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Meet the Consultants

Carol Clayton, Ph.D
- Data driven strategy development and strategic management
- Performance measurement, outcomes reporting, and evaluation
- Quality improvement programs – design, development, and management
- Growth strategies development and implementation

Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC
- Strategic Planning & Project Management
- Contracting Negotiations & Revenue Development
- Performance Improvement, Data Analysis & Reporting
- Primary Care Integration
- Grant Development & Management
- FQHC/FQHC LAL Development & Management
- Whole Person Care

Joseph Naughton-Travers, EdM
- Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
- Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management
- Strategic Planning & Metric-Based Management
- EHR & Other Technology Selection & Implementation
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
- Service Line Assessment & Development

Thomas Starling, Ed.D
- Change Management & Team Building
- Fundraising, grant writing & donor relations
- Government Advocacy & Affairs
- Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management
- Performance Management
- Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation

Sharon Hicks, MSW, MBA
- Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
- Provider Market Assessment & Growth Positioning
- Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
- Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
- Data Governance
- Technology Assessment
- Clinical Billing Review
- Procurement
- Practice Management

Andrea Mander
- Strategic Planning & Transformational Leadership
- Creating, implementing, and transforming health systems
- Designing trauma-informed best practices in behavioral health programs
- Population health management
- Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement

Paul Duck
- Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation
- Growth Strategies & Business Development
- Integrated Primary Care Models & Clinical Operations
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
- Change Management & Team Building
- Service Line Assessment & Development
- Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
- Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
- Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
- Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management

Dee Dewitt
- Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations
- Planning & Change Management In Healthcare Organizations
- Financial Operation Of For-Profit & Non-Profit Healthcare Organizations
- Organization & Service Line Financial Analysis & Planning
- Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnership Development
- Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
- Strategic Planning & Outcomes Productivity
- Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
- Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
- VBR: Financial & Metrics Readiness