10 value-based care contracting experts
Value-based contracting titles here are spread across AdventHealth, UF Health, Corewell Health, Johns Hopkins Health System, Rush Health, Devoted Health, Cornerstone Health Care, UChicago Medicine, WVU Medicine and Kettering Health, and three of the ten also held Humana roles. Bring them a draft risk arrangement, a dispute over quality targets, or a question about downside sharing, bundled payments or direct-to-employer contracts.
Professionals to explore
Aditi Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Value-Based Payer Contracting · Rush Health
Aligning value-based programs with payer and provider finances and physician incentives, and tracking financial and quality performance, is how Aditi Kumar describes the work. Kumar has been Director, Value-Based Payer Contracting at Rush Health since 2020, after Director Analytics Consulting, Value-Based Care (Provider Payment Innovation and Analytics) at Health Care Service Corporation (2019-2020) and Director- Value-Based Payment, Managed Care at UChicago Medicine (2016-2019).
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April Oakes
LinkedInExperience: Setting an enterprise value-based payment strategy fits April Oakes, AVP, Enterprise Value-Based Payment Strategy · WVU Medicine
Setting an enterprise value-based payment strategy fits April Oakes, AVP, Enterprise Value-Based Payment Strategy at WVU Medicine since 2023, after Director, Value-Based Payment & Contracting (2018-2023) and Associate Director, Value-Based Payment & Contracting (2017-2018) there. Oakes was Provider Engagement Executive at Humana (2016-2017).
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Bonnie Lovell, MBA, FHFMA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Value Based Contracting · Cornerstone Health Care
Negotiating with payers suits Bonnie Lovell, MBA, FHFMA, Director of Value Based Contracting at Cornerstone Health Care since 2008, after Director of Managed Care at High Point Regional Health (1992-2008). Lovell describes serving on NC Hospital Association, NC Department of Insurance and other payer advisory committees, and contract negotiation on both physician and hospital sides.
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Kathy Najarian
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Payer Contracting and Strategy · UChicago Medicine
Value based risk negotiations for network hospitals and physicians across commercial, governmental and direct to employer contracts are what Kathy Najarian describes. Najarian has been Vice President Payer Contracting and Strategy at UChicago Medicine since 2021, after Interim Vice President Managed Care there (2020-2021), and was Vice President Payer Contracting and Provider Services Payer Strategy and Relations at Rush Health (2010-2019).
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KC Schaefer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Managed Care & Contract Management · Kettering Health
KC Schaefer has been Director of Managed Care & Contract Management at Kettering Health since 2024 and was Director of Payor Relations Value Based and Risk Contracting there (2021-2024). Schaefer describes responsibility for payer portfolio performance across hospitals, employed physician practices, a clinically integrated network, Centers of Excellence and direct to employer contracts, a fit for managing contracts after signing.
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Laura Szymankiewicz prev Carey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Value Based Contracting and Healthcare Analytics · Corewell Health
Value-based contracting, risk and bundled payments, working with and on behalf of ACO, CIN, and employed as well as independent physicians, describe the experience of Laura Szymankiewicz prev Carey, Senior Director, Value Based Contracting and Healthcare Analytics at Corewell Health since 2022. Other titles were Corporate Director, Managed Care Contracting at Beaumont Health (2017-2022), Director, Michigan Contracting at Humana (2013-2017) and Associate Vice President, Medical Initiatives at Health Alliance Plan (2012-2017).
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Lisa Morman
LinkedInExperience: Director, CIN Value-Based Contracting · Johns Hopkins Health System
At Johns Hopkins Health System, Lisa Morman has been Director, CIN Value-Based Contracting since 2022, after Director, Payer Contracting, Operations & Value-Based Programs at University of Maryland Faculty Physicians (2020-2022). Morman was also Associate Director, Contracting & Business Development (2018-2020) and Associate Director, Payer Contracting and Communication (2006-2018) at University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc.
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Michael Ryan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Value Based Contracting · UF Health
Value-based deals with risk providers covering percent of premium, downside sharing, delegation and quality bonuses are what Michael Ryan describes negotiating as Head of Value Based Care at Humana (2020-2023). Ryan has been Director of Value Based Contracting at UF Health since 2023 and was earlier Senior Financial Analyst (2018-2020) and Financial Analyst 2 (2017-2018) at Humana.
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Michael S. Lemell, JD, LLM, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Value-Based Care Contracting · AdventHealth
Describing a health law specialty with knowledge of regulatory compliance, reimbursement models and risk management, Michael S. Lemell, JD, LLM, MBA has been Executive Director, Value-Based Care Contracting at AdventHealth since 2026 and held Director, Value-Based Care Contracting (2022-2026) and Divisional Director, Network Development (2019-2022) there, a fit for the legal terms of a risk contract.
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Vilmary Perez Rivera
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Value Based Contracting and Performance · Devoted Health
Vilmary Perez Rivera has been Vice President Value Based Contracting and Performance at Devoted Health since 2024, after Senior Director (2023-2024) and Director (2019-2023) of Value Based Contracting and Performance there. Perez Rivera was Provider Relations Network Manager at Anthem, Inc. (2017-2019) and describes building the provider network through contract negotiations, which suits network-building questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For the view from inside Humana, Michael Ryan, Laura Szymankiewicz prev Carey and April Oakes all held Humana titles, and Vilmary Perez Rivera's contracting roles are at Devoted Health. For a health system or physician group, Lisa Morman's CIN contracting title and KC Schaefer's clinically integrated network portfolio fit network questions, Aditi Kumar and Laura Szymankiewicz prev Carey pair contracting with analytics, and Michael S. Lemell brings a health law background.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How much downside risk should a provider group accept in its first value-based contract, and what protections should come with it?
- 02Which quality measures hold up best as payment triggers, and which ones lead to disputes after signing?
- 03What reporting and data access should be written into a value-based contract so both sides can track performance during the year?
About this directory
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