“MITRE named Dr. Stephen Ondra as the new chief medical adviser for MITRE’s work as operator of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare federally funded research and development center (Health FFRDC). The Health FFRDC is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and available to all operating and staff divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).”
“As Health FFRDC chief medical adviser, Ondra will serve as an objective adviser to all HHS organizations, providing thought leadership, guiding project teams, and building partnerships with the private sector to promote the health and well-being of our nation. This includes pioneering new ideas to advance private insurance markets, Medicare and Medicaid, value-based payments, and healthcare quality in partnership with HHS and the private sector.”
“’Steve’s experience as a business innovator, health insurance executive, clinician, researcher, veteran, and public policy official will bring a unique vantage point to the complex health and human services problems facing our government sponsors,’ said Kim Warren, vice president and director of the Health FFRDC. ‘His experience will provide new perspectives to tackle hard questions and reimagine approaches to achieve health and well-being for all.'”
“Ondra was most recently CEO of Cygnus-AI Inc., a company specializing in artificial intelligence and clinical decision support tools for diagnostic radiology. He also was founder of North Star Healthcare Consulting LLC and served on the board of directors of Triple-S Management and electroCore. Ondra’s career includes roles as the senior vice president and chief medical officer at Health Care Service Corporation (the nation’s largest non-investor-owned health insurance company, which operates as Blue Cross and Blue Shield in five states) and senior vice president and chief medical officer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital…” Read the full press release here.
Source: MITRE Appoints Dr. Stephen Ondra as New Chief Medical Adviser for Health and Human Services – March 7, 2022. MITRE.
