31# John Gorman: The State of SDOH Benefits in Medicare Advantage.

John Gorman leads us through The State of SDOH Benefits in Medicare Advantage. In our discussion you might hear conversations about a few of the companies he has build, advises, and serves as a board member:CINQCARE Health Alliance Plan Icario Nightingale Partners LLC NationsBenefits Premier Inc. Uno Health Upside Roundtrip Government Health Programs Expert and SDOH #InvestorTalks about #sdoh, #medicaid, #medicareadvantage, and #socialdeterminantsofhealth

A little about John Gorman:He is Founder and Chairman of Nightingale Partners, the first venture fund to invest in early-stage companies in the social determinants of health (SDOH) ecosystem, and which structures tailored interventions with health insurers, local government, and provider organizations. His focuses on Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Accountable Care Act strategy, governance, and health equity. He has strong opinions on evidence and sound policy.He serves as Strategic Advisor to the Executive team at CinqCare, provides strategic counsel and helps run its Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan business.He serves as Chairman of Nightingale Partners, the nation’s first VC fund dedicated to Social Determinants of Health, which I founded in 2019 & sold in 2022; on the Board of Directors of Henry Ford Health System’s Health Alliance Plan in my birthplace of Detroit; on the Board of Edenbridge Health, a groundbreaking company in the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); and on the Board of RoundTrip, an innovative Non-Emergent Medical Transport company. He serves as the Advisory Board for Icario Health, a leading member engagement & communications firm.He is the Founder and Former Chairman at Gorman Health Group (GHG). For 22 years he led the development of the industry's leading consulting practice and several entrepreneurial ventures in government health programs.He speaks at two dozen industry conferences each year, and is regularly quoted in the trade press and national media. I serve on the editorial advisory boards of several industry publications.Prior to founding Gorman Health Group in 1996, he was appointed by President Clinton as the first Assistant to the Director of Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA, now CMS) Office of Managed Care, where I provided day-to-day management, and served as the external liaison for the Medicare and Medicaid managed care programs. During1993 debate on national health care reform, he was the chief lobbyist on health care financing for the National Association of Community Health Centers, an organization of Federally-funded primary care clinics for the medically underserved. His career in Washington began as Press Secretary and Staff Director for U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), then-Chairman of the Government Operations Committee.