Creating a Sustainable Clinically Integrated Network

Healthcare organizations increasingly face the demands of value-based reimbursement as physicians and healthcare executives are held accountable for higher-quality care delivered at a lower cost. As leaders plan and prepare for value-based care, they also must remain focused on improving health outcomes while reducing cost and waste within their organizations. To maintain focus on current operations while positioning themselves for the opportunities in this value-based reimbursement market, many hospitals and physicians have turned to a clinically integrated network as a viable option. This program will highlight key components of a successful CIN and provide strategies and tactics to create sustainability. This will provide participants with the key components to developing sustainable CINs and operationalizing best practices.

Moderator:

Rhett Stover, MHA FACHE

President

Proactive MD

Panelists:

David Thompson

SVP, Chief Growth Officer

Mercy

Dr. Patrick Aguilar

Managing Dir of Health

Washington University

Speakers Bios:

Dr. Patrick Aguilar is Managing Director of Health at Washington University's Olin Business School. Patrick is a pulmonologist with a diverse leadership portfolio spanning academic medicine, integrated health systems, and corporate healthcare. He has served as Director of Medical Critical Care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Endeavor Health (formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem), and Chief Medical Officer at QuikTrip Corporation, where he led the launch of a retail health initiative and provided clinical oversight for a large, self-administered employee health plan. Patrick currently develops and leads the health-focused portfolio at WashU Olin Business School, where he also teaches and writes on health innovation. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and continues to practice pulmonary medicine.

Rhett Stover, MHA, FACHE, is an accomplished healthcare executive recognized for leadership in guiding healthcare operations, market strategy, and financial performance across various organizations.

Most recently, Mr. Stover served as President of Proactive MD, overseeing a system of 100+ primary care centers across a geographic region of 23 states focusing on innovative Advanced Primary Care, commercial value-based care, and cost-effective healthcare delivery solutions.

Mr. Stover’s leadership experience also includes serving as CEO of Oklahoma State University (OSU) Medicine & OSU Medical Center (OSUMC) where he led system operations, enterprise growth, and directly oversaw operational and financial performance for the OSU Medicine network, comprised of 54 care sites including OSU Physicians, a multi-specialty academic practice plan.

Additionally, Mr. Stover has previously served as Regional President at Healthcare Highways, developing innovative healthcare products and solutions tailored towards the self-insured employer and ERISA plan sponsors, Vice President, Strategic Growth Initiatives for GlobalHealth, Inc., an Oklahoma-based health maintenance organization, and National Director, Strategic Markets, for City of Hope, a national network of advanced oncology focused treatment and research hospitals.

Mr. Stover holds a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration from Oklahoma State University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). His contributions to the healthcare field have been recognized with prestigious accolades, including being named to Becker's Hospital Review's "Rising Stars: 50 Healthcare Leaders under 40", the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business "40 Alumni Under 40", and Oklahoma Magazine's "40 Under 40”. Mr. Stover is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Dave Thompson serves as Mercy’s senior vice president, chief growth officer and president of population health. He joined Mercy in 2020 and has helped design many of Mercy’s current value-based contracts, with their crucial combination of quality, safety and reduced cost for payers and most importantly, Mercy patients. Dave’s focus is transformative growth and population health, helping to simultaneously transform the care model and payment model to meet consumer needs. Prior to Mercy, he worked for more than 20 years in various senior level financial and operational roles within the health care industry, including primary care, population health, health system and health plan payer sectors.

Thompson holds a bachelor’s in accounting with an emphasis in management and accounting information systems from Oklahoma State University.