Meet the Sutter Health | Aetna CEO, Steve Wigginton

Today I sit down with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Steve Wigginton who leads Sutter Health | Aetna, the jointly-owned health care company formed by Sutter Health and Aetna.

Sutter Health | Aetna is a joint venture that brings together Sutter Health’s network of nationally recognized, high-quality doctors and hospitals with Aetna’s leading health plan expertise, cutting-edge data, analytics and health information technology, and shared care management capabilities. This joint venture aims to deliver a differentiated, personalized experience for members and is designed to improve efficiency and lower the cost of care, resulting in greater affordability.

We sat down to discuss:

+ Ways in which health systems are creating innovative partnership with technology and telehealth companies and Doctors

+ Creative ways Doctors are managing new technologies to help Patients

+ Benchmarking quality and tracking data

+ Insight into Leadership and Business Management inside local primary care clinics, obstacles, opportunity and more.

Steve is responsible for building a market-leading health care business serving the Northern California market, delivering best in class clinical care, breakthrough consumer and member experiences, and expanded options that make health care easier to access and easier to understand.

Steve is a respected leader with a proven record of accomplishment in driving culture, growth and innovation in the health care industry. He has a passion for creating a better health care experience for members, patients and the providers who deliver care.

Most recently, Steve served as the CEO of Valence Health. In this role, Steve doubled revenues, scaled operations internationally and led the cultural and operational integration of the business following the acquisition of Valence by Evolent Health in mid-2016. Prior to the Valence acquisition, Steve served as Evolent’s Chief Development Officer responsible for driving growth, brand and health system partnerships.

In previous roles, Steve served as the founding CEO of Medley Health, as president of Health Integrated and as Executive Vice President of Neoforma. Steve has a bachelor’s and master’s degree of business administration from Indiana University.

Resources and Mentions

www.sutterhealthaetna.com

Press Releases Mentioned Sutter Health | Aetna Teams up with Heal to Bring Doctors to Member’s Doors https://www.sutterhealthaetna.com/en/about-us/news/sha-heal-to-bring-doctors-to-members.html

Sutter Health | Aetna Offers Access to Primary Care Anytime, Anywhere https://www.sutterhealthaetna.com/en/about-us/news/sha-access-primary-care-anytime.html

Sutter Health | Aetna Enlists Docent Health to Elevate Member Experience https://www.sutterhealthaetna.com/en/about-us/news/sha-enlists-docent-health.html

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