Don't Miss Sellers Dorsey in a Panel Discussion at AHA Leadership Summit

Don’t Miss Sellers Dorsey in a Panel Discussion at AHA Leadership Summit

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Published: July 3, 2025

Authors:

Sellers Dorsey Managing Director, Joe Rafferty, will be participating in a panel on Innovative Strategies for Population Health and Improving Access to Care at the 2025 AHA Leadership Summit on July 21, from 8 to 9 am.

About the Panel:
This panel discussion will explore how hospitals are integrating public health principles into operations, expanding access to preventive care, strengthening community partnerships and using data-driven approaches to improve outcomes. Panelists will share real-world examples of scalable community-driven solutions that enhance care coordination, reduce disparities and design sustainable care models to meet the evolving needs of diverse populations. Attendees will gain practical insights into strategies that drive long-term improvements in population health.

Moderator:
Nancy Myers, Vice President, Leadership and System Innovation, American Hospital Association

Speakers:

Joe Rafferty, Managing Director, Sellers Dorsey
Kurt A. Barwis, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Health, Bristol, Conn.; Member, AHA Board of Trustees
Holly Davis, BSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Bingham Memorial Hospital, Blackfoot, Idaho
Dora Anne Mills, Chief Health Improvement Officer, MaineHealth, Portland, Maine

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Joe Rafferty

With over 22 years of healthcare leadership experience, Joe has a proven track record of driving transformative growth for hospitals, health systems, and startups. As a three-time former hospital CEO, Joe has helped various stakeholders achieve financial turnarounds that have enhanced healthcare quality and access for vulnerable populations. Through implementing physician alignment and acquisition strategies, Joe has helped organizations add significant annual revenue, and his advocacy efforts have substantially increased grant funding at the state policy level. In addition to his experience as a hospital CEO, In 2020, Joe co-founded a healthcare technology startup that focused on COVID-19 testing and grew into a successful urgent care business. With multi-faceted leadership experience spanning the full continuum of Medicaid finance and healthcare consulting, Joe’s commitment to enhancing impact for clients is unwavering.

Current Responsibility

As a Director on the Firm’s National Medicaid Finance team, Joe helps design tailored, creative solutions for clients’ most complex Medicaid financing challenges. Serving academic medical centers, national health systems, accountable care organizations, ambulatory surgery centers, research firms, and more, Joe’s expertise provides clients with sustainable results and measurable impact. By developing and refining Go-to-Market strategies, connecting clients directly to decision-makers and buyers, and refining operations to ensure financial well-being, Joe helps clients achieve what matters most to the communities they serve. Most recently, his special focus on provider-led entities creates integrated solutions between payers and providers to improve patient outcomes, enhance operational efficiencies, and secure financial health.