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SonarMD is the leading value-based care coordination solution for complex chronic diseases.
Our longitudinal, high-engagement platform makes it easy for specialists and patients to work together to detect deteriorating health sooner — and intervene faster — to prevent costly health emergencies. We use a risk-based model to align clinical and financial incentives, sharing savings with health insurers and specialists to lower the overall cost of care.
Our first focus is improving care coordination for gastrointestinal disease, which has an overall annual health expenditure totaling $136 billion. We’ve proven we can keep people with inflammatory bowel disease, one of the biggest drivers of cost, healthier and reduce costs by 15% per member per year.
Chief Executive Officer
Beth Houck has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Before joining SonarMD, she led customer experience for SA Ignite, a cloud-based healthcare technology company helping provider organizations manage performance and compliance with their MACRA initiatives.
Prior to SA Ignite, Beth held positions in strategy, business development and operations in several healthcare organizations, including a startup focused on patient experience measurement and at health systems and payer organizations.
Beth earned an MBA with a Health Services Management concentration from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern University.
RN, Chief Operating Officer
Julie Schokora, RN, has more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience. She is a strong product management professional skilled in business process, IT strategy, healthcare IT, business transformation and software development life cycle.
Prior to SonarMD, Julie held leadership positions at Evolent Health and Health Care Service Corp. and was a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting, where she worked with many regional and national payers focused on complex strategic and operational solutions. She began her career as a registered nurse and maintains an active license.
Julie earned a Master of Health Services Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, both from the University of Michigan.
Lawrence R. Kosinski
MD, Founder, and CMO
Lawrence R. Kosinski, MD, MBA, has more than 35 years of experience practicing gastroenterology in suburban Chicago. He began his career in a small, three-physician GI practice and built it into the state’s largest, the 50-physician Illinois Gastroenterology Group.
Dr. Kosinski serves on CMS’ Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) to help develop bold, new Medicare payment models. He has been an active member of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) for nearly 40 years, and serves as Councillor At-Large for Development and Growth.
Dr. Kosinski earned his MD from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Ben Stormer
Chief Product Officer
Ben Stormer has over 20 years of experience in healthcare innovation and product development. Prior to SonarMD, Ben served as senior vice president and general manager of technology and product at g2o, a healthcare and financial services consultancy focused on creating better customer experiences through human-centered design and technology.
Before g2o, Ben was vice president of product within the specialty division at CoverMyMeds. The product team he led there created the company’s specialty pharma access solution, which now powers the CoverMyMeds patient hub. Ben also spent over 16 years at the healthcare supply chain giant Cardinal Health.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems and marketing from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
MD, Board member
Roy Beveridge, MD, is a senior advisor to Avalere Health’s commercialization and regulatory strategies team and a medical oncologist who has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Roy most recently served as Humana’s chief medical officer, where he led clinical policy, clinical quality and population health initiatives. Prior to Humana, Roy was chief medical officer of US Oncology and McKesson Health Solutions. Much of his recent work has focused on social determinants of health and improving the health of underserved populations.
Roy earned his medical degree from Cornell University and his bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. He has also published more than 200 papers.
FSA, MAAA, FCA, Advisor
Sara Teppema has over 30 years of health care experience, working with providers, payers, employers and government entities.
Sara is a partner and senior consultant at Santa Barbara Actuaries, where she consults with health management/intervention organizations and provider risk-bearing entities for value-based care strategy and payment model design. Prior to consulting at SBA and her own independent consulting firm, she led the payment innovation design team at Health Care Service Corp.
Sara is also a member of the Society of Actuaries board of directors, where she serves on the SOA’s executive leadership team. She is past chair of the SOA’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, and she also chaired the SOA’s research executive committee and public health task force.
MPH, Advisor
Lili Brillstein is a nationally recognized thought leader in the advancement of “episodes of care” as a value-based approach for specialty care.
Lili is the founder and CEO of BCollaborative. She was formerly the director of specialty care value-based models for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, where she helped build and lead the nation’s largest episodes of care program for commercially insured patients.
Lili is a guest lecturer on episodes of care and bundled payments at the Harvard Business School. She has served as an advisor to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on bundled payments and is on the advisory boards of the US Women’s Health Alliance and the Quality Cancer Care Alliance.
MD, FACP, Advisor
Joel Brill, MD, FACP, is an executive clinician with more than 30 years of experience providing strategic leadership and medical oversight to large, data-driven health organizations.
Joel serves as the chief medical officer of Predictive Health. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and has led risk-bearing independent practice associations and physician-hospital organizations in California and Arizona. He also works extensively with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association on coding, coverage and reimbursement issues.
Joel received his undergraduate degree in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science – Chicago Medical School.
Advisor
Patty Keiler has more than 20 years of health care experience. She is a communications strategist who collaborates with companies working to effect real change in health care.
Patty has led award-winning initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, world-renowned academic medical centers and safety net hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and not-for-profit organizations. Her expertise is working with growing tech companies to ensure their brand matches their actions. She creates communication initiatives and coalitions that help organizations meet their business objectives.
Prior to founding Collaborate Health in 2018, Patty worked as a senior consultant with Ritz Communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Minor in Marketing from Miami University.
SonarMD is a care coordination and therapeutic optimization solution for high-beta conditions.
