Jeff Andersen Email & Phone Number

Overland Park, Ks, Us

Kansas City, Kansas

Spearheads the strategic planning, decision making, and administration of the managed care team for the University of Kansas Health System. Develops payer relationships and executes reimbursement arrangements. Additionally serves as the Executive for Strategic Healthcare Solutions (SHS), a regional network focusing on healthcare organizations' operational efficiencies by leveraging economies of scale and strategic partnerships.

Overland Park, Kansas

Provide executive leadership for Insurance Company (Employee Benefits and Property/Casualty), Managed Care Contracting Program, Energy Division, and Real Estate Company.• Responsible for Insurance Company consistent annualized growth exceeding 15%. Company serves over 600 hospitals with annualized premium over $400 million.• Consolidated seven insurance companies to create Vizient Insurance Services. Created comprehensive employee benefit and property/casualty portfolio. Forged exclusive value driven solutions with leading insurance carriers and national broker partners. • Launched national managed care contracting program. Operate over 50 hospital managed care departments working directly with hospital CFO's. Annualized savings in excess of $30 million. Key elements include strategy development and payor negotiations.• Constructed national energy strategy designed to reduce member energy costs and consumption with focus on energy procurement, demand reduction and sustainability.• Built and guided team through a merger and acquisition. Team has consistently exceeded revenue, growth, and savings goals. • Established real estate company to meet member needs in the areas of development and monetizing real estate assets.• Deploy division resources/expertise to support cross-functional teams across the enterprise.

Overland Park, Kansas

Executive leader for MSS (Consolidated Service Center/Supply Network). Managed C-Suite relationships across a 12 state region. • Expanded MSS membership from six hospitals to 200. Ownership/board hospitals increased from six to ten. Company grew across a 12 state Midwest region. • MSS generated consistent member savings over 10% annually. Surpassed member savings goals every year including $43 million in member savings the final year.• Constructed purchasing portfolio covering over half the member's supply chain and pharmacy spend.• Engaged Executive and Physician leaders utilizing numerous councils to drive evidence based value in Physician and Clinical categories.• Designed business services to increase delivered value and drive revenue.• Responsible for business strategies throughout Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. Focus areas included business development, managed care, revenue cycle management, and insurance. Led numerous networking councils including senior executive officers and health plan executives.• Started Virtual Contracting Program, which operated managed care departments on an outsourced basis for hospitals. • Chairman of Payment/Market Strategies roundtable and played leadership role in developing national affinity group for managed care and reimbursement executives. • Created VHA Mid-America Insurance Services, a full service employee benefit brokerage operation. Developed unique model serving hospitals on a direct basis or through broker partnerships.• Executed leadership role in region consistently achieving superior customer satisfaction ratings. Had primary responsibility for specific hospital member satisfaction, regarding VHA programs and services.• Built multi-state worker’s compensation/occupational medicine network in conjunction with shareholder hospital. Network served over 100,000 members spanning a four state area.

Overland Park, Kansas

Directed all managed care contracting for the Columbia system in the market. Represented hospitals, surgery centers, physicians, home health agency, and rehabilitation program to the payor community.• Worked directly with Division President and hospital CEO’s to develop and build the physician integration strategy. Included joint venturing with the IPA and our owned physician practices in efforts to effectively manage partial and global risk arrangements.• President of Metropolitan Physicians Alliance (MPA) a +400 physician IPA network covering the metropolitan area. MPA had over 10,000 lives under capitation and was the largest independent contracting entity in the region.• Played strategic role in the acquisition of Bethany Medical Center in 1997. Facilitated physician relations strategic to Bethany during the transition to Columbia ownership. • Spearheaded Leavenworth expansion project which consisted of a 40,000 sq. ft. medical office complex and surgery center.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Directed all market operations and responsible for financial performance of the Southeast Missouri/Southern Illinois region.• Developed comprehensive health care delivery network from scratch including the region’s first HMO network with capitated providers.• Increased health plan membership from 0 to over 10,000 in first year of operation. Determined premium rates and marketing strategy for the region.• Worked closely with Medical Director and case management staff to implement cost containment initiatives and monitor physician practice patterns.• Responsible for staffing, training, and developing entire staff consisting of marketing, utilization management, network development, provider relations, and customer service functions.

Masters, Health Care Admin/Public Admin

Bs, Business Administration