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Hiroshi Nakano

Board Member and Vice President, Value-Based Initiatives, UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center, International Community Health Services

Mr. Nakano is the Vice President of Value Based Care at UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center. He has 30+ years of management experience in the health care industry. Mr. Nakano holds an MBA from the Sloan Hospital & Health Sciences Program at Cornell University and received his BA in Sociology from the University of Washington. Mr. Nakano is active in healthcare policy and serves on numerous healthcare related non-profit boards and associations. Mr. Nakano has been involved with the health center movement for 30 years, mainly as a consumer board member. He currently serves on the Board of International Community Health Services where he has held various officer positions. He is also active on the Consumer Committee of NACHC, and previously on the Board of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organization. He is in his third term as a Board Member of the Washington Health Benefits Exchange and serves on the Governor’s Safe Start Public Health and Health Care System Advisory Group, both appointments by Washington State Governor Inslee.

Appearances

  • Thumbnail for Understanding Value-Based Transformation: A Session for Health Center Board Members
    Date
    August 27, 2023
    Have you heard about value-based payment and transformation, but you’re not sure what it is? Designed for new health center board members or members looking for a refresher, this session will cover the fundamentals of “payment reform” which involves some payers such as the Centers for Medicare and…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Avni Shridharani
    President, Community Health Strategies LLC
    Speaker Image for Hiroshi Nakano
    Board Member and Vice President, Value-Based Initiatives, UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center, International Community Health Services
    Speaker Image for Andrea Buckley
    Board Chair and Managing Attorney/Clinic Director, Iowa Legal Aid, Siouxland Community Health
    Speaker Image for Jennifer Nolty
    Director, PCA and Network Relations, NACHC

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