CommonSpirit Health, a parent company of CHI St. Vincent, has named Bob Sarkar as interim market vice president of population health and physician alignment, effective June 30.
Sarkar will oversee CommonSpirit’s clinically integrated network across Tennessee/Georgia. Kentucky, Arkansas and Ohio markets. In his position, he will help advance CommonSpirit’s population health strategy while continuing to foster collaboration across markets and care teams.
“Bob is a proven leader with a deep understanding of value-based care and an unwavering commitment to innovation in population health,” said Chad Aduddell, CHI St. Vincent Market president. “His leadership will be instrumental as we continue to expand and align our clinical networks to better serve our communities.”
Sarkar has more than 30 years of health care experience and has been with CHI St. Vincent since 2015, when he was appointed president of Arkansas Health Network.
He has served as senior vice president of operations/value-based care at Premier Health in Ohio and as a regional vice president and chief strategy officer at Presence Health in Illinois. He has also worked as a consultant and advisor for health care organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, Advocate, Johns Hopkins and Aetna.
He has an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from the University of Kentucky. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and other professional organizations.
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