Michael Ellison, MHA

Value Based Care | Provider Enterprise Growth

Greater Chicago Area

About

Experience

  • Stellar Health (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Director, Network Enterprise
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Director, Network Enterprise
      Jul 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Manager, Provider Network & Strategy
      Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
    • Divisional Strategy Consultant - Value Based Care & Provider Partnerships
      Jun 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Within Provider Partnerships, I focus on supporting strategic, analytical projects and planning; assisting with the development of the business plan, strategy, and execution for provider partnerships.

    • Associate Business Consultant - Network Development
      Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 · 9 mos

      Network Development team: responsible for evaluating and building new health insurance networks and evaluating and optimizing existing networks across government, commercial, and retail business lines. Analysis of provider rosters for efficiency and adequacy standards aimed to provide high quality and low cost options to members. Project managed state efforts to improve Medicaid network by coordinating teams to evaluate value based care opportunities.

  • Project Manager at Epic
    Jun 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Project manager on large multi-state multi-hospital merger during implementation of Epic EMR software. Coordinated with cardiology physician champions and operational leaders to establish and design standardized workflows system wide. Led team of analysts through project deliverables across several overlapping timelines. Cardiology Pediatric Steering Board liaison between Epic and a nationwide board of pediatric cardiologists to drive product enhancements and development. Understanding of non-invasive and invasive cardiology workflows. Cupid Certified

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital (1 yr)
    • Planning and Business Development Project Manager
      Aug 2017 - Apr 2018 · 9 mos

      Planning and Bussiness Development Interim Project Manager

    • Administrative Resident
      May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

      Directly reported to the President and COO. Observed executives and administrators throughout the hospital, shadowed multiple clinical areas, and engaged with a variety of roles to understand the inner workings of the hospital system.

  • Operations Assistant at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Jan 2017 - May 2017 · 5 mos

    Supply chain intern.