Pete Biagioni

An industry veteran, Pete has more than 25 years of experience in executive positions with healthcare IT companies and management roles with “Big 5” consulting firms. Prior to joining Cumberland as Managing Partner of the firm’s Payer Division, Pete was president and CEO of Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting. His areas of expertise include: Health strategy development and deployment; operations; sales and business development; organizational engineering; IT systems selection, planning and architecture; vendor contract negotiation; budget creation and management; customer management; and investor relations.

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Marcia Lambert

With nearly 30 years of experience in solution delivery in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Marcia Lambert is an IT executive who offers a unique blend of sharp business acumen and strong technical expertise. As partner of Cumberland’s Life Sciences Division, Marcia serves as a trusted adviser for her pharmaceutical clients across the country. Having held leadership positions at pharma manufacturers, consulting firms and software vendors, Marcia has a well-rounded view of the industry and brings thoughtful insight to every engagement.

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Brooks Daverman

He is directing the Tennessee Health Care Innovation Initiative—a project to change how health care is paid for in Tennessee—moving from volume-based to value-based payment. The initiative partners include TennCare, CoverKids, state employee benefits administration, Tennessee’s four largest insurance carriers, the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Tennessee Medical Association, and many others.

Mr. Daverman has a Master’s in Public Policy from Duke University.

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Lisa Conley, JD, MPH

Lisa Conley, JD, MPH is a Government Affairs Specialist at Change Healthcare. In this role, Lisa focuses on state and federal regulatory and legislative issues that impact the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Change Healthcare, Lisa spent ten years in leadership roles in state and city government, including three years in the Massachusetts state legislature.

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Harry Merkin

Harry Merkin is a senior marketing executive and is responsible for the company’s demand generation programs, strategic partnerships, product marketing and thought leadership initiatives. He also frequently represents HealthEdge as a speaker at industry conferences and events. Harry has collaborated with many transformative entities across the healthcare landscape including both payers and providers.

Prior to HealthEdge, he was Vice President of Product Marketing at Evariant, a healthcare CRM company serving large health systems. Before that, he was Senior Director of Product Marketing at NaviNet, where he helped launch NaviNet Open, a multi-payer portal network serving a wide variety of health plans. Prior to NaviNet, Harry held senior marketing positions with Exact Software, an ERP company serving small and medium size manufacturers, General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms division and Intellution, an industrial automation software company. He holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Brandeis University.

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Barbara Berger

Barbara Berger is the Vice President of Care Management Services at FirstCare Health Plans, a provider-owned regional health plan headquartered in Austin, Texas. She has 20 years of health system experience in critical care, administration, and informatics. In her last 10 years in managed care, she has been leading initiatives to integrate and align health plan care management with provider organizations. Barbara provides business execution expertise for the utilization, case, disease and wellness management disciplines, as well as population health and integration of telemedicine into health plan offerings.

Previously, she was the Director of Clinical Management for SummaCare, based in Akron, Ohio. There, she had an integral role in developing a multidisciplinary approach to clinical programs for Accountable Care Organizations, focusing on the care continuum from wellness to end-of-life care.

Barbara is an advanced practice clinical nurse specialist. She received her nursing degree with honors from Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and her master’s degree with honors in critical care nursing and nursing administration from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Barbara and her husband, Stephan Berger, reside in Georgetown, Texas.

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Pete Biagioni

An industry veteran, Pete has more than 25 years of experience in executive positions with healthcare IT companies and management roles with “Big 5” consulting firms. Prior to joining Cumberland as Managing Partner of the firm’s Payer Division, Pete was president and CEO of Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting. His areas of expertise include: Health strategy development and deployment; operations; sales and business development; organizational engineering; IT systems selection, planning and architecture; vendor contract negotiation; budget creation and management; customer management; and investor relations.

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Marcia Lambert

With nearly 30 years of experience in solution delivery in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Marcia Lambert is an IT executive who offers a unique blend of sharp business acumen and strong technical expertise. As partner of Cumberland’s Life Sciences Division, Marcia serves as a trusted adviser for her pharmaceutical clients across the country. Having held leadership positions at pharma manufacturers, consulting firms and software vendors, Marcia has a well-rounded view of the industry and brings thoughtful insight to every engagement.

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Norberto Correa

Mr. Correa is a seasoned healthcare executive with varied experience in the academic, hospital and managed care business sectors. His areas of expertise are: Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, Information Technology, Health Plan Operations, Value Based Payer and Provider models. He has led several complex projects that have resulted in organizational improvements, efficiencies, growth, and profitability. He has also developed and deployed Population Health and Value Based Reimbursement model strategies that include ACO, IPA, Risk, and Shared Savings Medicaid and Medicare payer networks.

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Dr. Alan Spiro

As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Spiro has overall responsibility for the work of Medica’s Health Management segment. This includes working with Medica’s provider partners to develop new models of collaboration aimed at improving quality, patient experience and value. It also includes working with Health Management staff and leaders from other Medica segments to build on the work currently underway to improve the quality and cost of health care.

Most recently, Dr. Spiro served as executive vice president, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Health Assistant for Accolade Inc., which provides specialized, on-demand health care services to employers, health plans, and health systems. Previously, Dr. Spiro had a leadership role with Anthem Inc., a managed care system that is part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Dr. Spiro has also served as a national health care consultant for Towers Perrin and the Venlo Group. He has been a visiting professor at several universities, including the Harvard School of Public Health, and a frequent speaker at national conferences for organizations such as the Association of Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).

