Vanessa Villaverde
Investor at California Health Care Foundation
Vanessa Villaverde
Investor at California Health Care Foundation
Aliso Viejo, California
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Program Investor
2023 - Current
In this role, I'm investing into catalytic health and tech companies driving access to care in California and helping the safety net meet DCHS quality standards. Working closely with California community benefit organizations, I embed technology across the safety net.
Head of Risk Transfer Strategy
2020 - 2023
Led the development of strategy around risk transfer, value based care arrangements involving surgical procedures, and driving Real World Evidence based business product partnerships to more accurately assess risk. Managed post M&A data integration.
Caresyntax is a vendor neutral data-driven surgery platform that makes surgery smarter by reducing variability and improving efficency.
Raised $387,500,000.00 from PFM Health Sciences, Pictet Alternative Advisors, BlackRock Innovation Capital, MTIP AG, ProAssurance, Symbiotic Capital, Relyens, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Aescuvest and Optum Ventures.
Senior Director, Commercial Strategy and Implementation
2018 - 2020
Led implementation of solutions to employers, health plans, and providers looking to drive value based care through bundled payments. Developed and led the strategic partnership to accelerate value based payment program adoption across commercial programs pre and post M&A of SDOH platform.
Managing Director, Federal Health Programs
2016 - 2018
Led a team solving some of the biggest challenges in Medicare Advantage and Medicare programs through lobbying, development of strategic analysis, and coalition building. Implemented ACA mandated women and mental health benefits across payer lines.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 36 independent operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
Public Health Lead, Medicaid and Medicare Expert
2014 - 2016
Led a team supporting the development of payment demonstrations intended to further support Medicare transition from fee for service to value based care. While completing work on developing a foster care value based payment model as a Georgetown student in the evenings, I coordinated a cross functional data team within MITRE to compete for a challenge allowing us to pay for the building of a predictive analytics tool that could detect early warnings of abuse through public data. Though we were not awarded, the concept was later paid for and supported by HHS.
MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers.
Raised $2,052,767.00 from US Department of Energy and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
Senior Policy Analyst, 1115 Waiver Expert, Federal Health Programs
2004 - 2014
Led policy initiatives that allowed for multi payer strategies including the development of the premium assistance model in Medicaid and the development of Medicaid demonstrations, using Section 1115 authority, aimed at bringing forward commercial payer levers into Medicaid. Developed Medicare policy aimed at improving both the Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Program. Technical Expertise in Delivery System Reform Waivers and Expansion of Coverage Waivers leveraging state and federal funding vehicles.
Education
Executive Master's
2015 - 2017
MPA
2003 - 2004
B.A.
1998 - 2002