SAGE HEALTH STRATEGY - Key Persons


Angela Haggard - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President
Angela's deep understanding of provider and payor operations is critical for identifying gaps and efficiencies in workstreams and developing solutions to improve overall operations. She is a proven health care executive with over 20 years in a variety of roles in both the provider and payor sectors. READ MORE Angela's deep understanding of provider and payor operations is critical for identifying gaps and efficiencies in workstreams and developing solutions to improve overall operations. She is a proven health care executive with over 20 years in a variety of roles in both the provider and payor sectors. Prior to joining Sage, Angela was COO, Senior Vice President of Operations and Product Development at IlliniCare Health. In this role she had leadership responsibility for all operational functions, network development, care management and plan growth. She was instrumental in delivering the plan's operational turnaround. Angela also served as System Service Line Vice President of Medicaid and Community Health Strategy for Presence Health, one of Illinois' largest provider of Medicaid services, where she was a transformational leader who activated the health system's vision to improve the health of all the communities served. As part of this activation strategy, she led the RFP award from the state of Illinois and successfully implemented the Presence Health Accountable Care Entity designed to manage the care of the system's managed Medicaid population.

Ann Cahill - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Ann has over 15 years of clinical experience and over 20 years in managed care, including work with commercial and government programs. Ann is an experienced clinical executive with strong communication skills and proven expertise in program implementation, team building, and leadership. READ MORE Ann has over 15 years of clinical experience and over 20 years in managed care, including work with commercial and government programs. Ann is an experienced clinical executive with strong communication skills and proven expertise in program implementation, team building, and leadership. Prior to joining Sage, she served as Vice President of Clinical Operations and Population Health for Meridian Health, focusing on clinical operations and outcomes for Medicaid, Medicare, and Market Place membership. Ann also previously held leadership roles at Oak Street Health, Centene and Cigna. In these roles Ann had responsibility and oversight of care management, utilization management, quality, and LTSS services with a focus on program implementation and improvement.

Becky Offill

Job Titles:
  • Director
Becky brings more than 20 years of experience to lead strategic communication efforts and provide project management oversight for government-sponsored health care programs. READ MORE Becky brings more than 20 years of experience to lead strategic communication efforts and provide project management oversight for government-sponsored health care programs. Becky is a communications professional with experience in project management, strategic program planning/counsel, media relations, issues management, crisis communications and event planning. Prior to joining Sage, Becky served as a freelance public relations consultant where among other projects, she served as an extension of the communications team at national non-profit, Easterseals. While in this role, Becky created, implemented, and disseminated targeted program key messages and supported the organizations' network of spokespersons, experts, and marketing representatives in communities across the country. Prior to freelancing, Becky worked at two of Chicago's largest public relations agencies (Edelman and Weber Shandwick) focusing on consumer public relations for brands such as Butterball Turkey, Oscar Mayer, and Kraft.

Hetel Shah

Job Titles:
  • Director
Hetal works with community-based healthcare organizations to provide solutions and strategies focused on social determinants of health, health education, community engagement and outreach, and social media. She is an experienced public health and community engagement professional with 10 years of experience working with community-based organizations, population health, and health plans. READ MORE Hetal works with community-based healthcare organizations to provide solutions and strategies focused on social determinants of health, health education, community engagement and outreach, and social media. She is an experienced public health and community engagement professional with 10 years of experience working with community-based organizations, population health, and health plans. Prior to joining Sage, she was Strategy Lead at PatientPoint, a leader in point of care and remote patient technologies. As a Strategy Lead, Hetal created partnerships with 100+ non-profit and advocacy organizations to create digital health education for patients and providers. Hetal managed Social Media accounts, creating bespoke as well as partnered content. Prior to PatientPoint, Hetal was the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist for IlliniCare Health, one of Illinois' leading Medicaid managed care plans. In this role she had leadership responsibility for community outreach, stakeholder engagement, and program development for both Medicaid and Marketplace lines of business.

Kym Ferguson - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Kym directs the firm's work in the areas of health plan operations, startup implementations, strategic planning, compliance and operational audits. She is a driven health care executive serving the industry for over 25 years in a variety of roles in both the provider and payor sectors. READ MORE Kym directs the firm's work in the areas of health plan operations, startup implementations, strategic planning, compliance and operational audits. She is a driven health care executive serving the industry for over 25 years in a variety of roles in both the provider and payor sectors. Prior to joining Sage, Kym was a Senior Consultant at MMC 20/20 Inc., one of the industry leaders in Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Consulting. In her 14 years at MMC 20/20 Kym assisted over 27 Health Plans navigate the roll out of Balanced Budget Act and implementation of Medicare Part D. She directed large scale product implementations and expansions to companywide system integrations. Kym has a proven track record for creating operational efficiencies and maximizing revenue realization opportunities to bring profitability to the bottom line at her clients. Prior to MMC, Kym served as Vice President of Medicare Operations at United Health Group, once of the largest players in the payor sector. In this role she was responsible for the start-up of Medicare Advantage Plans from application to launch and was accountable for bottom line profitability of the Medicare and Medicaid lines of business. Kym had direct accountability for the development of provider networks and reimbursement strategies, vendor integration, sales and marketing, enrollment, billing, claims and customer service operational functions.

Lindsey Artola - President

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • President
Lindsey provides overall firm leadership and strategic guidance to payors, providers, and associations to drive growth and retention strategies, bridge the divide between payor and provider, as well as enhance communication and engagement with members, providers, and communities. READ MORE Lindsey provides overall firm leadership and strategic guidance to payors, providers, and associations to drive growth and retention strategies, bridge the divide between payor and provider, as well as enhance communication and engagement with members, providers, and communities. With over 25 years experience, many at the C-suite level, in healthcare policy, regulation, reimbursement, and managed care programs for providers and payors, Lindsey knows first-hand the challenges and successes of the industry and has employed the expertise she learned in previous roles to tackle client problems and provide meaningful solutions that create impact. Prior to Sage, Lindsey was Vice President of External Affairs at IlliniCare Health where she was responsible for all Medicaid policy/ government relations activities, community relations and communications. Lindsey also served as Chief External Affairs Officer for Presence Health, Illinois' largest Medicaid provider, where she led the system's Medicaid Steering Committee and was responsible for government relations, community outreach and engagement, and external partnerships across all of Illinois.

Patrick Briody

Job Titles:
  • Director
Within Patrick's current client portfolio, he leads efforts in the areas of strategy development (payor, provider, and community organizations), quality improvement, data and analytics, and general project/program management. READ MORE Within Patrick's current client portfolio, he leads efforts in the areas of strategy development (payor, provider, and community organizations), quality improvement, data and analytics, and general project/program management. Prior to Sage, Patrick was the System Director of Clinical Integration at Rochester Regional Health (RRH), a $2B+ integrated health system in Rochester, New York. There, he directed and co-designed their efforts related to Clinical Optimization, a system strategy focused on reducing avoidable variation in care through clinical integration and the implementation of evidence-based standards of care. In addition to the Clinical Optimization program, Patrick also led the design and management of RRH's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced program, an innovative value-based care program for Medicare patients. He also led the design, planning, and operationalization of the first Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) within RRH, and only the second LTACH in New York State. Prior to RRH, Patrick worked as a Performance Consultant with Presence Health (now part of AMITA Health). During his time there, he led the BPCI program, facilitated the development of a Clinical Leadership Council, and led several Care Coordination teams to design and implement population health-related initiatives.