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.
Sasha Dhall currently serves as the Vice President, Risk Performance and Growth at AppleCare Medical Group in Los Angeles. She oversees AppleCare's risk arrangements, staff-model clinics and health policy strategy. Additionally, she is responsible for membership growth and retention, with an emphasis on member experience. Sasha has a Master's in Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and BS from the University of California at Berkeley.
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE:
Chief Medical Officer of AltaMed Restricted Knox Keen Health Plan and Senior Vice President of Medical Management.(March 2019 to Present)
Chief Medical Officer Golden Shore Medical Group: (November 2017- February 2019),
Chief Medical Officer Molina Healthcare, Incorporated (April 2013- September 2017), Long Beach, CA
Molina Healthcare Inc.: Chief Medical Officer (July 2014- September 2017): Clinical leader with oversight of the 13 states and the territory of Puerto Rico of Molina health plans regarding all clinical affairs.
President: Molina Medical Group : (April 2013- July 2014):
Regional Medical Director Healthcare Partners (April 2010-April 2013), Torrance, CA
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board: Talbert Medical Group (October 1999- April 2010), Fountain Valley, CA
Oversight of an elite multi-specialty medical group with over 17 in-house specialties, 120 clinicians at 13 facilities. Led the physician acquisition and establishment of the organizational governance structure for Talbert.
Specialty Medical Director MedPartners Physician Practice Management Company (August 1997- September 1999), Long Beach, CA .
Chairman of Obstetrics and Perinatal services for FHP Staff Model FHP Staff Model Organization (September 1991- August 1997), Costa Mesa, CA
Staff Obstetrician- Gynecologist Surgeon
Cigna Staff Model Medical Group (August 1985- September 1991), Burbank, CA
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate Studies Chemistry/Chemical Engineering,
University of Southern California, 1977
Doctor of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, 1981
Internship, Howard University Hospital, 1982
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, 1985
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Board Certified December 1987 – 1997
Recertification, August 1997 – 2007, 2007 – 2013
Annual Maintenance of Certification (MOC) 2013 - 2019
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