Steve, the founder of Remedy Partners, sets the strategic direction for Remedy and manages the relationship with CMS. Steve has over 30 years of experience launching and managing healthcare companies and has founded seven healthcare companies including Oxford Health Plans, which grew into a Fortune 300 company under his leadership. Steve is a Managing Director of Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, one of the oldest
and largest health care venture capital and growth equity firms, with over $2.5 billion under management. He was also the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HealthMarket, Inc., an insurance
company that gave birth to innovative Consumer Driven Health Plans and grew to over $150 million in revenue before being acquired by UICI. He co-founded Health Partners, Inc, a physician practice management company that grew to $140 million in annual revenue before it was sold. He was also a co- Founder of Intelliclaim, Inc., which provided claim auditing and productivity software and services to over twenty health insurance companies before it was sold to McKesson, and he was the founding investor in BenefitPort, LLC, a consolidation of health insurance general agencies. Steve has also been an active private equity investor on his own and in partnership with private equity funds, typically originating transactions or organizing new businesses. Steve is a Director of Accessible Space, Inc, a non-profit organization he founded in 1978, which operates
residential facilities for individuals with mobility impairments and brain injuries. Steve graduated from Macalester College and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Many industry experts are expressing doubts about the Amazon/Berkshire/JP Morgan healthcare initiative, but large employers who self-insure their employee benefits have historically been at the forefront of adopting new innovations.