Market Insights

Byron Mickle oversees and provides executive leadership to the Sales and Marketing departments at Navitus Health Solutions, a full pass-through pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and industry alternative to traditional models. As such, Navitus is committed to taking the unnecessary costs out of pharmacy benefits to make prescriptions more affordable for plan sponsors and their members. Since Byron joined Navitus in 2007, his leadership has helped catapult the organization’s managed members from half a million to over six million.

During Byron’s tenure at Navitus, he championed the development of Navi-Gate® 3D, an industry-leading data analytics and reporting tool that offers unprecedented customization and analytical power to clients in an easy-to-use graphical depiction. He also drove the development of ClearView Rx, an industry-first tool that illuminates PBM comparisons for plan sponsors and consultants by enabling accurate financial evaluation between different models.

Byron draws on almost 35 years of health care experience, including 30 years in the PBM industry and 15+ years in executive roles. Prior to joining Navitus, he held senior sales leadership positions at industry giants Express Scripts and Medco Health. With an intimate understanding of the different PBM models and broad industry experience, Byron provides unique insight on the PBM landscape.

Byron holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Phoenix.

In his over 30 years at SISC, Mr. Stenerson has grown the program from a small regional pool to a statewide coalition of over 400 school districts with an annual budget of $2.5 Billion. One out of every 1,000 Americans is covered by a SISC medical plan.

He is responsible for all aspects of SISC including implementing programs that promote access to high quality and appropriate health care, keeping health benefits affordable and maintaining fiscal stability.

He has presented on some of SISC’s successes to groups including the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP), the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) and the Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR). He is a long time member on boards for the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities (CAJPA) and the California Health Care Coalition (CHCC). He also represented purchasers on the California Healthcare Performance Information System (CHPI) board.

He is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Richard Cramer is currently the Chief Healthcare Strategist for Informatica. He is a 25-year veteran of the healthcare industry, having spent time in senior technology leadership roles at The University of Pennsylvania Health System and UMass Memorial Health Care, as well as leading healthcare marketing and product strategy for SeeBeyond (acquired by Oracle) and Informatica. Richard is a frequent speaker on innovation in healthcare analytics and next generation data management strategies that allow organizations to get the most out of their data assets, quickly. Richard graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with a degree in Computer Science, and is a private pilot and flies gliders for fun outside of work.

Nick Minale is the Data Officer and Senior Director of IT Enterprise Data Management for Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC. In this role, Nick is responsible for providing enterprise level vision and strategy for all data management activities as well as defining and implementing a Data Governance strategy.

Nick has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry with institutions including Anthem BCBS and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Nick has extensive prior experience in both application development and Data Management with roles such as Director of Application Development, Director of Data Analysis and Manager of Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence.

Nick has a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Syracuse University.

Dr. Labat earned her master’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Her training includes a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology, which led to her position as Lead Psychologist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas’ Inpatient Psychiatric Unit and its Center for Pediatric Eating Disorders. Dr. Labat also received training in Perinatal Mental Health from Postpartum Support International.

Prior to joining Pelts, Kirkhart, and Associates, Dr. Labat worked with multidisciplinary teams in hospital settings and had a private psychotherapy practice in Dallas, TX. She continues to be licensed to practice psychology in both Louisiana and Texas. Dr. Labat partners with women and their families to prepare and cope through the transition into parenthood, whether it is a new experience or a repeated one. She also works with women and families who are in the process of trying to conceive through natural and medically-supported interventions. Experiencing a singular pregnancy loss or multiple losses can lead to many feelings, as can experiencing difficulties with conceiving a child. Dr. Labat works with women and their partners who experience this type of loss in an empathic, confidential, and therapeutic space.

Families experiencing acute or ongoing conflict can create stressful environments for all family members including the parent(s) and adolescent. Providing support and positive communication serves to decrease tension and foster growth and understanding among family members.

Dr. Labat conducts Psychoeducational assessments for ADHD, specific learning differences and diagnostic clarification.

Jeff Terry built and leads the Command Center business for GE Healthcare. His team helps top-tier health systems achieve and sustain next-level performance through actionable information, targeted process improvement, and culture change. Using the Command Center toolkit, GE Healthcare customers have consistently realized a 4-to-1 ROI within three years.

Jeff’s expertise in turning data into insight and action for caregivers is at the heart of the command center toolkit, which is fueled by artificial intelligence. For example, actionable intuitive information is delivered through Tiles—similar to smartphone apps—on users’ mobile phones, tablets, PCs, and on large display walls in command centers. Tiles bring extreme situational awareness, spot risk, predict issues, and prescribe action…all in real-time—a truly revolutionary capability.

Jeff and his team are energized by serving caregivers. To date, Jeff’s team has helped caregivers deliver exceptional care globally—including the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, France, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.

Jeff joined GE Healthcare in 2001. Prior to his time with GE, Jeff served as a combat engineer Lieutenant and then Captain in the US Army's 1st Armored Division, with whom he deployed to Kuwait. Jeff brings his military training to his role at GE with an emphasis on teamwork to succeed in critical missions.

Jeff holds a BE in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Marquette University. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. His insights have been published in Forbes, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Modern Healthcare, Becker’s Hospital Review, Healthcare Executive, Healthcare Financial Management, HealthLeaders, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, and on National Public Radio.

Mr. Worden has operational oversight of CHI Franciscan—one of Washington state’s largest health systems—and two additional hospitals in Oregon state. The division is comprised of 12 acute care facilities, more than 12,000 physicians, nurses, and staff, more than 4,000 providers, including 1,100 employed and aligned providers, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics including a clinically integrated network with combined system revenues of over $2.8 billion.

Mr. Worden’s career spans more than 25 years. Prior to his current role, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of St. Vincent Health System, an integrated health delivery system located in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health—one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the U.S. While at St. Vincent, he served as interim Chief Executive Officer for one-year, Chief Operations Officer for five years, and Chief Financial Officer for eight years. During his tenure, he drove the system from a financially struggling operation to the most profitable regional system within Ascension.

Mr. Worden has also served as Regional Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for PeaceHealth in Oregon; Corporate Director-System Finance, of SSM Health Care System in St. Louis; and has held various interim executive roles at health care organizations throughout the country. He also held senior roles at Arthur Andersen in Seattle, WA, and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago in their health care division for more than a decade.

Mr. Worden holds master’s degrees in health administration, finance, and neuroscience and anatomy from the University of Wisconsin, as well as a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Florida State University. He is affiliated with ACHE; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); Healthcare Fiscal Management Association (HFMA); and the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP).