Health Care Advisors
Turning Complexity
Into Confident Action
POLICY - OPERATIONS - STRATEGY
We Are Hands-On, Sleeves-Up, Health Care Consultants Helping Changemakers Across The System Improve Outcomes, Access, And Affordability
Coral Health Advisors partners with health systems, payers, life sciences leaders, and government agencies to navigate complexity and deliver sustainable, people-centered solutions. With deep expertise in health policy, care delivery, and alternative payment models, we pair strategic clarity with real-world insight to help clients move confidently from vision to execution. We’re not just advisors, we’re in it with you. Whether you're adapting to regulatory shifts, launching a new model, or aligning operations with evolving policy goals, we bring sleeves-up partnership and a shared sense of purpose to help you lead with confidence.
Our Services
Value-Based Care Strategy & Operations
We help physician practices and their partner organizations evaluate alternative payment model participation, create strategies for success, and implement plans to improve population health, eliminate disparities and increase access and affordability.
Alternative Payment Model Design & Implementation
We partner with state and federal agencies and a host of health care delivery and service organizations to design new models of care and payment aimed at improving health and ensure strong participation in meaningful tests of change.
Regulatory Guidance & Health Policy
At its best, health policy removes barriers to better health and creates an ecosystem where patients and communities thrive. We help anticipate policy changes, make sense of new guidance, and contribute to developing new public policy to improve health outcomes, eliminate health disparities, and increase affordability.
Drug Policy & Life Sciences Strategy
Navigating the evolving drug policy landscape with strategic, experience-driven guidance for pharmaceutical, biotech, and pharmacy stakeholders.
Government and Policy Makers
Health Care Delivery
Health Plans
Innovators
We Partner With:
Life Sciences & Pharmacy
What People are saying…
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“The Coral team are smart, thoughtful and savvy. They are good stewards of time and dollars, getting right to the matter, and keeping up the pace.”
Emily Brower, President and Chief Executive, National Association of ACOs (NAACOS)
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"They distilled complex information into concise, actionable insights, leaving me confident in their guidance."
Scott Smith, CEO & Medical Director at Adams Health Network
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![Carol Vargo]()
"Their niche in value-based care, federal programs, and commercial payers sets them apart with unparalleled knowledge."
Carol Vargo, Trade Association Leader
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“They are extremely thoughtful, knowledgeable and effective leaders who are a joy to work with.”
Clif Gaus, Founder, National Association of ACOs (NAACOS)
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"They’re innovative, professional, and fearless—an invaluable partner in tackling tough challenges."
Stephanie Miller, Former Health Program Manager at Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
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"The team at Coral have a rare ability to synthesize, provide insight into, and help organizations respond to the strategies that CMS and other payers are driving."
Scott Heiser, colleague and Growth Leader, Accompany Health
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“For Coral, success means leveraging the best of an organization’s culture and talent to help it evolve and succeed.”
Hoangmai Pham, former Anthem executive and Chief Innovation Officer at the CMS Innovation Center
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"The Coral team leverages their experience in government and industry to support positive change in health care for their clients and for patients."
Tim Gronniger
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"Coral is talented and experienced in their field. I highly recommend their strategic, streamlined and results-oriented approach that first and foremost respects and uplifts the knowledge base and skills of the client."
Kathy Harris, ACO Executive
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“The team was invaluable as we prepared our applications for ACO REACH. The feedback was always prompt, thoughtful, thorough and insightful.”
Gabriel Drapos, Chief Operating Officer, Pearl Health
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“Coral is thoughtful, smart, and gets you where you want to go quickly. They are a pleasure to work with and someone you want on your team!”
Lauren Block, Vice President Aurrera Health Group
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"Coral’s strategic insights, practical approach, and commitment to the improvement of patient care make them an invaluable partner for any healthcare organization seeking to navigate the complexities of the industry."
Trevey Davis, MPH
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Insights & Analysis
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Pop Health Podcast
In this episode of the Pop Health Podcast, Coral's Maria Alexander and Joy Chen welcome Meredith Yinger, Model Lead for the Innovation Center’s LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) Model and Emily Bezold, Senior Advisor to the Center’s ACO portfolio. Together, they explore more about the mission and vision for LEAD, how the model came to fruition, the Center’s rationale for key design features, and what potential applicants may want to know before they apply.
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Value-Based Care Playbook
Coral Health Advisors partnered AHIP, AMA and NAACOS to create The Value Based Care Playbook, which offers actionable insights to enhance quality and affordability in health care.
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Health Care Matters Newsletter
In this week’s Health Care Matters, we explore CMMI’s new ASPIRE model and what it signals for the expansion of value-based care into pediatric Medicaid populations, alongside proposed ACA marketplace changes that highlight growing tension between coverage flexibility, provider concerns, and affordability pressures. We also feature a story on philanthropic investment improving rural access to care, share new opportunities in value-based care strategy, and highlight our latest blog on CMS’s direction for quality and safety. The issue also includes insights from recent research and policy analysis on Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and emerging CMMI models, along with an upcoming LEAD-focused webinar and a new Pop Health Podcast on how the model came to life.
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