Seth Edwards Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Administrative and strategic leadership of Premier's Value-based Care Focused Collaboratives. Support cross functional activities across Premier. Serve as a subject matter expert for population health and value-based care strategy and performance optimization. Represent Premier on the Health Care Transformation Taskforce Board of Directors.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for Ayin Health Solutions, a Providence Health company, focused on supporting the movement to value-based care.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

In this role, I lead Premier's Population Health Management Collaborative, which is comprised of over 75 health systems and clinically integrated networks from across the country. I leverage my healthcare policy background to assist with developing population health strategies that navigate the value-based payment models to position health systems for long-term success. As a part of that work, I have assisted over 100 groups successfully apply for a Medicare ACO model. In addition, members of the Collaborative have consistently outperformed the nation in generating shared savings and performance on quality metrics.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Leadesrhip of Premier's PACT Population Health Collaborative.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Policy Development• Participate in policy and issue development and advocacy efforts.• Manage a portfolio of issues that need to be monitored on an ongoing basis, including: Medicaid, the uninsured and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Accountable Care Organizations, Bundled Payments, and Medical Liability.• Represent Premier before congressional staff and members of Congress on priority issues for the company and Premier members.Grassroots / Federal Affairs Network Development• Cultivate and maintain Federal Affairs Network (FAN).• Oversee all aspects of the grassroots database and e-advocacy website and sending out communications to Capitol Hill and the FAN.• Manage program content, logistics, planning of and recruitment for twice yearly FAN meetings.• Develop agenda, invite speakers; independently plan congressional reception and dinner; work with conference services to arrange hotel and other logistics for FAN meetings.Premier Employee PAC• Manage and expand the Premier Employee Political Action Committee (PAC).• Develop strategic plan to expand participation in the PAC, including contribution allocation, campaign outreach, development of champions list.• Manage financial/legal aspects of the PAC.• Develop and distribute quarterly PAC Report.• Plan and execute validated savings events; including outreach to members and members of congress

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Assisted in the development and kick-off of the Premier Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Collaborative. Supported members through assisting with workgroups, and managing communications, and other project management tasks for both the Readiness and Implementation Collaboratives. Worked with national thought-leaders, including Dr. Rick Gilfillan and Lynne Rothney-Kozlak, to develop the Capabilities Framework, which served as the foundation of the Collaborative. In addition, assisted in the development of content and straw models for the Collaborative. • Managed communications to Collaborative members, including the development of a bi-weekly and monthly newsletter• Managed the Readiness Education and Execution Learning Series, including the development of content, speakers, and operations. • Served as a Junior Assessor on over 20 ACO Readiness assessments• Served as workgroup lead for the Public Policy and Communications, Legal Support, Payor Partnership, ACO Leadership, and Health Home workgroups, and the ACO Pioneer Model cohort • Assisted in the development and updating of the Capabilities Framework. • Assisted in planning and implementing 5 face-to-face meetings, with over 130 member participants. • Managed a vendor vetting process, to provide discounts on services for the Collaborative members. • Served as the main contact for communications with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and planned several meetings to allow for the interface of members with CMMI. • Assisted in the planning and implementation of the plan to kick-off the Implementation and Readiness Collaboratives. • Served as Project Manager for consulting engagement with Memorial Health System. • Received Premier Vision Award for Advocacy, Values Award for ACO Launch Team, Values Award for Health Reform Response Team, and Received Premier Consulting Solutions Values award for ACO Launch team.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Conducted legislative and regulatory background research for Premier legislative and policy team. Gained a substantive knowledge of policy issues beyond my maters degree through the drafting of policy papers, grant proposals, attending conferences, and Congressional hearings. Built out grassroots network and mobilize government relations contacts, who are part of the Premier Federal Affairs Network, on key issues addressed in health reform legislation. Also assigned to the Health Information Technology (HIT) Collaborative team, which helps hospital technology leaders understand and respond to the HIT regulatory process. Assisted in managing Premier events which include the Federal Affairs Network bi-annual meeting in DC, annual conference and Premier exhibits at Capitol Hill. Found working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment very rewarding. • Conducted policy research, critical analysis, developed legislative summaries, drafted correspondence to lawmakers, assisted in writing briefing materials, and developed concise slide presentations, of complex issues, used by executive team members.• Drafted correspondence to Congressional offices.• Completed literature review for grant proposals.• Researched and compiled information and assisted in preparing a submission for a federal contract.• Assisted in advocacy efforts, including: attending committee hearings, attending meetings with Congressional staff, assisting with writing briefing materials, and assembling briefing packets for Capitol Hill visits.• Assisted in managing the HIT Collaborative, and managed the HIT Collaborative website. • Assisted in the distribution of a hospital-specific impact analysis tool that analyzes the changes of IPPS rates, and communicated with member CFOs to answer questions and explain how to utilize the tool.

Masters Of Health Administration, Healthcare Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, Graphic Design

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