As the cost of health care continues to rise, you are in a position to directly impact the health of your employees by offering unique health benefits to help attract and retain talent, reduce costs, and create healthier, happier and more productive employees. This session will demonstrate how a comprehensive employee health and well-being strategy—on-site care services, health navigation, coaching and wellness programming—can improve workforce health. You will learn how the Unified Government developed their strategy, implemented an on-site health center, engaged their employees, and the results they are experiencing. At the end of this session you will learn:
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Christa Roberts
Director
Population Health Services
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As the Director of Performance Management for Population Health, Christa Roberts focuses on advancing results and relationships with employers, health systems, health plans and other sponsors. Services are focused on health risk analysis and consultation to introduce advanced programs designed to manage results. Programs may include health navigation and engagement planning, coaching and care management, third party administration of claims or other financial incentives, community provider partnerships and/or on-site clinical services such as pharmacy, primary care and occupational health centers.
She makes an impact on clients by establishing performance management plans that center on population management and health risk. General management also focuses on advanced responsibilities including matrix management crossing multiple technologies, and services and use of consulting to offer clients advanced programs. Advanced programs require management of external partners which might include health system, physician practice, retail and/or other healthcare provider relationships.
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James Kanary
senior director, Cerner Population Health
Cerner
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As senior director of population health, James Kanary focuses on driving new business into markets including health plans, employers, life sciences, and other non-provider markets. He makes an impact on clients by working to evaluate, select, and implement a variety of health care information technology (HCIT) solutions including electronic medical records (EMR), knowledge-driven care, clinically-driven revenue cycle, and population health platforms.
James joined Cerner in 2000 as a client representative for multiple health systems in the western and central United States. He has held roles with the company such as client results executive for multiple clients in Ohio, and developed an Agile Business Unit focusing on complementing non-Cerner EMR systems via interoperability and enhanced workflows. He was then responsible for Cerner’s Critical Care and Emergency Medicine business units. In 2012-2015 Kanary took on responsibilities for large, multi-state integrated delivery network clients.
During his time at Cerner, James has owned responsibility for client satisfaction, implementations, and innovation partnerships. In 2002 he was voted Client Executive Rookie of the Year, and is a three-time winner of Cerner’s Millennium Club award. He also received the Collaboration Award in 2009.
James is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has a bachelor of science in political science and psychology. He currently services as director for Pike University, offering education and leadership training to undergraduate students in North America.