Dr. Spiro holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Harry Merkin

Harry Merkin is a senior marketing executive and is responsible for the company’s demand generation programs, strategic partnerships, product marketing and thought leadership initiatives. He also frequently represents HealthEdge as a speaker at industry conferences and events. Harry has collaborated with many transformative entities across the healthcare landscape including both payers and providers. Prior to HealthEdge, he was Vice President of Product Marketing at Evariant, a healthcare CRM company serving large health systems. Before that, he was Senior Director of Product Marketing at NaviNet, where he helped launch NaviNet Open, a multi-payer portal network serving a wide variety of health plans. Prior to NaviNet, Harry held senior marketing positions with Exact Software, an ERP company serving small and medium size manufacturers, General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms division and Intellution, an industrial automation software company. He holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Brandeis University.

Jay Fisher

Jay Fisher is an accomplished leader, organizer and teacher when deployed by his clients in a project or program management role. His education as a CPA fosters a predisposition toward objectivity and metrics-based management, which results in clear, concise communication to all involved a primary key to success on any large endeavor.
He led a team of developers and auditors in the creation of a software tool for Meaningful Use administration, which today supports over 40 hospitals and 5,000 physicians in creating efficiencies around Meaningful Use Management. His team also manages compliance help desk around these complex regulations, and supports annual Mock Audits of Meaningful use.

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David DiLoreto, MD

Dr. DiLoreto leads the strategic advancement and development of innovative population health capabilities for Presence Health Partners, Presence Healths physician-led, clinically integrated payor/accountable care organizations. In 2009, he joined the organization as the first Chief Medical Officer for the former Resurrection Health Care and later became the Chief Clinical Operations and Innovation Officer for Presence. Prior to joining Presence, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Baptist Health Care in Florida. He received his doctor of medicine from the University of Florida and his MBA from Emory University.

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Dan Tuteur

Dan Tuteur has 35 years of diverse experience in health care in Colorado, much of which has been centered on improving services to low income people. From 1980 to 1995, Dan held a variety of administrative and financial leadership positions at National Jewish Health, a national referral center and research institute for respiratory and immunologic disorders. Between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Financial Officer at a fledgling nonprofit Medicaid health plan, Colorado Access. In 1997 he became the first Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Community Managed Care Network (CCMCN), a shared services organization for Colorado's Federally Qualified Health Centers. CCMCN's scope included managed care contracting, quality improvement programs, electronic health record support and data aggregation. CCMCN grew from a startup to an organization of over 20 employees in 2012 serving 17 FQHCs along with client organizations beyond the FQHC domain.

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Craig Samitt, MD, MBA

Dr. Samitt is a Partner and the Global Provider Practice Leader in Oliver Wyman's Health & Life Sciences Practice. He has led turnarounds at major health systems for 20 years, most recently serving as the President & CEO of HealthCare Partners, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners. From 2006 through 2013, Dr. Samitt was President & CEO of the Dean Clinic, one of the largest integrated delivery systems in the Midwest and one of the nation's leading examples of a high-performance Accountable Care Organization. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Fallon Clinic (now Reliant Medical Group), as Senior Vice President on the turnaround team of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and as Chief of Medicine and Site Medical Director at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (now Atrius Health). Dr. Samitt is currently in his third year as an appointee on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

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Bruno Kelpsas

Bruno Kelpsas mission is to assist clients in transforming the business of healthcare through Next Generation IT. Bruno's experience with enterprise security has ranged from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) to Microsoft's internal IT to Cloud. He also incorporates seven years of corporate governance experience and fiscal year planning into security decision-making.

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Eric Sorenson

Eric Sorenson has more than 15 years of experience in technology and security. He worked as Information Security Officer at HealthEquity, Inc., the nation's oldest and largest dedicated health savings trustee which manages just over $1billion. He is well experienced in enacting policies, procedures, and safeguards to ensure regulatory compliance around HITECH, HIPAA, PCI, and GLBA and instituted a vendor risk assessment program to identify and mitigate risks posed by third party service providers. Prior to HEQ, he worked for Zions Bancorporation and IBM.

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Johnathan Hyler

Experienced in IS/IT Security & Risk Management. Sub domain specialties include compliance, eDiscovery, expert witness testimony, managing external audit engagements (E&Y) & responding to control deficiencies. Specialty skills include mastery of implementing reusable controls to satisfy both SOX 404 & HIPAA requirements, as well as consolidating technologies and/or bringing in new technologies & partners to streamline an organization's approach to IT Security.

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John Surie

A full-service advertising agency based in Philadelphia serving global, national and regional clients. John began as a medical representative with Merck Sharp & Dohme before moving into advertising and brand development.

John, a board director with Saatchi & Saatchi before founding his own businesses, has worked on countless innovation and strategic brand development for major consumer packaged goods manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble. John has also done product and corporate brand development for various healthcare, life science and pharmaceutical firms such as Siemens Healthcare, Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Schering-Plough, Johnson & Johnson and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Andrew Davis, VP & GM

Andrew Davis is the Vice President and General Manager of the Medicare Segment. Medica serves over 175,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Andrew joined Medica in January of 2013 with more than 20 years of diverse healthcare leadership experience. He most recently was a vice president at Express Scripts, Inc where he was part of the leadership team that oversaw the UnitedHealth Group account. He has also held leadership roles related to corporate business development, health care reform strategy and has led a national Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. Early in his career, he held positions with the Minnesota Departments of Health and Commerce as well as served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. James Oberstar.

Harry Merkin

Harry Merkin has worked with both payers and providers through many dynamic changes in healthcare for a number of years. He is currently responsible for Product Marketing at HealthEdge and previously had similar responsibilities at Evariant and NaviNet. Merkin has collaborated with many transformative entities across the healthcare landscape. He has helped introduce and promote enterprise software solutions that enable payers to improve their competitive effectiveness, as well as perform valuable communications between payers and providers, and allow providers to effectively collaborate with patients and consumers as well as with each other. He received a BA in economics from Brandeis University.