. Ginsberg focused on reducing bureaucratic barriers and developing policies that facilitated participant enrollment and PACE expansion. David Reyes, Principal, Altitude Edge Consultants, said this award is well deserved. “We are proud of Dorothy’s accomplishments and this award, in particular. We are also proud to have her on our team, where she is able to help clients nationwide successfully navigate the PACE process.”

Ms. Ginsberg was previously a Supervisor for the Department’s Division of Aging and Community Services’ (DACS) state-funded home and community-based programs that included the Congregate Housing Services Program, the Statewide Respite Care Program and the Alzheimer’s Adult Day Services Program. She was the Project Manager for the National Family Caregiver Support Program grant, awarded to New Jersey in 2001 by the U.S. Administration on Aging and managed all DACS activities involving family caregiving programs, presentations and conferences.  Prior to that, she was the Project Coordinator for the Nursing Facility Transitions Grant, awarded to New Jersey in 1999 by CMS.  Prior to working for the Department, Ms. Ginsberg’s nursing career included acute care, home care and long term care for over 30 years.

About Altitude Edge Consultants (www.altitudeedge.com)

Founded in 2005, Altitude Edge Consultants provides health care plan management and consulting expertise to leading health care organizations nationwide. Altitude Edge specializes in the area of aging services, including providing technical, marketing, management and operational assistance to Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).