APG Consultant; former CEO, Physicians of Southwest Washington

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Mariella Cummings is the President of Results Incorporated, a management consulting company, through which company she served for sixteen years as the Chief Executive Officer of Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW), an Olympia based independent physicians’ association. She resigned as CEO in March 2016 to pursue consulting opportunities with other businesses including medical groups interested in prospering through the transition to value based reimbursement and the attendant health delivery challenges and opportunities consistent with the Triple Aim. She serves as an APG Consultant. Her primary health related consulting interests include transforming health delivery, strategic planning, organizational assessments, IPA management, capitation, delegation, value based contracting, provider contracting and provider communications. Cummings has significant health plan experience having served as a VP for claims for a Midwest commercial health plan as the Insurance Commissioner appointed consumer advocate to the board of the WA high risk health pool plan. She was the initial CEO and later Chair of the Board of Directors of SoundPath Health, a Medicare Advantage health plan founded by PSW with two additional physician groups. For eighteen years Cummings also served as a member and Board Chair for the Western Institutional Review Board. A former hospital CEO, Cummings administrative experience also includes public health administration, serving as the Director of Infectious Disease and Reproductive Health for the Washington Department of Health, in which capacity she managed all the HIV/AIDS prevention, surveillance and care services programs. As President of Results Incorporated Cummings has provided consulting services to both federal and state government agencies, to non-profit organizations, and to private companies. Activities have included strategic planning, organizational assessments, team development, retreat facilitation, and coaching. Cummings recently served as Board Member and Treasurer of South Sound Senior Services and currently serves the Youth Protection Officer for West Olympia Rotary. She recently completed terms as Board Chair of the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce and a County Commissioner appointed member of board of the Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council. Cummings formerly served as Co-chair of the Northwest Regional APG membership group. She is a frequent speaker at national health care conferences. Cummings has a BS in Nursing from the University of Washington and a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona. She has three adult children and five grandchildren. She resides in Olympia, WA.