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10 value-based care contracting experts
These ten professionals have led or managed value-based care contracting between payers and providers. A reader can learn from them how value-based and risk arrangements are negotiated, how performance is measured and how the contracts are managed after they are signed.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aditi Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Value-Based Payer Contracting · Rush Health
Director, Value-Based Payer Contracting at Rush Health since March 2020. Earlier roles were Director- Value-Based Payment, Managed Care at UChicago Medicine (2016–2019) and Director Analytics Consulting, Value-Based Care (Provider Payment Innovation and Analytics) at Health Care Service Corporation (2019–2020). The profile describes communicating with stakeholders on contract requirements and financial and quality performance across payer contracts including value-based care programs.
April Oakes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Value-Based Payment & Contracting · WVU Medicine
Director, Value-Based Payment & Contracting at WVU Medicine from 2018 to 2023, after Associate Director, Value-Based Payment & Contracting there (2017–2018), and AVP, Enterprise Value-Based Payment Strategy at WVU Medicine since December 2023. Earlier roles were Contract Analyst at WVU Medicine (2010–2011) and Provider Engagement Executive at Humana (2016–2017).
Bonnie Lovell, MBA, FHFMA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Value Based Contracting · Cornerstone Health Care
Director of Value Based Contracting at Cornerstone Health Care since July 2008, after serving as Director of Managed Care at High Point Regional Health (1992–2008). The profile describes work on both the physician and hospital sides of the industry, service on NC Hospital Association, NC Department of Insurance and other payer advisory committees, and experience in contract negotiation.
Kathy Najarian
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Payer Contracting and Strategy · UChicago Medicine
Vice President Payer Contracting and Strategy at UChicago Medicine since April 2021, after serving as Interim Vice President Managed Care there (2020–2021). Earlier roles include Vice President Payer Contracting and Provider Services Payer Strategy and Relations at Rush Health (2010–2019). The profile cites 25 years leading payer strategy, managed care contracting and value based risk negotiations for network hospitals and physicians.
KC Schaefer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Payor Relations Value Based and Risk Contracting · Kettering Health
Director of Payor Relations Value Based and Risk Contracting at Kettering Health from 2021 to 2024, and Director of Managed Care & Contract Management there since January 2024. In a director role the profile describes responsibility for managed care payer portfolio performance across Kettering Health hospitals, employed physician practices, the clinically integrated network, ancillary providers, Centers of Excellence and direct-to-employer contracts.
Laura Szymankiewicz prev Carey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Value Based Contracting and Healthcare Analytics · Corewell Health
Senior Director, Value Based Contracting and Healthcare Analytics at Corewell Health since May 2022. The profile also lists Corporate Director, Managed Care Contracting at Beaumont Health (2017–2022) and Director, Michigan Contracting at Humana (2013–2017), and cites experience in payor/provider negotiations, value-based contracting, risk and bundled payments, working with and on behalf of ACO, CIN and employed and independent physicians.
Lisa Morman
LinkedInExperience: Director, CIN Value-Based Contracting · Johns Hopkins Health System
Director, CIN Value-Based Contracting at Johns Hopkins Health System since August 2022. Before that, roles at University of Maryland Faculty Physicians included Director, Payer Contracting, Operations & Value-Based Programs (2020–2022), Associate Director, Contracting & Business Development (2018–2020) and Associate Director, Payer Contracting and Communication (2006–2018). The profile cites 20 years of contracting and business development experience.
Michael Ryan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Value Based Contracting · UF Health
Director of Value Based Contracting at UF Health since June 2023. Before that he was Head of Value Based Care at Humana (2020–2023), where the profile says he negotiated complex value-based deals with risk providers including percent of premium, downside sharing, delegation and quality bonuses, and he earlier held financial analyst roles at Humana (2017–2020).
Michael S. Lemell, JD, LLM, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Value-Based Care Contracting · AdventHealth
Executive Director, Value-Based Care Contracting at AdventHealth since March 2026, and Director, Value-Based Care Contracting there from 2022 to 2026. His AdventHealth roles also include Executive Director, Clinical Integration (2016–2018), Regional Director, Network Development (2018–2019) and Divisional Director, Network Development (2019–2022). The profile describes a health law background covering regulatory compliance, reimbursement models and risk management.
Vilmary Perez Rivera
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Value Based Contracting and Performance · Devoted Health
Vice President Value Based Contracting and Performance at Devoted Health since March 2024, after serving there as Director, Value Based Contracting and Performance (2019–2023) and Senior Director, Value Based Contracting and Performance (2023–2024). The profile says the work centers on developing the provider network through contract negotiations, relationship development and servicing. Earlier, Provider Relations Network Manager at Anthem, Inc. (2017–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Pick someone who has sat on the same side of the table as you, since provider-side and payer-side contracting teams weigh risk, data and quality targets differently. For questions about monitoring results after signing, favor people whose roles combine contracting with analytics or performance management.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide how much downside risk a provider organization is ready to take, and what data do you need before agreeing to it?
- 02Which quality measures and payment terms have caused the most disputes in value-based contracts, and how were they resolved?
- 03How do you track performance under a value-based contract during the year, and what do you do when results fall behind?
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