Leavitt Partners creates panel of health IT leaders
Leavitt Partners has created FuturePanel, a group of healthcare thought leaders to inform, refine and guide the healthcare intelligence shared by the Salt Lake City-based firm.
FuturePanel members include former senior executives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. leaders in health IT, veterans of state-level healthcare policy, clinical experts and economic and legal professionals.
“FuturePanel provides our clients with a cross-disciplinary view of healthcare intelligence and enables them to make strategic planning decisions based on the available information,” according to a statement released by the firm. Members of FuturePanel inform the healthcare intelligence of Leavitt Partners through consultations, interdisciplinary conference calls and quarterly briefings.
FuturePanel members include the following:
FuturePanel members include former senior executives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. leaders in health IT, veterans of state-level healthcare policy, clinical experts and economic and legal professionals.
“FuturePanel provides our clients with a cross-disciplinary view of healthcare intelligence and enables them to make strategic planning decisions based on the available information,” according to a statement released by the firm. Members of FuturePanel inform the healthcare intelligence of Leavitt Partners through consultations, interdisciplinary conference calls and quarterly briefings.
FuturePanel members include the following:
- Michael O. Leavitt, chairman, former secretary of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
- Joel Ario, former director of the Office of Insurance Exchanges, HHS, and Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner;
- Robin Arnold-Williams, former executive policy director, Washington State Governor’s Office;
- Thomas Barker, former acting general counsel for HHS;
- David Blumenthal, MD, former national coordinator for health IT and current professor of medicine and healthcare policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston;
- Charlene Frizzera, former acting administrator for CMS;
- James Madara, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the American Medical Association (AMA);
- Karen Milgate, former deputy director of the Center for Strategic Planning at CMS;
- John Nelson, MD, past president of the AMA and Leavitt Partners chief medical officer;
- Ray Scheppach, former executive director of the National Governors Association;
- Barry Straube, MD, former chief medical officer for CMS;
- Vince Ventimiglia, former assistant secretary for legislation, HHS;
- Ronald Williams, former chairman and CEO of Aetna; and
- Susan Winckler, former chief of staff for the FDA.
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.