About Us - uh-quality-care-network

Mark E. Schario, MS, RN, FACHE

President
Responsible for Population Health at the system level including leading the UH Accountable Care Organization, the Medicare MSSP ACO and the UH Quality Care Network. Mr. Schario has 35 years of experience in the health care industry, including senior executive experience in hospitals, physician practice management, clinical integration and accountable care and emergency medical services systems. His clinical background includes emergency nursing, critical care and flight nursing, and service as a firefighter/ paramedic.

Sandeep Palakodeti, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Population Health
Responsible for managing medical and clinical operations for UH Population Health and the Accountable Care Organization, designing/implementing clinical Population Health services and achieving key performance metrics for the UH system, and is accountable for risk-based P&L, among others.

Patrick Runnels, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Population Health-Behavioral Health
Driving system-wide efforts to eliminate defects and increase value in mental health and addictions, including leading system-wide coordination of social determinants of health as well as focusing on patient engagement in self management of chronic conditions and wellness.

John Beck

Treasurer

Our Story & Vision

Board of Directors

Todd M. Zeiger, MD

David N. Linz, MD

Rebecca Ware, MD

Mehrdad Tavallaee, MD

Jason Ridgel, MD

Brian Zack, MD

Nicole Maronian, MD

Kevin C. Mineo, MD

Marc Snelson, MD

Dale Thomae, DO

Gary Huston, DO

Beejadi Mukunda, MD

Corporation Officers

Mark E. Schario, MS, RN, FACHE

Sandeep Palakodeti, MD

Patrick Runnels, MD, MBA

John Beck

UH Department Support & Staff

Edward Soyka

Drew Hertz, MD

Paul Kostyack, Esq

Justin Coran, PhD, MPH

Heather Ligus, MBA

Deanna A. Cox, BSN, MSN, RN

Kelsey Fuller