Board Chairman
BridgepointMD
St. Charles, MO, United States
Mr. Jim Gera brings a proven track record identifying and leading innovative financially sound health care opportunities from start up to maturity. He has a diverse background and experience with physician groups, hospital organizations, ancillary healthcare providers (surgery centers, skilled nursing, home health, physical therapy, etc.) and managed care organizations working across commercial, Medicare and Medicaid programs in companies ranging from large private providers, not-for-profits, public fortune 500 and startups.
Over the past 10 years Jim has led two of the largest specialist value-based care programs in the US. The first as the SVP of Business Development at Signature Medical Group (2011) identifying, developing then overseeing their BPCI Convener operations which encompassed $1.3 billion in annual Medicare costs across the largest orthopedic bundled payment in the US (26 states, 50+ providers, 3,500+ physicians and 45,000+ annual episodes) and their Maternity Care Home. The second as Founder and CEO of Fusion5 (2018) a BPCI Advanced Convener which encompassed $2.5 billion in annual Medicare costs across 41 states with 120+ providers, 6,500+ physicians and 90,000+ annual episodes.
His companies consistently delivered high quality care by reducing medical cost of 20-30%+ and adverse outcomes by 30%-70%. They achieved patient reported outcomes and satisfaction scores of 97% or better. Physicians involved in these VBC programs generated between 150% to 300% above their standard fee-for-service contracts. Jim has raised over $80 million delivering up to 70% EBITDA, and generating valuations of 10x to 12x multiples.
He currently serves as a Board Chairman at BridgePointMD and is CEO of Harmonic Health a tech-enabled care delivery solution for patients with neurodegenerative disease.
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Otolaryngology Alignment Within Value-Based Health Care: Cost, Quality, and Reality
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time