Adam S. Boehler

Adam Seth Boehler (born June 23, 1979) is an American businessman and government official who currently serves as the first CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. He previously served as Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, as well as Senior Advisor for Value-based Transformation for Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He joined CMS in April 2018.[1][2]

Adam Boehler
CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Assumed office
October 1, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Adam Seth Boehler

(1979-06-23) June 23, 1979
Albany, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)Shira Boehler
Children4
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania

Early life and education

Boehler was born in Albany, New York. His father is a primary care physician and his mother was a speech pathologist and entrepreneur. Boehler received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. During college, Boehler was a summer roommate of Jared Kushner.[3]

Career

During college, Boehler worked for a summer at the Financial and Fiscal Commission, a government agency managed by the Parliament of South Africa. During his time in South Africa, Boehler attended the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki.[4]

Boehler started his career at Battery Ventures, a technology venture capital firm that focuses on investments in software and emerging technologies.[5]

Boehler was also an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners, a global private equity firm based in San Francisco with a focus on healthcare technology and services. Boehler founded and was Chairman of Avalon Health Solutions, a leading provider of laboratory benefit management services.[6] Previously, Boehler was the founder and CEO of Accumen, a provider of laboratory management services to health systems.[7][8]

Prior to joining CMS, Boehler was founder and CEO of Landmark Health, the largest provider of home-based medical care in the country.[9] Landmark's physicians and nurse practitioners take care of 100,000 of the most frail patients in over twenty locations across the country.

Boehler was appointed Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in April 2018. As Director of the Center, Boehler was responsible for the Center’s work on new health care payment and service delivery models. While at HHS, Boehler also served as Senior Advisor[10] for Value-based Transformation to Secretary Alex Azar and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Adam spearheaded bi-partisan initiatives focused on innovation in emergency medical services, physician care, drug pricing, and kidney care / dialysis.

On July 10, 2019, Donald Trump nominated Boehler for the position of CEO as the newly-formed U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a government agency created through the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act.[11][12] The BUILD Act consolidates the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Development Credit Authority (DCA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) into one entity, a modernized agency with a more than doubled investment cap of $60 billion and new financial tools to more effectively mobilize private capital.[13] He was introduced to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Senator William Cassidy (R, LA) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D, RI) and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 2019.[14]

Personal life

Boehler currently resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Shira, and their four children.[15]

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References
  1. "CMMI's Adam Boehler wants to 'blow up' fee for service". FierceHealthcare. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. GmbH, finanzen net. "Health Care Powerhouse Stops by CDPHPAdam Boehler Shares Vision on Future of Health Care in America | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. Lahut, Jake (31 July 2020). "Jared Kushner asked his college roommate to create a national coronavirus testing plan, according to a new report". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/091919_Boehler_Testimony.pdf
  5. "Battery Ventures". Battery Ventures. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  6. Development, Avalon Application. "Laboratory Benefit Manager". Avalon Healthcare Solutions. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  7. "Accumen.com - Delivering Healthcare Performance". Accumen.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  8. correspondent, ELIZABETH CRISP | Washington. "New Orleans resident Adam Boehler takes reins of federal foreign investment effort". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  9. "In Home Medical Care with Doctor House Calls". Landmark Health. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  10. "CMMI's Adam Boehler wants to 'blow up' fee for service". FierceHealthcare. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  11. "OPIC President and CEO Washburne Statement as President Signs BUILD Act into Law | DFC". www.dfc.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  12. "Adam Boehler | DFC". www.dfc.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  13. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  14. "PN972 - Nomination of Adam Seth Boehler for United States International Development Finance Corporation, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  15. "Adam Boehler | DFC". www.dfc.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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