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Accomplishments

Managed $15+ billion Military Health System for Dept of Defense
Led and developed Strategic and Operational Plan for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Designed HealthePeople initiative for improving health and healthcare across America
Managed $1.4 billion health information system for Veteran Health Administration
Designed (obtained new funding of $125M per year) next generation HealtheVet health info system
Developed national “virtual health system” model for bringing to bear electronic health record systems, personal health/record systems, standards and interoperability
Developed and obtained Presidential approval for “force health protection” program for military service members
Developed “person-centered health” model used by VHA, CMS and IOM
Developed national model for “reducing vulnerability and maximizing thriving”
Developed “behavioral effectiveness model” for designing, operating and evaluating health and human services
Developed “care in the community” model for extending care beyond health facilities’ walls
Wrote legislation introduced to protect the un- and under insured.
Wrote legislation introduced to reform Medicare and Medicaid
Developed and was lead staff for Congressional hearings on un-/underinsured, Medicare and Medicaid reform, Alzheimer’s research and care, long term care, and health costs
Helped lead effort to increase Alzheimer’s research funding many fold
Designed, developed and managed inner city health system in Milwaukee, WI
Managed national grant program for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Acquired grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Medicare and Medicaid waivers from the Health Care Financing Administration

Support Available to You
Drawing on 30 years of senior executive and policy health and vulnerable population experience with Federal Executive and Legislative branches, local government, and private sector organizations, I can help policy makers and mission-driven organizations as:

A national level speaker to bring a thought-provoking, national perspective tailored to your audience? [See Speaker's One-Page]
A consultant to help your organization achieve
- a visionary, living and executable health strategy,
- highly effective strategic and operational management,
- high performance health information systems,
- high performance organizations and systems, and/or
- high-level outcomes supporting mission, vision and strategy?
A partner and advocate to help achieve healthy Americans and a healthy America?

I bring experience and expertise in each of the following areas:

Health Systems Design, Management and Performance
Person-centered Health
The Un- and Underinsured
“Virtual Health Systems” (e)
Health Information Systems (e)
Performance Improvement
Quality Improvement
Pay for Performance
Strategic/Operational Planning
Strategic Management Systems
Complex Human Systems
Building “Ideal” Systems

Contractual engagements are customized to the organization’s aspirations, environment and current state. Success is highly dependent on a strong collaborative partnership.

To discuss potential contractual engagements, please contact Gary Christopherson via email or phone.

Leadership/Management Positions Held

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense
Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Senior Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration
Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House
Chief Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, VA
Director of Health Legislation, Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives
Deputy Director, Quality Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, DHHS
Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD
Deputy Director, Municipal Health Services Program (funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at John Hopkins Medical Institutions)
Director of Special Projects, Director of Municipal Health Services Program, Director of Mother and Infant Care Project, and Director of Project Life for City of Milwaukee Health Department