Mr. Rick Goddard is the vice president, head of Commercialization and Strategy for Lumeris, an operating partnership company, that supports organizations in their journey to managing value-based care risk.

As the head of Commercialization and Strategy, Goddard serves as a subject matter expert and utility role across many facets of the business. His current role includes leading strategic partnership alliances, business model expansion and go-to-market commercialization.

Prior to joining Lumeris, Goddard served as an executive leader at Advocate Physician Partners. He led the Clinical Innovation Department with responsibility for population health analytics, ACO program administration (largest ACO in the U.S.), value-based payment and innovation strategy deployment. In addition, Goddard has several years of consulting leadership experience from his time at GE Healthcare Camden Group. He has also worked in a variety of healthcare provider settings ranging from physician groups to some of the largest health systems in the country.

Goddard serves as a national thought leader in value-based healthcare strategy and frequently presents to higher education and association organizations.