ACG Kentucky April 2018 Lunch

As Chief Executive Officer for Passport Health Plan, Mark is responsible for all aspects of the 200,000-member Medicaid health plan. The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked Passport Health Plan as the 19th top Medicaid health plan in the United States for 2014-2015. Passport Health Plan is sponsored by the University of Louisville Medical School Practice Association, University Medical Center Inc., Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence, Norton Healthcare, and the Louisville/Jefferson County Primary Care Association, which includes the Metro Louisville Department of Health and Wellness and Louisville’s two federally qualified health centers, Family Health Centers and Park DuValle.

Prior to joining Passport Health Plan, Mark was a Director with Dean Dorton Allen Ford and was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare. Mark spent 20 years in the health care practice of Ernst & Young, his last five years as a Partner and leader of its Kentucky Health Care Consulting practice. He has a broad range of experience in all aspects of health care management, finance and payment systems.

Mark has been an active member of the Louisville business and philanthropic community. He is the current Chairman of the March of Dimes’ March for Babies 2015. He was the 2013 chairman of the American Heart Association’s Crystal Heart Gala and serves on the Executive Leadership Team for the Association. Mark also serves on the Boards of Health Care Excel, Inc., Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Advisors for University of Kentucky Masters of Health Program, Supplies Overseas, and Health Enterprises.

Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Kentucky. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a graduate of the Leadership Louisville Program. Mark resides in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Kellie. They have three children and five grandchildren.