Director, Payer Strategies & Value-Based Contract Management

University of California at Davis

Ms. Boynton leads the development and implementation of strategies to support alternative payment models for UC Davis Health, leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive payer and employer integration strategy. In addition, she leads population health management strategies, utilization management, and ambulatory care management services, including intensive case management, patient care management, and patient education. She served as Deputy Executive Officer of Benefit Programs, Policy and Planning for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, providing executive leadership for the health benefit program, including health plan benefit design and development, and health plan negotiations. She served as Undersecretary at the California Health and Human Services Agency and was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary. Her experience includes almost twenty years as a management consultant in the private sector, including employment with IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and owning her own management consulting business.