About

The HealthCare Executive Group is a national network of select healthcare executives and thought leaders, who navigate the tactical and strategic issues facing organizations today and provide a platform that promotes healthcare innovation and the development of life-long relationships. Originally the Managed Care Executive Group (MCEG), The HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG), was founded in 1988 by healthcare executives looking for a forum where the open exchange of ideas, opportunities for collaboration, and transformational dialogue could freely ensue.

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chairman of the Board

Eric J. Decker
SVP, IT and CIO
Independent Health

HCEG Executive Director

Ferris Taylor
HCEG Board Chair & COO/Consultant at Arches Health Plan

Secretary

Diana “Dee” Cruz
Chief Operating Officer
BMC HealthNet Plan/Wellsense Health Plan

Treasurer

Ian Gordon
President of Operations
Elara Caring

Board Members

Alan Abramson
SVP and CIO
HealthPartners

Van Wong
Chief Operating Officer
Central California Alliance for Health

Kevin Deutsch
General Manager, Senior Vice President,
Health Plan Cloud, Softheon

David Di Loreto, MD
Principal
Sg2/Vizient

David Gallegos
SVP Consulting Services
Change Healthcare

Richard Lungen
Managing Member
Leverage Health Solutions

Jill Michal
Co-Founder & CEO
Kith & Kin

Angela L. Perri
Chief Medicare Officer
UPMC Health Plan

Tim Riley
Chief Information Officer
Network Health

Bhaskar Chowdhury
Chief Technology Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City

Partners

Educational Partner

HIMSS Collaborator and Non-Profit Partner

Association Partner

Advisory Partner

American Association of Payers, Administrators and Networks

Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC)

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange

ThINc360 – The Healthcare Innovation Congress

Sponsors

Softheon delivers cloud-based solutions that create a retail-like, user-friendly experience and provide personalized communication and real-time support to boost member engagement. Cost effective, and configurable software that supports health plans and states with enrollment, member billing, and reporting for over 3.2M Americans.

Built to Transform Interactions between Clinicians, Pharmacists, and Patients The Surescripts Network Alliance unites virtually all electronic health records (EHR) vendors, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), pharmacies and clinicians, plus an increasing number of health plans, long-term and post-acute care organizations, specialty hubs and specialty pharmacy organizations.

HealthSparq empowers health plan members to make smarter health care choices by providing cost and quality information about doctors, hospitals, medical services and medications. HealthSparq puts people at the core of everything they do by conducting continuous usability testing, turning consumer research into product innovations, hosting industry panels featuring everyday people, and bringing human stories to the forefront through their #WTFix campaign.

Change Healthcare Consulting provides consulting services that are singularly focused on the healthcare market. We provide reality-based consulting services that help healthcare organizations innovate, solve problems, and optimize business performance. We are a full-service consultancy that works collaboratively with our clients to help solve healthcare’s most difficult operational, clinical, and technical business challenges. Ranked Best in KLAS for Payer IT Consulting Services, Change Healthcare Consulting collaborates with our clients to define a clear path forward through the complex requirements of today’s healthcare environment.

Our sponsor partners lead with a solution and talk about how they can help HCEG members achieve their goals, they don’t about their services and features.

For information on being a sponsor partner of the HCEG Network, check out this overview and reach out here.

Zelis Payments Healthcare Health Plans Payers remittance advices providers 835

Zelis is a healthcare and financial technology company and market-leading provider of claims cost management and payments optimization solutions to price, pay and explain healthcare claims to more than 700 payers and 1.5 million providers nationwide.