NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consonance Capital Partners, a leading U.S.-based healthcare private equity firm, today announced that it has added health care leader Eric Van Horn to its Operating Council. Consonance Capital Partners’ Operating Council and Senior Advisory Board members work closely with the firm’s investment professionals, bringing valuable market insights, helping to source and diligence deals, and advising portfolio company management teams and serving on their boards of directors.
“We first met Eric in our partnership with CareMore as he was one of the first new team members we added to the management team. He was instrumental in CareMore’s growth and we are thrilled to be working with him again,” said the firm’s four Managing Partners and Co-Founders, Mitchell Blutt, Benjamin Edmands, Stephen McKenna, and Nancy-Ann DeParle. “Eric has unique and differentiated experience in advanced care models that help bring high quality care and superior outcomes to the medically frail population which is core to what we work to do at Consonance Capital Partners. We are lucky to have him on our team as we attempt to enhance the delivery of care.”
- Eric Van Horn, is a co-founder of Landmark Health and served as its Chief Business Officer for the past 9+ years and led its growth from launch to 600,000 lives and over $15B in revenue. After the sale of Landmark to Optum in April of 2021, Eric acted as Chief Growth Officer of Optum's Home & Community division. Prior to Landmark, Eric was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of CareMore Health Plan, representing the companies' product-line growth, development and management, profitability, pharmacy and utilization management, and network strategy, leading the company through the sale to Anthem. Eric began his career in health care economics where he built financial forecasting and reporting tools and represented the company in the creation of the current reimbursement system managed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He's also held positions leading network management, product, and commercial sales. He received his BA in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA in Operations from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, Eric has been a Professor at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Southern California in the School of Public Health for the past 12 years teaching health care administrators and physicians how to be successful under risk. He is an avid soccer player and volunteer soccer coach and referee and is a Board Member of PureGame, a non-profit focused on providing after-school sports and development programs for kids in underprivileged areas.
Eric joins a deep bench of senior healthcare executives and experts at Consonance Capital Partners. Current Operating Council and Senior Advisors include:
Charles G. Berg, Senior Advisor & President, U.S. Government Business The Cigna Group |
Sundeep Bhan, CEO Prognos |
Carol J. Burt, Former SVP WellPoint |
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Vickie Capps, Former CFO DJO Global |
Arnold Chavkin, Former CIO Pine Brook Road Partners |
Patrick B. Cline, CEO Lighbeam Health Solutions |
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Hyong(Ken)Kim, MD, Former CMO CMMI, CareMore, Alignment |
Mark Lachs, MD MPH, Director of Geriatrics New York Presbyterian Health System |
Jeffrey LeBenger, MD, FACS, Former Executive Chairman, CEO Summit Health |
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Bill Lucia, Former CEO HMS |
Eric Major, Former President Stryker Spine |
Arthur Rubenstein, MD, Former EVP UPenn Health System |
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Brent Turner, CEO Summit BHC |
R. Blane Walter, Vice Chairman & Former CEO InVentiv Health |
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About Consonance Capital Partners
Consonance Capital Partners invests in private companies in the lower and middle markets of the U.S. healthcare industry, with an emphasis on businesses driving efficiency, cost containment, and high-quality care to patients. Consonance Capital Partners participates in growth equity, leveraged buyout, carve-out, recapitalization, and special situation transactions. For more information, visit www.consonancecapitalpartners.com