Twenty-two of the nation’s leading health benefits executives who are committed to improving engagement and accountability in health management have been named Fellows of The Center for Health Value Innovation.
“This honorable title of Fellow goes to a rarified group of individuals who have not only implemented value-based design in their own organizations but have also demonstrated alignment of incentives,” said Cyndy Nayer, president and chief executive officer. “Our Fellows advance the goal of linking health value to accountability for outcomes in our communities.”
Medical Director Michael Taylor, M.D., concurred, “These leaders demonstrate a variety of value-based designs with replicable examples of improved health outcomes.”
2010 Fellows:
- Jan Berger, M.D., president, Health Intelligence Partners LLC
- Wayne Burton, M.D., chief medical officer, American Express Co.
- Joycelyn Elders, M.D., former U.S. Surgeon General, special adviser, government relations
- Paul Grundy, M.D., director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM Global Well Being Services and Health Benefits, IBM
- Robert Holben, former director of compensation and benefits, GulfstreamAerospace Corp.
- Dave Johnson, M.D., president, Vivacity, associate medical director, Premera Blue Cross
- Alison Kocanda, manager, Medical Education, Medical & Scientific Affair Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.
- Robert Kritzler, M.D., deputy chief medical officer, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, vice president of communications, Center for Health Value Innovation
- Cheryl Larson, director of membership and education, Midwest Business Group on Health
- Donna Marshall, executive director, Colorado Business Group on Health
- Clare Miller, director, American Psychiatric Association
- Kavita Nair, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, vice president of government, finance and ethics, treasurer, Center for health Value Innovation
- Kevin O'Brien, chief executive officer, Partners in Care
- Laurel Pickering, executive director, new York Business Group on Health
- Richard Popiel, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer, Horizon BCBS of New Jersey
- Robert Scully, M.D., chief medical director, Health Alliance Medical Plans
- Scott Smith, customer marketing manager, Managed Markets Planning, GlaxoSmithKline
- Michael Sokol, M.D., corporate medical director, Merck and Co. Inc.
- Brian Sweet, RPh, chief pharmacy officer, WellPoint Inc.
- Jeffy Vuocolo, director, Healthcare System Strategy, Merck and Co. Inc.
- Fred Williams, director of Health Benefits Management, Quest Diagnostics Inc., director of community health innovation, Center for Health Value Innovation
- Jerry Reeves, M.D., vice president of Medical Affairs, Health Insight of Nevada principal, Health Innovations LLC
The Center for Health Value Innovation has grown into the nation’s premier organization dedicated to sharing the evidence of improved health and economic outcomes through improved engagement and accountability.
As the nation's premier benefits leadership exchange, center Fellow will accelerate the adoption of innovation that supports the five C’s of sustainable behavior change: commitment, concern, cost, communication, community.
The center is developing the largest data-base of value-based levers—incentives, insurance plan designs, and services that companies use to improve the health value of investments. Through interviews, surveys, and collaborative intelligence of center members, the acceleration of adoption shows that value-based benefit designs (VBD) are a significant part of health and performance investing.