President

HealthPro Associates

Mr. Edelston started his career with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. He has served as the President of HealthPro Associates, Inc. since founding the firm in 1986. HealthPro provides a wide range of consulting services to traditional physician partnerships and medical groups as well as IPAs, Faculty Medical Groups, Medical Foundations, FQHCs, and ACOs, and integrated delivery systems. Mr. Edelston's list of clients include large Medical Groups such as the Cigna Medical Group, and Medical Foundations associated with Stanford University, Hoag Hospital Presbyterian, Huntington Regional Medical Center, Community Medical Centers, UniHealth, and Providence Health & Services. He has formed more than 200 physician organizations, including CareMore Medical Group/Health Plan in the early 1990s, and helped in its sale to private equity in 2006. A substantial part of his practice entails [1] developing and implementing business plan strategies on behalf of hospitals, hospital systems, and physicians/groups, and [2] advising hospitals, physician organizations, and integrated delivery systems to create innovative structures, establish strategic alliances, and design business strategies that take advantage of industry changes resulting from the Accountable Care Act.