Paul Keckley, PhD
Executive Director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions,
Deloitte LLP
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Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., is the executive
director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (the Center), a
part of Deloitte LLP (Deloitte). He provides strategic guidance on the
development of Center research and thought leadership. Paul has had 30
years of experience in academic medicine and the private sector. He is
well-regarded for his knowledge of health care economics, health policy
and trend analysis.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Paul served in several key roles at
Vanderbilt University. He was the executive director of the Vanderbilt
Center for Evidence-based Medicine (VCEBM), associate professor at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and an associate professor of
Health Management at the Owen Graduate School of Business. He oversaw
many clinical outsourcing ventures involving care team training,
clinical information technology, data management, and evidence-based
pathway construction and integration. Paul also has engaged in several
joint ventures, including specialty hospitals in the United Kingdom,
development of primary care delivery systems in Botswana, partnerships
with two Fortune 100 companies pursuing innovative approaches to chronic
care management and others that are in early-stage development.
Paul supported efforts by the Vanderbilt Medical Group to develop,
integrate and measure adherence to evidence-based pathways and order
sets. He also was instrumental in spearheading Vanderbilt’s entry into
integrative health, with the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health. Before joining Vanderbilt, Paul served as chairman of the board of a
large California dental practice management company; chief executive
officer (CEO) of an enterprise business management solutions firm; a
developer of evidence-based guideline software; CEO of a community
medical management firm and principal of The Keckley Group, a strategic
planning consulting practice that served 1,200 U.S. provider
organizations and health plans.
Paul is an active member of several societies and editorial boards, and
has authored numerous articles and three books. He has been profiled by
ABC’s "20/20," CBS’s "60 Minutes," CNN, Fox News and The Wall Street
Journal; he also has been a keynote speaker at several national industry
meetings. Paul has testified for state Medicaid Review Committees in
Utah and Tennessee about the potential impact of evidence-based
standards on benefits for enrollees.
He received a bachelor of arts degree from Lipscomb University, a
master's degree and a doctorate degree from Ohio State University, and
he completed a fellowship in economic policy at Oxford University.
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Ben Isgur
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Health Research
Institute
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Benjamin Isgur is the Director of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Health Research Institute. As
Director, Mr. Isgur develops national and global thought
leadership and research initiatives for the firm and
clients. HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new
intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major
health-related business issues. He also consults with
healthcare systems, trade associations, and policy groups on
strategic planning, and industry intelligence and trends.
Mr. Isgur has worked extensively with health policy and
industry associations including, American Hospital
Association (AHA), Texas Hospital Association (THA), Indiana
Health and Hospital Association (IHHA), Healthcare Financial
Management Association (HFMA), Assisted Living Federation of
America (ALFA), Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA),
Texas Institute of Health Policy Research (TIHPR), and the
California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF). Mr. Isgur has
published numerous reports and spoken on health subjects
such as, government health policy, workforce strategies,
hospital charity care and community benefit, consumerism,
and the digital hospital environment. Prior to joining
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP he worked in government
relations, legislative and regulatory consulting, and policy
analysis in Texas, Washington D.C. and internationally. He
received a Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at
Austin and a Bachelor of Arts, Government and Middle Eastern
Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Randy Barnes
Chief Operating Officer, Unifi Technologies, Inc.
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Mr. Randy Barnes is Chief Operating Officer
of Unifi Technologies (www.Unifitech.com) spearheading all areas of Research and
Development on its cloud based Electronic Medical Records
solution, Unifi-Med. Mr. Barnes has served in senior
management and leadership roles for Fortune 100 companies,
small technology firms and technology start-ups for over 15
years. His extensive experience working with cloud based
computing solutions for large organizations in the early
stages of development, to the development of new types of
cloud solutions in small companies, has given him expertise
in this rapidly growing technology and practical knowledge
of its role in the marketplace. Mr. Barnes has spent the
last several years focused solely on the role of cloud
computing solutions as used to enhance healthcare
technologies specifically to both improve access to
information as well as, improve the interaction between
patient and provider. Mr. Barnes continues to provide
consulting services and educate healthcare providers seeking
an understanding of the changing landscape brought on by
government regulation and technology. Mr. Barnes resides in
Bend, Oregon.
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Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA, Principal and Founder, Better
Health Technologies
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Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA is Principal and
founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (http://e-CareManagement.com). BHT consults to companies in developing strategy,
partnerships and business models for chronic disease
management and eHealth applications delivered in homes,
workplaces, and communities.
BHT’s clients — both established organizations and
early-stage companies — include: Intel Digital Health Group,
Philips Electronics, Amedisys, Joslin Diabetes Center,
Ascension Health System, Samsung Electronics, Siemens
Medical Solutions, Medtronic, Varian Medical Systems,
Disease Management Association of America, and many others.
Vince brings 25 years health care experience in multiple
roles: President, VP Corporate Development, VP operations,
management consultant, and marketing executive. His
consulting and work projects span 100+ different health care
organizations, including hospitals, physician groups,
medical devices, pharma, health plans, disease management,
e-Health, IT, and others.
Vince speaks frequently at industry conferences and
corporate events. He has been the opening keynote speaker at
the Healthcare Unbound conferences between 2004 and 2008 and
has spoken at about 35 conferences in the past 3 years. He
has experience leading strategic planning retreats for
Boards and physicians. Vince’s experience includes:
Principal, Better Health Technologies; President, Health
Choice (medical call center), VP Corporate Development and
VP Specialty Operations, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical
Center; Regional Director of Marketing, National Medical
Enterprises (hospital chain with 100 facilities); Senior
Consultant, Amherst Associates, national health care
management consulting company. His education includes MBA
and JD degrees from UCLA, and a BS degree in business
administration from USC.
