Announcement • Jul 09
Apptly Health Technologies Corp. Announces Advisory Board Appointments
Apptly Health Technologies Corp. announced the appointment of Dr. Eric Bricker, Dr. Diana Girnita, Dr. Cristin Dickerson, and Dr. Fred Liss to its Advisory Board. The appointments bring extensive experience across healthcare finance, direct-pay specialty care, employer-sponsored healthcare, and physician leadership, further strengthening the Company's strategic advisory capabilities as it continues to expand its nationwide direct-pay healthcare marketplace. Together, the advisors have built businesses, physician organizations, and care delivery models that have advanced price transparency, expanded direct-pay specialty care, and strengthened employer access to healthcare across the United States, providing the Company with valuable strategic insight as it continues to grow. Dr. Eric Bricker, MD, is an internal medicine physician and the co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer of Compass Professional Health Services, the healthcare navigation company that grew to 1.8 million members across more than 2,000 employer clients, including T-Mobile and Southwest Airlines, before its acquisition by Alight Solutions in 2018. He is the founder of AHealthcareZ, a healthcare- finance education platform followed by more than 130,000 people across YouTube and LinkedIn, and the author of Healthcare Money Campfire Stories. Dr. Eric Bricker, MD, is an internal medicine physician and the co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer of Compass Professional Health Services, the healthcare navigation company that grew to 1.8 million members across more than 2,000 employer clients, including T-Mobile and Southwest Airlines, before its acquisition by Alight Solutions in 2018. He is the founder of AHealthcareZ, a healthcare- finance education platform followed by more than 130,000 people across YouTube and LinkedIn, and the author of Healthcare Money Campfire Stories. Dr. Diana Girnita, MD, PhD, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rheumatologist OnCall, which the Direct Specialty Care Alliance identifies as the first U.S. telehealth practice dedicated to rheumatology and autoimmune care. She is double board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, holds a PhD in immunology, completed postdoctoral training at Harvard, and co-founded the Direct Specialty Care Alliance to help specialists transition to the direct-pay model.
Dr. Cristin Dickerson, MD, is a board-certified radiologist and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Green Imaging, a national direct-pay imaging network founded in 2011 that has grown to thousands of imaging facilities serving individuals and employer-sponsored health plans across the United States. She completed fellowship training in cancer imaging at MD Anderson Cancer Center and is the author of Aligned: How Patients, Physicians, and Employers Are Working Together to Transform Healthcare.
