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Kenneth Bates is a seasoned healthcare executive with extensive experience in managed care, business development, and strategic planning. He has held various leadership positions, including Interim CEO of the Adirondacks Accountable Care Organization and Senior Director, Consulting at Advisory Board Company. Bates has a strong background in healthcare consulting, program management, and account management. He has worked with prominent healthcare organizations, such as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., Union Labor Life Insurance Company, and Prudential Healthcare. Bates holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Houston.

Experience

    • Senior Director, Consulting
      • Jul 2016 - Present
      • Baltimore, MD

      Specializing in interim executive assignments with health plans, IPA's and ACO's. Current engagement is as the Interim CEO of the Adirondacks Accountable Care Organization in upstate New York. The Adirondacks ACO participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, a multi-payer medical h...

    • Consultant to the Chief Medical Officer
      • 2013 - 2016

      Exclusive consulting engagement reporting to the Chief Medical Officer of this health plan, owned by the Henry Ford Health System, leading the strategy design, development and implementation of its self funded products and high performance narrow networks supporting the plans offered on the Michi...

    • Senior Vice President, Business Development
      • Jan 2011 - Sep 2013
      • Baltimore, Maryland

      Exclusive consulting engagement with Aetna's Accountable Care Solutions business unit as a business development lead establishing product based and member attribution based Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) collaborations. Business development lead engages the C-suite of provider organizat...

    • Vice President, Sales and Account Management
      • 2007 - 2010

      Responsible for all sales, account management and producer relations for the plan's managed care products.

    • Health Care Management Consultant
      • 2006 - 2007

      The engagement reported to the President. Responsible for developing a strategic plan and supporting contracts for the managed care products utilized by the company's Taft-Hartley fund clients.

    • Executive Vice President, Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
      • 2005 - 2006

      Responsible for sales, account management, provider contracting and servicing, medical management and health services for the insured and self funded commercial and government programs. Member of the Board of Directors.

    • President and CEO
      • 1999 - 2005

      Responsible for all operations and financial performance of the Medicaid managed care plan and commercial managed care plan. Member of the Board of Directors.

    • President, Managed Specialty Products
      • 1995 - 1999

      Responsible for all operations and financial performance of the division's managed behavioral health and managed workers' compensation programs and Long Term Care insurance products.

Education

  • 1970 - 1974
    University of Houston

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