Gary Thompson
Louisville,KY
Summary
Senior value-based care operating executive with deep experience leading distributed, regionally accountable teams to achieve growth and operational objectives. Proven ability to leverage analytics and translate enterprise strategy into local market performance through alignment of clinical and financial outcomes to support provider success under value-based reimbursement.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Business Officer
Patriot Pay
01.2025 - Current
- Led strategy and execution for a healthcare payments platform supporting provider organizations faced with patient A/R challenges.
- Scaled platform volumes fivefold in nine months by aligning partnerships, product strategy, and operating execution while maintaining discipline around patient experience, seamless practice implementation and unit economics.
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Business Officer
Vytalize Health
01.2020 - 01.2025
- Joined as COO to help design and operationalize a national value-based care platform supporting primary care providers under risk.
- Founded and led a distributed Growth organization structured with local Directors and Regional Vice Presidents responsible for market-level execution and performance resulting in growth from 30K lives to 300K lives in three years.
- Supported Series B and Series C raises totaling over $150M and helped scale the organization from early traction to national impact.
CEO
Synchrony Health
Louisville, KY
2017 - 2019
- Provided strategic guidance to Accountable Care Organizations on reducing medical costs and improving quality.
- Developed preferred provider networks with a focus on leveraging CMS Waivers for collaboration between providers.
- Created new ancillary revenue streams for Primary Care Physicians through meaningful collaboration.
Founder & CEO
Imperium Health
01.2010 - 01.2016
- Founded and led a national ACO enablement platform, standing up 17 de novo ACOs across multiple markets.
- Supported more than 1,200 providers and 110,000 lives in value-based and risk-bearing arrangements by designing clinical, financial, and operating infrastructure for sustainable performance.
Vice President, Clinical Programs
Humana
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Led a national distributed clinical workforce with local and regional accountability.
- Owned execution and performance of clinical programs delivered through regionally deployed teams.
- Built and led early clinical informatics and medical cost analytics functions, contributing to more than $400M in annual medical cost improvements.
- Led the redesign of the company's clinical operating model to optimize payor/provider collaboration and maximize patient engagement
Director of Internal Consulting Practice
Humana
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Directed the efforts of Humana’s Internal Consulting Practice to reengineering core business processes and ensure that the objectives and results are aligned with the Company’s strategies and priorities.
Director of Financial Operations and Planning
Humana
01.1997 - 01.2002
- Responsible for all earnings forecasts and earnings estimates for the enterprise. Responsible for estimating and provisioning for the company’s medical claims reserves. Lead the efforts of the five Regional Controllers responsible for recording, analyzing and communicating the financial results of the company’s fully insured medical products.
Director of Development
AHI Healthcare Systems
01.1994 - 01.1997
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, payor/provider contract analysis, risk pool management, and claim recovery oversight for owner/operator of risk bearing Independent Physician Associations that operated under fully delegated payor contracts. Served as financial lead and transition committee member in sale of company that resulted in 50% increase in stock value to shareholders.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
University of Louisville
Louisville, KYSkills
- Value-Based Care Operations & Execution
- Distributed & Regional Team Leadership
- Provider Enablement & Performance Management
- Risk-Based Contracting & Economics
- Cross-Functional Operating Model Design
- Data-Driven Performance Management
Timeline
Chief Business Officer
Patriot Pay
01.2025 - Current
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Business Officer
Vytalize Health
01.2020 - 01.2025
Founder & CEO
Imperium Health
01.2010 - 01.2016
Vice President, Clinical Programs
Humana
01.2004 - 01.2010
Director of Internal Consulting Practice
Humana
01.2002 - 01.2004
Director of Financial Operations and Planning
Humana
01.1997 - 01.2002
Director of Development
AHI Healthcare Systems
01.1994 - 01.1997
CEO
Synchrony Health
2017 - 2019
Bachelor of Science - Finance
University of Louisville