공시 • Mar 05
PACS Group, Inc. Announces Appointment of Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, to Its Board of Directors
PACS Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Conway’s addition to the PACS Board represents a landmark appointment for the post-acute and skilled nursing industry — bringing to the boardroom a rare combination of hands-on clinical experience, transformative federal regulatory leadership, large-scale health system executive experience, and deep expertise in quality, value-based care, and healthcare innovation. Dr. Conway is one of the most accomplished and widely respected physician-executives in the United States. Currently serving as CEO of Optum, the health services division of UnitedHealth Group with revenues exceeding $200 billion, Dr. Conway leads an enterprise spanning pharmacy care services, health management, care delivery, and analytics serving tens of millions of Americans. His path to this role reflects a career defined by an unwavering commitment to improving healthcare quality, expanding access, and driving innovation at scale. From 2011 to 2017, Dr. Conway served as Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where he simultaneously held the roles of Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Chief Medical Officer of CMS. He also served as Principal Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of CMS — the most senior non-political leadership role in the agency. Operating across both Republican and Democratic administrations, Dr. Conway was the driving force behind one of the most consequential transformations in modern healthcare payment policy, shepherding the national movement from fee-for-service reimbursement toward value-based care. Under his leadership, Medicare payments in alternative payment models grew from virtually zero to more than 30 percent of all Medicare payments. He helped create Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), the Medicare Shared Savings Program, bundled payment initiatives, and numerous other delivery system reforms that continue to shape how care is paid for and delivered across America today. Prior to his time at CMS, Dr. Conway served at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he oversaw clinical operations and quality improvement, and held the position of Director of Hospital Medicine and Associate Professor. Earlier in his career, he served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising senior healthcare leaders on strategy. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and a White House Fellow in 2007–2008, assigned to the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He also served as Executive Director of the Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research, coordinating more than $1.1 billion in research investment under the Recovery Act. From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Conway served as President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, where he led the organization to national recognition for value-based payment innovation and investments in improving health outcomes for the citizens of North Carolina. He joined Optum and UnitedHealth Group in 2020 as CEO of Care Solutions, overseeing a portfolio of care continuum businesses with more than $30 billion in annual revenue serving over 50 million people across acute and post-acute care, home-based care, behavioral health, specialty care, and government health services. He was named CEO of Optum Rx before being elevated to CEO of Optum in May 2025. Dr. Conway was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 — one of the nation’s highest honors in the health and medical sciences, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. He has received the President’s Senior Executive Distinguished Service Award, the highest award given to members of the Senior Executive Service in the federal government, as well as the HHS Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award. He remains a practicing pediatric hospitalist, maintaining direct clinical engagement with patients throughout his executive career — a distinction that sets him apart from most executive-level healthcare leaders. Dr. Conway earned his M.D. with High Honors from Baylor College of Medicine and completed his residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He holds a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University. He previously served on the boards of Aledade, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, and Sound Physicians, and currently serves on the Help at Home board of directors. Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, is the Chief Executive Officer of Optum, the health services business of UnitedHealth Group. He previously served as CEO of Care Solutions at Optum, as President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and as Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where he also served as the agency’s Chief Medical Officer, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), and Acting Administrator. Dr. Conway is a practicing pediatric hospitalist, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and a recipient of the President’s Senior Executive Distinguished Service Award. He holds an M.D. with High Honors from Baylor College of Medicine, a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University.