Nate Hunkins is Senior Vice President of Value-Based Care (VBC) and the Executive Director of Bluestone’s Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization (ACO). He is accountable for the success of Bluestone’s value-based care strategy and oversees VBC contracts and collaborates across departments to help Bluestone deliver great outcomes to patients and health plans, and meet its financial performance commitments and growth aspirations. Under Nate’s leadership, his team works to identify and design utilization management opportunities, implement Bluestone’s risk adjustment strategy, develop economic models to bolster VBC interventions, manage VBC programs, quality measurement, and create reporting tools that enhance decision-making across the company.

Before joining Bluestone in 2016, Nate was the Manager of Business and Systems Development for MN Community Measurement, a nonprofit accelerating the improvement of health by publicly reporting health care information. In this role, he developed healthcare quality measures and designed data collection systems for major government agencies and nonprofits in the healthcare industry.

In his spare time, Nate enjoys going on adventures with his wife and two daughters. Together they spend time fishing, camping, hiking and short trips in their “not so new” RV named Prince Charming. Nate is an avid Minnesota sports fan, which means he only watches when they are winning.

Education:

• Master of Public Health Administration and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota