2020 Medtrade

Effie Carlson
Chief Growth Officer
Healthcents, LLC


For more than a decade, Effie Carlson has advised and led healthcare teams across growth, operations, network/contracting, sales and business development, and government/policy. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer for LogistiCare/Circulation, the largest national non-emergency medical transportation benefit management company who manages 22+ million members and ~$1.4 billion revenue. She led the national growth team and was accountable for the sales, business development, marketing, state government relations, account management, and proposals teams. Prior to her appointment to LogistiCare|Circulation, she served as general manager and vice president of payer and government relations for Team Select Home Care, a national home health care agency focused on the needs of Medicare and Medicaid members. In this role, she worked closely with individual states and the federal government to develop innovative home health programming, while overseeing day-to-day clinical, administrative, and sales operations. Prior to Team Select, she was head of provider network at CareCentrix (a post-acute care specialty benefit manager and portfolio company of Summit Partners) accountable for the national provider network and market analytics teams in aggregate representing: 26+ million members, 8000+ providers, and $1.2+ billion of Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid revenue. Prior to CareCentrix, she was Founder/CEO of Best Practice Management, LLC (BPM), a healthcare business management and consulting firm focused on the growth and development of healthcare practices in the outpatient setting. She sold this practice in 2014 to pursue her interest in politics where she ran for the Arizona State House of Representatives.

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