Equality Health – The HealthBI CareEmpower Platform [transcript] [audio]

Guest: Dr. Mark Stephan

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Dr. Mark Stephan serves as the Medical Director for Equality Health. Prior to joining Equality Health, Dr. Stephan served as the Vice President of Clinical Integration for Physician Integration at Dignity Health where he was responsible for the development and expansion of clinically integrated networks across the enterprise. Previously he served as the Chief Medical Officer for Arizona Care Network (ACN) where he integrated Care Coordination into the ambulatory physician network, negotiated a uniform set of network quality metrics with commercial payors and helped the network achieve shared savings on multiple contracts. Prior to that, Dr. Stephan acted as Medical Director for St. Joseph’s Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Stephan founded the Wesley Health Center (FQHC) in South Phoenix and served as Medical Director from 2007 through 2012 where he successfully implemented EHR and Open Access scheduling, introduced diabetes group visits and integrated mental health care into the office.  He practiced Family Medicine for 19 years, including hospital medicine and obstetrics in rural and urban settings until 2008.  

 Segment Overview: Dr. Mark Stephan, VP and Medical Director for Equality Health in Arizona discusses next-generation technical capabilities that are finally making healthcare data operational — the HealthBI CareEmpower Platform. Learn more at www.equalityhealth.com.