As Chief Population Health Officer, Nate is responsible for defining the clinical care model Curana Health deploys to support front-line clinicians in providing great care and improving patient outcomes. His responsibilities include identifying and implementing value-based care programs and partnerships to enable Curana to share in the value created from improved patient outcomes.
Nate and his team oversee Curana’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and High Needs REACH Accountable Care Organizations, with Nate serving as the Chairperson of the MSSP participant EPC ACO, LLC.
Prior to joining Curana, Nate held several roles at Landmark Health, where he led the growth and payor account management teams responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing value-based contracts. He also previously worked on the national contracting team at Healthcare Partners/DaVita Medical Group: a global risk bearing, fully capitated and delegated medical group.
Nate holds a Doctor of Philosophy in chemical engineering and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Practice from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children.