Charmaine Girdish
MPH
Healthcare Consultant
New York, NY, US
Charmaine Girdish is a healthcare consultant with Milliman.
Experience
Charmaine has over 20 years of experience in health services research and healthcare program evaluations. In her current role at Milliman, she applies research expertise and claims-based analytics experience to deliver foundational insights to Milliman clients.
Publications and Presentations
Charmaine has published several Milliman white papers and articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, and posters presented at professional conferences spanning a variety of healthcare topics.
Education
- MPH, Epidemiology, Emory University
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
Disability related costs from MS: Quantifying the impact on employer benefits
03 November 2025 - by Gabriela Dieguez, Charmaine Girdish, Prachi Bhatt
Multiple sclerosis costs employers nationwide more than $1 billion annually, but we estimate there is an opportunity to reduce disability-related claim costs by up to 30%.
Article
Understanding nonfatal firearm injuries: Incidence and healthcare spending for commercially insured members
23 October 2025 - by Charmaine Girdish, Harsha Mirchandani, Allison Halpren, Rebecca L. Johnson
Patient healthcare costs increase substantially in the six months after a nonfatal firearm injury. We analyze patterns for stakeholders to consider.
Article
Hospital internal resource costs and Medicare fee-for-service payment for kidney transplants
02 June 2025 - by Hanaa Siddiqi, Gabriela Dieguez, Charmaine Girdish, Siyi Lu, Carol Bazell
Among kidney transplants in the United States, 64% of procedures were paid for by Medicare, and 90% of patients received induction therapy, according to our analysis for Sanofi U.S.