Services Available

Drawing on 30 years of senior executive strategic, policy, management and performance experience with Federal Executive and Legislative branches, local government, and private sector organizations, viaFuture can help policy makers and mission-driven organizations as:

1) A partner/advocate to create and sustain large-scale, positive change and achieve reduced vulnerability, healthy Americans and a healthy, thriving America.

2) A consultant to achieve:

a visionary, living and executable strategy,
highly effective strategic and operational management,
high performance information systems,
high performance organizations and systems, and/or
outcomes supporting mission, vision and strategy.

3) A national level speaker to bring a thought-provoking, national perspective tailored to your audience

Experience and expertise is available in each of the following areas:

Strategic/Operational Planning & Management Systems
Reducing Vulnerability for Vulnerable or At-Risk Populations
Health/Human Systems Design, Management & Performance
Person-centered Policies and Programs
High Performance Healthcare Systems”
High Performance Information Systems (e)
The Un- & Underinsured
Performance & Quality Improvement

For those with limited or no financial means, services may be provided partially or totally pro bono. Contractual engagements are customized to the organization’s aspirations, environment and current state. Success is highly dependent on a strong collaborative partnership.

To discuss potential contractual engagements, please contact Gary Christopherson via email or phone.

Leadership/Management Positions Held

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense. Also Senior Advisor to ASD(HA).

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Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services

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Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House

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Chief Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

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Senior Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences

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Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration

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Director of Health Legislation, Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives

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Deputy Director, Quality Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, DHHS

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Deputy Director, Municipal Health Services Program (funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at John Hopkins Medical Institutions)

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Director of Special Projects, Director of Municipal Health Services Program, Director of Mother and Infant Care Project, and Director of Project Life for City of Milwaukee Health Department

Accomplishments

Managed $15+ billion Military Health System for Dept of Defense

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Led and developed Strategic and Operational Plan for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Designed HealthePeople initiative for improving health and healthcare across America

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Managed $1.4 billion health information system for Veterans Health Administration

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Designed (obtained new funding of $125M per year) next generation HealtheVet health info system

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Developed national “virtual health system” model for bringing to bear electronic health record systems, personal health/record systems, standards and interoperability

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Developed and obtained Presidential approval for “force health protection” program for military service members

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Developed “person-centered health” model used by VHA, CMS and IOM

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Developed national model for “reducing vulnerability and maximizing thriving”

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Developed “behavioral effectiveness model” for designing, operating and evaluating health and human services

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Developed “care in the community” model for extending care beyond health facilities’ walls

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Wrote legislation introduced to protect the un- and under insured.

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Wrote legislation introduced to reform Medicare and Medicaid

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Developed and was lead staff for Congressional hearings on un-/underinsured, Medicare and Medicaid reform, Alzheimer’s research and care, long term care, and health costs

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Helped lead effort to increase Alzheimer’s research funding many fold

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Designed, developed and managed inner city health system in Milwaukee, WI

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Managed national grant program for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Acquired grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Medicare and Medicaid waivers from the Health Care Financing Administration