Employer-Sponsored Insurance Workgroup
The Employer-Sponsored Insurance Workgroup is made up of employers, employer advocates, policymakers, and innovators in the ESI space working together to identify and scale strategies that improve the affordability of employer-sponsored coverage while also enhancing quality of care.
Co-led by Dr. Mark McClellan, Director of the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, and Dr. Henry Ting, Chief Health and Wellness Officer for Delta Air Lines, the Workgroup builds on insights gathered directly from employers of varying sizes and industries to help employers of all sizes achieve more affordable and accessible coverage for their employees.
Objectives
- Identify successful strategies that address the most pressing drivers of affordability in employer-sponsored coverage
- Disseminate practical strategies that help employers of all sizes design and scale more affordable and accessible health coverage
Co-Chairs
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
Henry Ting, MD, MBA
Delta Air Lines
Providers | 
Policy Makers | 
Purchasers | 
Enabling Organizations | 
Community-Based Organizations
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Emily DuHamel Brower, M.B.A., is senior vice president of clinical integration and physician services for Trinity Health. Emphasizing clinical integration and payment model transformation, Ms. Brower provides strategic direction related to the evolving accountable healthcare environment with strong results. Her team is currently accountable for $10.4B of medical expense for 1.6M lives in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid and Commercial Alternative Payment Models.
Victor is the Chief Medical Officer for TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Victor leads the medical office to ensure quality and effective delivery of medical, pharmacy, and dental services to its members. He also leads TennCare’s opioid epidemic strategy, social determinants of health, and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health supporting value-based population health care delivery. In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Victor completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Emory University still practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System.
Tamara Ward is the SVP of Insurance Business Operations at Oscar Health, where she leads the National Network Contracting Strategy and Market Expansion & Readiness. Prior to Oscar she served as VP of Managed Care & Network Operations at TriHealth in Southwest Ohio. With over 15 years of progressive health care experience, she has been instrumental driving collaborative payer provider strategies, improving insurance operations, and building high value networks through her various roles with UHC and other large provider health systems. Her breadth and depth of experience and interest-based approach has allowed her to have success solving some of the most complex issues our industry faces today. Tam is passionate about driving change for marginalized communities, developing Oscar’s Culturally Competent Care Program- reducing healthcare disparities and improving access for the underserved population. Tamara holds a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati’s and M.B.A from Miami University.
Dr. Peter Walsh joined the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing as the Chief Medical Officer on December 1, 2020. Prior to joining HCPF, Dr. Walsh served as a Hospital Field Representative/Surveyor at the Joint Commission, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
