Bruce has spent the last 30 years in healthcare – split between the public and private sectors.
Prior to taking over as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, Bruce was the director of strategy and innovation at the nation’s largest post-acute care company.
In 2017 and 2018, he was the CTO at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. In state government, Bruce was the Health Secretary for Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, and before that he was running Microsoft’s worldwide health and human services business division.
Prior to Microsoft, Bruce was at CMS overseeing Medicaid Managed Care and Waivers & Demonstrations. He has run operations in behavioral health and spent time in venture capital and private equity and is on the boards of a publicly traded health care company, a health technology company, and two private equity companies addressing the home health market.
Additionally, Bruce has been an advisor to the health informatics programs at George Washington University and the University of Louisiana.
As Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, Bruce D. Greenstein leads the state’s largest agency with a budget of over $20 billion and a team responsible for delivering services to millions of Louisianans. LDH protects and promotes health for Louisiana residents through services provided by Medicaid and the Offices of Public Health, Behavioral Health, Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, Aging and Adult Services, Women’s Health and Community Health, and Emergency Preparedness. Recently, Bruce lead the department through the addition of SNAP services to the department. These programs work to ensure access to medical, preventative, and rehabilitative services for Louisiana’s most vulnerable residents.