Leadership: Inside & Out
Many members of our leadership team hold positions in the industry that give them a birds-eye view of emerging developments impacting business and clinical aspects of the healthcare delivery system. Our CEO, Steve Sell, serves as an advisor to multiple health start-up companies and sits on several local and national boards. Our CMO, Ben Kornitzer MD, serves as a faculty member at the Icahn School of Medicine. And several agilon health executives are members of the Healthcare Transformation Task Force, a national think-tank founded to help shape and accelerate the country’s move to value-based payment and delivery models.
Press Releases & Corporate Announcements
We Are Here For You
DOCTORS SEND NATIONWIDE MESSAGE TO PATIENTS: WE ARE HERE FOR YOU Concerned that virus fears could lead to secondary health crisis, physicians launch a public service campaign urging patients to not neglect their health Worried about the long-term health consequences caused by social distancing and isolation, physicians from all over the [...]
Former CMS Administrator, Mark McClellan acknowledges agilon health as the organization leading the value-based care transformation
In the January 2021 Medical Economics issue, Mark McClellan, MD, Ph.D., former CMS Administrator, and FDA Commissioner, now Director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University, spoke with Chris Mazzolini about what a post-pandemic health care delivery system should look like and the role primary care physicians should [...]
agilon health Partner Innovation & Platform Updates – December 2020 Newsletter
Partner Innovation & Platform Updates Meet John Notaro, MD, Medical Director for Buffalo Medical Group. Watch this video to see why he believes the agilon health partnership model defines how healthcare should be delivered. Click to watch Partner Leadership [...]
agilon health Applauds Additional Participation Options for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Direct Contracting Initiative
LONG BEACH, California, December 4, 2020 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation announced an additional Geographic participation option for its Direct Contracting model. The new option will expand and advance the portfolio of accountable, coordinated care models offered for traditional Medicare patients. The Direct Contracting model is a [...]
agilon health Announces Participation in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center Direct Contracting Model
LONG BEACH, California, November 9, 2020 - agilon health is pleased to announce that, together with its physician practice partners, it is participating in six Direct Contracting Entities effective Oct. 1, 2020. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center Direct Contracting model aims to reduce expenditures and [...]
Finding Your First Job in a time of COVID-19: The Seven Principles for Navigating the Physician Job Market in a Post-Pandemic World
Ben Kornitzer, MD Chief Medical Officer, agilon health So, you’re finishing residency this year. Congrats! Sort of. Chances are, you are $200K or more in debt. You’ve survived a pandemic, and probably have a few battle scars to show for it. And now you are starting to look for your first [...]
agilon health is excited to welcome Buffalo Medical Group and offers a new population health model to the Buffalo area seniors
Medicare beneficiaries considering 2021 Medicare Advantage plans now have a new reason to take a closer look: an innovative, Buffalo-based population health model that features the leading trusted local medical group providing services designed to improve the quality, value, and patient experience of Medicare Advantage patients. Buffalo Medical Group is [...]