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William DeMarco
President & CEO
Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation
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William J. DeMarco MA CMC is the President
& Chief Executive Officer of Pendulum Health Development
Corporation, and DeMarco & Associates, Inc., a
national, independent healthcare consulting firm
specializing in healthcare delivery system redesign and
transformation. The firm specializes in research and
strategy development, organization development of successful
provider owned enterprises and marketing management
including product design and promotion.
Mr DeMarco is recognized as a leader in the research, design
and implementation of community based healthplans. Since his
involvement in several startup health plans in Minnesota in
the early 1970s Bill and his team of management consultants
clinical specialists and reimbursement analysts have
assisted employers and physicians in developing better
relationships with insurers up to and including developing
local solutions to deliver and finance care.
Using Health Services Research from its affiliate Pendulum
HealthCare Development Corporation (www.pendulumhealth.com),
DeMarco and Associates assists both provider and employer
clients in addressing prospective payment approaches in
order to build Pay for Performance models to develop direct
employer/provider contracting entities, benchmarking
collaboratives under the new value purchasing legislation as
well as single specialty centers of excellence. Mr. DeMarco
is a well-known author having written or contributed to over
a dozen books on managed care topics. He holds a master’s
degree in organizational development from DePaul University.
He a past faculty member of Loyola Law School’s graduate
program and was recently awarded the Follomer Bronze award
from the Healthcare Financial Management Association for his
outstanding service and contributions to HFMA chapters and
members.
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Alexander (Sander) Domaszewicz
Principal, Mercer Health & Benefits
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Sander is a Principal and Senior Consultant
housed in the Mercer Health & Benefits Services (Mercer)
Newport Beach, California office. He is Mercer’s National
Practice Leader for Consumerism and leads Engagement efforts
for the Total Health Management group, specializing in
emerging benefits and ways to encourage groups to become
involved and informed around health care cost and quality.
Areas of focus include health care strategy, consumer
directed health care, health and benefits decision support
tools, web health resources, HR portals and online benefits.
Sander’s prior experience includes project management in the
Health & Group Benefits Delivery Services group at a large
multi-national consulting firm for flexible benefits
administration outsourcing. In this capacity he addressed
outsourcing issues, systems integration, design, and testing
as well as database administration and training relating to
flexible benefits. Prior to benefits outsourcing project
management, Sander managed a hearing health care facility in
Southern California, giving him exposure to issues from the
provider perspective. Sander is a frequent presenter at
health care and benefits-related events and has published
articles in Benefits Quarterly, Employee Benefit News, HR
Magazine, Workforce and HR Executive. His consulting
assignments include work with many large and small public
and private organizations in both the benefits and product
development areas. Sander holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University, a
Masters degree in Business Administration from the
University of Phoenix and a certificate in Human Resources
Management from Cornell.
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Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare
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Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, has been instrumental in evolving the field of connected health. As Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, Dr. Kvedar is working to develop new solutions and innovative interventions to deliver quality patient care outside of the traditional medical setting. Dr. Kvedar has promoted a more holistic vision of health attainment that revolves around the consumer and leverages technology to help people get well and stay well.
His focus on enabling health and wellness through technology-enabled monitoring, coaching, and education, particularly in the area of chronic disease, accomplishes several major goals of healthcare: 1) helps patients to understand how their behaviors lead to improved health 2) strengthens the relationship between patients and health providers 3) addresses major personnel shortages in healthcare 4) increases access to care, and 5) in many studies and programs to date, has lead to better outcomes. Dr. Kvedar is devoted to promoting the development of consumer-centered, technology-enabled programs in every avenue of healthcare where connected health may be of value.
Under Dr. Kvedar’s direction, the Center for Connected Health manages novel programs and studies in cardiac care (about 1,000 patients treated last year in a program shown to reduce hospital visits in cardiac patients by 25%), hypertension, diabetes, virtual health education, skin cancer prevention and weight management. Through careful research and advocacy, Dr. Kvedar has helped transformed Partners HealthCare into a savvy leader and believer in connected health, to the benefit of thousands of patients and care providers, and has generously given of his time and talent to advance the field, sparking novel research and partnerships in diverse areas of healthcare and technology. He is a past president and board member of the American Telemedicine Association and immediate past chair of the American Academy of Dermatology
(AAD) Task Force on Telemedicine. In 2008, Dr. Kvedar was honored by the University of Vermont Medical School for his distinguished academic achievement. In 2009, Dr. Kvedar was honored by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) with its Individual Leadership Award, recognizing his significant contributions to connected health and telemedicine.
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Michael T. Myers,
Jr, MD, MBA
Medical Director
Hawthorn Medical Associates
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Dr. Mike Myers’s career in health care has spanned practicing as a primary care internal medicine physician, working on various public health and health policy initiatives, health care consulting and medical management. He is currently the Medical Director of Hqwthorn Medical Associates, the largest multispecialty practice with some 70 physicians in the Southcoast region of Massachusetts and an integrated group within Partners Community HealthCare,
Inc.
Before becoming Hawthorn Medical Director, Dr. Myers was the Associate Medical Director for Partners Community HealthCare, Inc., the largest integrated delivery network of hospitals (including the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals) and some 6,000 primary and specialty care physicians in Massachusetts.
In both roles Dr. Myers has worked directly with practicing physicians to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivered to patients, while ensuring patients are satisfied with their care experience. Before joining Hawthorn and Partners, Dr. Myers held various positions as Principal with MDXcel Consulting, Director of Healthcare Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Medical Director of Medicare Programs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Dr. Myers completed his primary care internal medicine residency at Mount Auburn Hospital in 1988, received his BA from Johns Hopkins University in 1981, MD from Harvard Medical School in 1985, and MBA from Northeastern University in 1997. |
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