Natalie Chau, COPE Health Solutions
Natalie Chau has been a Manager at COPE Health Solutions for over four years. She provides expertise in strategic planning, Medicaid waiver demonstrations, clinical integration, policy analysis, and project management for a variety of clients including safety net hospitals, county health systems, children’s hospitals and community clinics. Her work focuses on improving the delivery system through incentivizing transformation and setting metrics to measure population health.
Her favorite projects have included the development of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programs for multiple clients in Texas, New York, Washington, and California. She also plays an integral role in the thought leadership of COPE Health Solutions through the management of monthly publications focusing on client successes, industry trends, policy changes, workforce development, and vulnerable populations.
Ms. Chau is currently enrolled in the Executive Master’s of Public Health Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received a bachelor’s in health policy and management from the University of Southern California, with a minor in public health. She is also a certified associate in project management through the Project Management Institute. She has been a board member of the Women in Health Administration of Southern California Professional Association for two years and an officer of her local Toastmasters International club for three years.
Contact Natalie at:
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Lisa Soroka, The Marblehead Group
Lisa Soroka is a founding member of The Marblehead Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm with a focus on hospital and physician practice management. Its national and international clients include public, private, and county hospitals/ systems, academic medical centers, physician groups, health plans, and global reinsurers.
Prior to forming The Marblehead Group, Lisa held senior management positions at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente.
Lisa earned her BS in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and her MHSA from the University of Michigan.
Contact Lisa at:
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310.503.5510
Wren Keber, COPE Health Solutions
Mr. Keber specializes in the development, implementation, and operations of clinically integrated networks (“CINs”) and accountable care organizations. He has assisted hospitals and physician organizations nationwide in achieving clinical integration and success in value-based programs. He has particular expertise in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Next Generation ACO offered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and has advised CINs in their preparation for and participation in the program.
Mr. Keber also has experience in healthcare information technology (“HIT”) strategy and implementation of HIT solutions. He has expertise in several principal areas of HIT, including health information exchanges and electronic medical records, and patient engagement technology such as personal health records and patient portals.
Before joining COPE Health Solutions, Mr. Keber served as manager for clinical integration and accountable care for The Camden Group, a nationally recognized healthcare management consulting firm. He led strategic planning and development efforts for health systems building clinically integrated networks and partnering with payers for outcomes-based programs.
Prior to The Camden Group, Mr. Keber served as director for healthcare information technology at Fusion Productions in Webster, New York, where he oversaw the HIT division, including project management, sales/marketing, product development, professional affiliations and partnerships, and strategic consulting services. His past clients include Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in Rochester, New York, and two major regional health information organizations in New York. He had also previously served as project manager for online and interactive programs at Fusion.
Mr. Keber earned his bachelor’s degree in technology from SUNY College of Technology at Alfred in Alfred, New York, and his master’s degree in business administration from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York.
Contact Wren at:
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Since the time of publication, Wren has transitioned to Huron Consulting Group, where he leads the Managed Care team and continues to support clients on a wide variety of strategy, management and performance improvement endeavors. He can be reached at [email protected].