Belinda Ponder
Director of Finance
Prior to joining CCHA, Ms. Ponder spent over twenty years in
state civil service engaging in fiscal policy, accounting,
program implementation, process development, data analysis,
project management, and program monitoring for the California
Student Aid Commission, Department of Aging, and Department of
Health Care Services (DHCS). For nearly the past thirteen years,
she held various roles at DHCS, Health Care Financing, overseeing
billions of dollars in safety net programs, including oversight
of the implementation of the Diagnosis Related Group
reimbursement methodology, managing the Disproportionate Share
Hospital program, and involved with the Hospital Quality
Assurance Fee, and a variety of other Medi-Cal supplemental
payment programs.