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Katherine
Cairns
is a Health Care Consultant and President of Summit Health
Group. This health care practice specializes in the following:
- Strategic
planning for public organizations and agencies serving low
income clients and clients with special health care needs.
- Partnership
and product development related to Medicaid and Medicaid
reimbursement sources and other public funding.
- Managed
care contract negotiation for unique products and services
- Marketing
and business planning for organizations serving special
needs populations and desiring contracts with managed care
organizations
- Assistance
with data analysis and evaluation of products or services
- Project
management through the formation of "dream teams"
composed of individuals with specific skills in data analysis,
legal services, medical coding, marketing and evaluation
- all with a commitment to serving low income and special
population needs in partnership with the client
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Presentations, written communications and analysis on issues
affecting Public Health and the Managed Care industry
Ms.
Cairns was the Director of the Medica State Public Programs
at the Allina Health System.With over 64,000 Medicaid members
enrolled in the Medica Choice Care product, it served the
largest number of Medicaid clients in the State of Minnesota.While
at Medica, she pioneered many client-focused outreach efforts
which have won national praise. Cairns also served as Commissioner
of Public Health for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, an urban
city with over 270,000 residents. She managed primary health
care clinics, community health planning, housing code enforcement,
vital records and community health improvement. She continue
to serve on the Board of community-based organizations. In
partnership with each client, public organization or non-profit
agency, Ms. Cairns emphasizes the challenges, opportunities
and rewards of change in the health care industry.
| "The
real difficulty in changing the course of any enterprise
lies not in developing new ideas, but in escaping old
ones." |
--John
Maynard Keynes |
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