CareCredit Forms Healthcare Advisory Council
July 10 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
New group of experts to help drive innovative
and effective solutions for the medical community
CareCredit, a leading provider of promotional financing for
healthcare, named three experts to its newly created Healthcare
Advisory Council, a group designed to support and shape the
innovative healthcare solutions CareCredit is developing to address
today’s healthcare challenges. The Council will work alongside
CareCredit’s executive leadership team to provide insight on the
continually changing medical payment landscape, insurance coverage
and the technology associated with the growing focus on patient
payments.
“With rising insurance premiums, increasing deductibles, and
continual growth in out-of-pocket costs across the board, patients
today may face real challenges when it comes to paying for
healthcare,” said Dave Fasoli, CEO of CareCredit and executive vice
president of Synchrony. “We are committed to tapping into the
creative thinking and perspective of industry leaders who can help
us develop new approaches to help patients and providers overcome
today’s challenges in the medical space.”
The HealthCare Advisory Council brings a wide range of
experience and perspectives, representing insight from healthcare
providers, payers, consumers and policy experts. Joining this newly
formed Council are:
Dr. Pat A. Basu — As a business leader and
healthcare entrepreneur, Dr. Basu has served as a senior executive
in the corporate, government, private equity and clinical sectors.
A former Stanford Physician and White House Advisor, Pat is
currently a partner at Chicago Pacific Founders Private Equity. He
previously served as a member of the executive leadership team of
United Health Group and Senior Vice President of Optum. He led
9,000+ team members and was responsible for a $9 billion P&L
including its physician practices and population health
businesses.
Dr. Steven Merahn — As a chief medical
officer for Centria Health, Dr. Merahn has successfully led efforts
to meet Triple Aim goals and transform organizations and
communities. He’s a change agent whose broad range of expertise in
healthcare organization gives him unique insights to help shape
better outcomes for patients and providers. His diverse industry
experience has included work in government, non-profit and
corporate sectors including executive and strategic leadership in
communications, information services, and both the provider and
payer sides of the healthcare industry.
Debbie Welle-Powell — With over twenty
years-experience in executive healthcare positions within
multi-state regions, and developing new products and payment models
with employers, carriers and state and federal agencies. She is
currently the chief population health officer for Essentia Health
and is responsible for working with market leaders and community
stakeholders to develop a community-based population health and
risk sharing model focused on early interventions, and payer
partnerships. Prior to Essentia, Debbie was the Vice President of
Accountable Care and Payer Strategy for SCL Health System.
"CareCredit has been helping patients with a way to pay for
out-of-pocket health and wellness costs for 30-plus years,” said
Fasoli. “The depth of leadership, talent and experience represented
on the CareCredit Healthcare Advisory Board will be instrumental in
helping us deliver effective solutions for the entire medical
community."
About CareCredit
For 30 years CareCredit, from Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), has
helped millions of people pay for needed and desired care and
health expenses. CareCredit is a health, wellness and personal care
credit card accepted through a national network of more than
200,000 healthcare provider and select health-focused retailer
locations. For more information on CareCredit,
call 800-300-3046 or visit www.carecredit.com. For
more information about Synchrony visit www.synchrony.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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