Keynote speaker Jim Rickards is a physician, healthcare transformer and published author with almost 20 years of working within Medicine and healthcare. Dr. Rickards started his career as a board certified radiologist in private practice radiology in McMinnville, Oregon where he was a managing partner. From there, he helped from the Yamhill Community Care Organization, a community governed Medicaid managed care plan, also known as a Coordinated Care Organization. Dr. Rickards worked within CCO as its Health Strategy Officer, and during this time he also worked with the Oregon Health Authority as a Clinical Innovation Fellow, leading a regional teledermatology implementation program.

In 2015, speaker Jim Rickards became the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Oregon, helping transform payment for primary care from a volume to a value based model. Additionally, he led efforts to control pharmaceutical costs and develop the state’s Healthcare Transformation Center, a hub of innovation and learning for the healthcare payment.

Currently, certified speaker Jim Rickards is the Senior Medical Director of Population Health for Moda Health, working to develop value based payment models to align the delivery and payment of care with purchaser’s desire for measurable quality and outcomes.