April 30, 2013
TriHealth has named John Sunde as the new Vice President of Managed Care. As Vice President, he is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating all activities related to payor contracting strategies. He also works closely with the Chief Financial Officer to create an organization-wide approach to current and anticipated health reform initiatives.John has extensive experience in the healthcare field, working in administrative, operations and finance positions within payor and provider organizations. Prior to his current position, he was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Baycare Health Partners, a 1,200-member physician hospital organization in Springfield, Mass. As COO, John oversaw Baycare’s contracting, clinical integration, membership and information systems activities.
Also, John was the Director of Managed Care for Baystate Health and continued to negotiate managed care contracts, specifically, on behalf of the three Baystate Health hospitals and several ancillary services providers. On the payor side John worked for BlueCross BlueShield of Connecticut and was responsible for provider relations and contracting.
John received an undergraduate degree from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., and a graduate degree in Health Care Administration from The George Washington University.
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