Aleida chose Dr. Mandy Cohen, the former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will begin operating its new health services unit in March. Cohen will also serve as executive vice president of Aledade Corporation Announce Tuesday.

As CEO of Aledade Care Solutions, Cohen will lead more than a thousand primary care practices within the parent company’s network of responsible care organizations.

Cohen has more than 15 years of experience in public service, having served as director of women’s health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and later as a senior consultant for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“duty of Aledad It’s very much in line with what I’ve done in the public sector before,” Cohen said.

while in Department of Health and Human ServicesCohen received national recognition for transforming North Carolina’s Medicaid program into managed care, and she is credited for integrating data accountability and transparency into the state’s COVID-19 response.

In 2021, Cohen was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and she is currently an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Gillings School of Global Public Health.

“I have always been impressed with her track record of delivering outcomes for people in need of high-quality, whole-person care, and we are delighted that she will help guide our next phase of growth,” said Dr. Farzad. Co-founder and CEO of Aledade Officer Mostashari in a press release.

Cohen said her new role will be to assist the health service in finding virtual care interventions that can help Aledade’s nearly 2 million primary care patients.

She said Aledade’s recent acquisition of Iris Healthcare, a company that provides senior care planning services, is an example of how Aledade Care Solutions plans to address nursing needs.

Initially, Cohen said she planned to lead the organization’s efforts to support the growing number of patients enrolled in Medicaid and served by Aledade Clinics and Health Centers.

“I’m going to help Aledade think about how they can build a practice that serves Medicaid patients,” she said. “It’s another way to bring the benefits of value-based care to patients, and it’s really driving the company’s interest in achieving health equity. .”