Dr. Charles Chodroff named President of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance
By Shannon McKone on Thursday, October 21st, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
EASTERN OREGON/IDAHO- (Release from Saint Alphonsus) Dr. Charles Chodroff, MD, MBA, FACP has been named President of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance. He comes to Saint Alphonsus from WellSpan Health in York, Pennsylvania, where he served for 14 years as Senior Vice President, Population Health and Chief Clinical Officer.
“Dr. Chodroff has a long track record of success and innovation in expanding provider networks, promoting state-of-the-art practices and utilizing data and analytics to improve patient outcomes and serve the community. We look forward to his leadership in advancing our clinically integrated network throughout the region,” said Odette Bolano, President and CEO of Saint Alphonsus Health System.
Dr. Chodroff and the Population Health team had responsibility for a Medicare Shared Savings Program with more than 40 medical group practices anchored by the WellSpan Medical Group. Prior to joining Saint Alphonsus, Dr. Chodroff spent fourteen years as Senior Vice President, Population Health and Chief Clinical Officer with responsibility for leading clinical improvement and care transformation activities with hospitals, service lines, medical groups, managed care companies, and home care physician and nurse executives.
In his more than 30-year career, Dr. Chodroff has served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Johns Hopkins Healthcare in Baltimore and Vice President of Care Management for York Health System in York, PA. He served with the U.S. Public Health Service as a general internist at the Fredericksburg Community Health Center in Lancaster, PA.
He earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a life member of the American College of Physician Executives.
The Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance is a physician-led network sponsored by Saint Alphonsus Health System. The Alliance represents a new model of healthcare delivery, known as a Clinically Integrated Network. The Clinically Integrated Network is based on a strategy to tightly align physicians, hospitals and payers to provide better access to care, better clinical quality and control costs.
About Saint Alphonsus Health System
As a faith-based Catholic ministry and not-for-profit health system, Saint Alphonsus Health System reinvests in the communities we serve, through charity care and other benefits. Our goal is to improve the health and well-being of people by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, physician-led, innovative and community-based. Saint Alphonsus Health System serves the people of southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada through these facilities: Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center – Boise, ID; Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital – Boise, ID, a joint venture with Encompass Health; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa, ID; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario, OR; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City, OR; and Saint Alphonsus Medical Group with primary and specialty care providers at over 70 clinic locations, all of which are members of the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance, a network of over 2,100 employed and independent providers. Saint Alphonsus is a proud member of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Trinity Health serves people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with 94 hospitals and 122 continuing care facilities, home health and hospice programs, and PACE center locations. To find out more go to: www.saintalphonsus.org
