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Christopher Skowronek
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Chief Executive Officer
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Jobs
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- NChief Executive OfficerNuvoAir Holdings IncOct 2025 - Current (10 months)Oversee operations and management for NuvoAir Subsidiaries, including NuvoAir Medical PC, NuvoAir AB, and NuvoAir Clinical Trials.
Chief Executive OfficerNuvoAir MedicalOct 2025 - Current (10 months)Oversee global business, clinical and medical device operations across all subsidiaries, successfully reaching profitability for the first time in the company's history.- Chief Business OfficerNuvoAir MedicalApr 2024 - Jan 2026 (1 year 10 months)P&L owner of US Care business, new line of business with 4,386% growth in 3 years Responsible for Business, Commercial, Marketing, Growth, and Client Operations, as well as fundraising partner to CEO and Board of Directors. Developed multi-year, multi-segment product and corporate strategy to expand market share of legacy products, enter new segments, expand buyer types, and improve client value Manage multi-year financial plan and national/market-level growth strategies, bringing company to profitability ahead of plan. Led cross-functional strategy, clinical and product teams to enter value-based care (VBC) and delegated risk market segments, from strategy conception, through product development to launch Oversaw development and man
- Chief Growth OfficerNuvoAir MedicalApr 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)Managed all growth efforts including Business Development, Organic Sales, and Client Success teams. Designed and implemented GTM strategies, market selection, and customer qualification model 15x growth of patients under management, 18x monthly revenue, 5x provider network Expanded company operations from 5 to 15 states in 18 months Expanded both fee-for-service and value based care revenue, growing patients under management by 500%
- VP, Corporate Strategy and PartnershipsBamboo HealthMay 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year)• Oversee corporate strategy development, operational execution,and business KPIs. • Manage corporate development activities, including M&A, strategic partnerships and B2B relationships and operations. • Manage business intelligence team, company performance, and operational improvement plans. • Member of executive leadership team working closely with CEO and the Board of Directors on strategy, execution, financial management, forecasting and goal setting. • Act as subject matter expert and thought leader in value-based care, payer relations and operations, managed care, physician engagement, and quality programming and incentives. • Developed long-term strategy and near-term execution plan to open a new market segment for the company, brin
- VP, Payer StrategyBamboo HealthNov 2021 - May 2022 (7 months)
- VP and P&L Owner, Medicare AdvantageLumerisApr 2019 - Nov 2021 (2 years 8 months)Responsible for health plan operations, strategy, provider value creation/capture, network mgmt., organization P&L, plan expansions, and membership growth for Medicare Advantage Plans. Oversee day-to-day operations, with a focus on long-term growth, provider value generation, performance improvement and network optimization.
- General Manager, Population Health ServicesLumerisApr 2018 - Apr 2019 (1 year 1 month)Developed Population Health Services Organization, a new line of business within Lumeris focused on provider value creation and capture, moving provider networks up the value chain closer to the premium dollar. Developed overall strategic plan, including product development infrastructure, sales strategy and targets, marketing plans, organizational structure, investment strategy, and multi-year budgets. Responsible for daily execution of long-term strategy.
- Vice President, Market OperationsLumerisDec 2017 - Jul 2018 (8 months)
- Senior Vice PresidentNorth Carolina Healthcare AssociationJan 2014 - Dec 2017 (4 years)Full responsibility over for-profit subsidiary, including business development enterprise wide with a focus on membership services, health system transition to value based payment systems and improvements in care coordination and system operations. Responsible for corporate P&L, product and services portfolio and strategy.
- Vice President for Strategic InitiativesNorth Carolina Hospital AssociationOct 2013 - Jan 2014 (4 months)
- Executive Director, Center for Affordable Health CareNorth Carolina Hospital AssociationJan 2013 - Dec 2017 (5 years)The Center for Affordable Health Care focuses on performance improvement in clinical settings using cost, revenue and clinical data to drive decision making. The Center strives to drive value in healthcare by balancing cost, revenue and quality outcomes. We engage health system leaders from across the continuum and from the CEO down to front-line clinicians.
- Director of Health PolicyNorth Carolina Hospital AssociationJul 2010 - Dec 2012 (2 years 6 months)
- Senior ConsultantNexera IncDec 2009 - Jun 2010 (7 months)
- Senior ConsultantJohnson Johnson MedTechJan 2002 - Dec 2009 (8 years)
Education
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- Master’s Degree, Healthcare AdministrationThe University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJan 2015 - Dec 2017 (3 years)
- AB, EconomicsHarvard UniversityJan 1998 - Dec 2002 (5 years)Economics Coursework: Macroeconomic Theory, Microeconomic Theory, Economics of Education, Corporate Finance, Environmental Economics, Statistics
Projects (professional or personal)
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- SState Employees Health Plan Care Transitions ProgramMar 2015 - Current (11 years 5 months)Spearheaded team to secure the contract to provide real-time clinical data and encounter notification services to the NC State Employees Health Plan, on all 680,000 covered lives. Work closely with State Health Plan leadership and their care management vendor, to enhance the program, and engage hospitals to collaboratively improve care transitions.
- RRelative Affordability IndexJun 2013 - Current (13 years 2 months)Developed, in partnership with large NC health systems, and launched new data program to benchmark cost, utilization, and outcomes data to the DRG and patients levels. The Relative Affordability Index is used to drive performance improvement, cost reduction and patient care. Clients include Cone Health, Novant Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Vidant Health, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, and New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
- CCenter for Affordable Health CareJan 2013 - Current (13 years 7 months)At the direction of the NCHA Board of Trustees, formed and launched a new initiative at NCHA, to bring attention and focused work to improve the cost position of our members, develop and support quality/performance improvement programing, and drive the policy debate around healthcare affordability. The Center for Affordable Health Care works closely with NCHA's Quality Center to improve patient experience, operations and outcomes across the care continuum.
- MMedicaid Transitions of Care Patient Data ProgramJan 2013 - Current (13 years 7 months)Currently manage and supported launch of statewide program to alert Medicaid of patient ED and hospital encounters for all 1.8 million Medicaid recipients, in 50 of North Carolina's largest hospitals. Oversee program development to enhance the use of that real-time encounter information for care coordination and transitions of care. In 2016, expanded the scope of the contract to go from monitoring 50 hospitals, to all 126 across the state.
Awards
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- UJacob Kooman Public Health Practice AwardUNC Gillings School of Public HealthMay 2016The Jacob Kooman Public Health Practice Award is given each year to an executive student who exemplifies Dr. Koomen’s commitment to public health. Dr. Koomen was the Director of North Carolina’s Division of Health Services form 1966-1978, and was a member of the HPAA faculty from 1978 until his retirement in 1985. He was a wonderful addition to the teaching faculty, sharing his expertise in community health administration and critically needed field experience. He is also remembered as being a powerful public speaker.