Christopher Kalkhof

Director, Healthcare Industry Group, Alvarez & Marsal

A senior managed care executive with over twenty-four years of experience and proven abilities in: * Managed care contract rate/pricing and provider-payer strategy development, * Provider-Payer negotiations and contracting, collaborations and alliances, * PHOs/IPAs and delegated credentialing, * Contract termination strategy and renegotiations, * Interim managed care executive management and hospital turnarounds, * Managed care revenue cycle improvement, denial management, revenue recovery and integration into day-to-day revenue cycle operations, * Payer mix and physician referral management strategies to increase profitable patient volume, * Provider network development and management for health plans, * Healthcare litigation consulting related to provider-payer contract disputes, * Strategic planning and new product/new business development (40+ initiatives completed), * Service quality/operations process improvement and risk mitigation strategies, * Management consulting and managing complex projects, * Hospital, health plan, physician practice and nursing home general management. Over the last several years through a combination of interim management and consulting engagements, Chris has improved provider organization net reimbursements and revenues by over $435 million and has directly negotiated over 240 payer agreements.