A versatile and strategic executive in the healthcare industry. Proven innovator with unique expertise at the intersection of operations, finance, technology, and clinical management. Experience includes companies ranging from start-ups to industry giants.

Clear strategic vision and sense of urgency. Substantial P&L experience. Talent for completing rapid and comprehensive assessment of complex situations, and leading teams to create and implement effective solutions. Results-driven, customer-focused, financially, and technically savvy. 

Brings a broad and deep subject matter expertise in managed care from a payer and a provider perspective and across all industry segments including Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial and Self-Funded lines. 

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
◆ EVP of Healthcare Delivery, Capital Blue Cross, Harrisburg, PA 
◆ COO, PreferredOne, Golden Valley, MN (sold to United Healthcare)
◆ COO, UNC Health Alliance, UNC Healthcare, Chapel Hill, NC
◆ President, North American Medical Management, Chicago, IL (sold to Optum)
◆ Founder/CEO Dynamic Grape Companies, Mequon, WI 

BOARD SERVICE / ADVISORY / OPERATING PARTNER
◆ Advisory Board Member, Stellar Health
◆ Advisory Board Member, Guardiant Health
◆ Board Member, HC Systems, Bathroom Appliance Innovation
◆ Board Secretary, Minnesota Spay and Neuter Assistance Program 
◆ Commissioner, Minnesota Combat Sports Commission
◆ Former Board Member, Minnesota Council of Health Plans

WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS of HEALTHCARE | www.wbl.org
◆ Member of the premier network of women executives across the healthcare industry. Members are able to move their companies forward, advance their careers, and make a true impact on the healthcare industry.

Board of Directors Level Leadership |Industry Innovator | Financial & Operational Turnarounds | Growth & Profitability Driver | Financial, IT & Clinical Integration | Strategic & Operational Development | Business Transformation | Consultative Sales & Marketing | Technology Commercialization | New Business Development | Compensation & Contracting Strategies | Value Based Care | Advisor | Product Design | Population Health | Pharmacy | Analytics | Care Management | Coaching | Mentoring

💥Holy smokes, Batman — the perfect storm that shifts U.S. healthcare financing to Cash + Catastrophic Coverage is finally taking root.

It’s starting slowly. But the momentum is real.
People are no longer buying the old stories we’ve been told.

🎯We’re waking up to a hard truth: DISCOUNTS ARE NOT PRICES.

And in the past month, a few big things happened — one of which you may have missed.

• Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)  released a powerful, data-rich analysis showing real price variation among carriers and health systems across 10 major markets. No spin. No hiding. Just the math.

• Mark Cuban Cost Plus Wellness  publicly posted their first provider contracts and rate sheets — actual terms, actual cash prices, negotiated in the open for their employees. The contracts are free for anyone to use and available for download. 

• Drug makers like Novo Nordisk  have begun offering direct cash prices on key medications, bypassing layers of administrative friction that add cost without adding value.

Put these together, and something remarkable is happening:

For the first time, employers can assemble their own plan designs built around real prices, real incentives, and real tools to prevent disease — not just treat it.

Is it easy?
Absolutely not.
This is still a heavy lift and not for the faint of heart.

But for employers unwilling to tolerate the status quo, the building blocks are finally on the table.

So I’ll ask:

If you’re an employer, is now the time you make the break?

Because I’ve got a group of brilliant friends who can help you build the future.
Just say the word.

Stacy Mays

Architect of Market Innovation | Catalyst for Culture & Value Creation | Senior Executive| Board Member

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✨ If it’s your money… why can’t you touch it?

Here’s something most Americans never think about:

Your employer’s $26,000 family premium contribution
(~$8,600 per person)
…is your compensation.
You just never get to touch it.

We only have employer-sponsored insurance because wage freezes in WWII forced companies to find creative ways to pay people.
Eighty years later, we’re still living inside that workaround.

Meanwhile:

💸 The tax break for employer health benefits costs the U.S. $500 billion a year.
That’s money we never see, never control — and never invest in our own wellbeing.

So here’s the question Brian Whorley poses brilliantly:

What if employers deposited that $26,000 into a post-tax Roth HSA that you OWN — forever — growing tax-free for life?
And what if catastrophic coverage came from a federal backstop instead of today’s fragmented system?

Same dollars.
No new taxes.
A completely different outcome for families.

The math is fascinating — and honestly, a little uncomfortable.

What’s your reaction? Would you take the money and control your own coverage?

See Brian Whorley's excellent essay below.

https://lnkd.in/guvrZxtw

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