SonarMD’s clinical staff and technology make it easier for patients and specialists to work together to detect and address worsening symptoms sooner and make the right treatment decisions.
The company contracts with payers and works directly with sub-specialists in their network to provide value-based care. SonarMD is starting with inflammatory bowel disease where it has proven to reduce hospitalizations,
saving health plans more than 15% per member per year.
Lawrence R. Kosinski
MD, Founder, and CMO
Lawrence R. Kosinski, MD, MBA, has been in the practice of gastroenterology since 1984 and has been a leading clinician and researcher in the specialty for many years. Dr. Kosinski is one of the managing partners of the Illinois Gastroenterology Group, the largest gastroenterology practice in Illinois. Dr. Kosinski founded SonarMD and serves as its chief medical officer.
Dr. Kosinski recently completed a three-year term on the governing board of the American Gastroenterological Association. He is currently on the Advocate Sherman Hospital board of directors.
Dr. Kosinski received his MD from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and earned his MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Chief Operating Officer
Beth Houck has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Before joining SonarMD, she led customer experience for SA Ignite, a cloud-based healthcare technology company helping provider organizations manage performance and compliance with their MACRA initiatives.
Prior to SA Ignite, Beth held positions in strategy, business development and operations in several healthcare organizations, including a startup focused on patient experience measurement and at health systems and payer organizations.
Beth earned an MBA with a Health Services Management concentration from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern University.
RN, Chief Product Officer
Julie Schokora, RN, has more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience. She is a strong product management professional skilled in business process, IT strategy, healthcare IT, business transformation and software development life cycle.
Prior to SonarMD, Julie held leadership positions at Evolent Health and Health Care Service Corp. and was a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting, where she worked with many regional and national payers focused on complex strategic and operational solutions. She began her career as a registered nurse and maintains an active license.
Julie earned a Master of Health Services Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, both from the University of Michigan.
Ben Stormer
Ben Stormer
Ben Stormer has over 20 years of experience in healthcare innovation and product development. Prior to SonarMD, Ben served as senior vice president and general manager of technology and product at g2o, a healthcare and financial services consultancy focused on creating better customer experiences through human-centered design and technology.
Before g2o, Ben was vice president of product within the specialty division at CoverMyMeds. The product team he led there created the company’s specialty pharma access solution, which now powers the CoverMyMeds patient hub. Ben also spent over 16 years at the healthcare supply chain giant Cardinal Health. Key achievements at Cardinal Health included designing, building and leading key parts of Fuse, the company’s innovation engine and product development center. In addition, Ben led the tech and product components of the specialty group purchasing organization, including oncology and rheumatology.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems and marketing from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
MD, Board member
Roy Beveridge, MD, is a senior advisor to Avalere Health’s commercialization and regulatory strategies team and a medical oncologist who has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Roy most recently served as Humana’s chief medical officer, where he led clinical policy, clinical quality and population health initiatives. Prior to Humana, Roy was chief medical officer of US Oncology and McKesson Health Solutions. Much of his recent work has focused on social determinants of health and improving the health of underserved populations.
Roy earned his medical degree from Cornell University and his bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. He has also published more than 200 papers.
FSA, MAAA, FCA, Advisor
Sara Teppema has over 30 years of health care experience, working with providers, payers, employers and government entities.
Sara is a partner and senior consultant at Santa Barbara Actuaries, where she consults with health management/intervention organizations and provider risk-bearing entities for value-based care strategy and payment model design. Prior to consulting at SBA and her own independent consulting firm, she led the payment innovation design team at Health Care Service Corp.
Sara is also a member of the Society of Actuaries board of directors, where she serves on the SOA’s executive leadership team. She is past chair of the SOA’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, and she also chaired the SOA’s research executive committee and public health task force.
MPH, Advisor
Lili Brillstein is a nationally recognized thought leader in the advancement of “episodes of care” as a value-based approach for specialty care.
Lili is the founder and CEO of BCollaborative. She was formerly the director of specialty care value-based models for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, where she helped build and lead the nation’s largest episodes of care program for commercially insured patients.
Lili is a guest lecturer on episodes of care and bundled payments at the Harvard Business School. She has served as an advisor to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on bundled payments and is on the advisory boards of the US Women’s Health Alliance and the Quality Cancer Care Alliance.
MD, FACP, Advisor
Joel Brill, MD, FACP, is an executive clinician with more than 30 years of experience providing strategic leadership and medical oversight to large, data-driven health organizations.
Joel serves as the chief medical officer of Predictive Health. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and has led risk-bearing independent practice associations and physician-hospital organizations in California and Arizona. He also works extensively with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association on coding, coverage and reimbursement issues.
Joel received his undergraduate degree in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science – Chicago Medical School.
Advisor
Patty Keiler has more than 20 years of health care experience. She is a communications strategist who collaborates with companies working to effect real change in health care.
Patty has led award-winning initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, world-renowned academic medical centers and safety net hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and not-for-profit organizations. Her expertise is working with growing tech companies to ensure their brand matches their actions. She creates communication initiatives and coalitions that help organizations meet their business objectives.
Prior to founding Collaborate Health in 2018, Patty worked as a senior consultant with Ritz Communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Minor in Marketing from Miami University.
Joel V. Brill
MD, FACP, Advisor
Joel Brill, MD, FACP, is an executive clinician with more than 30 years of experience providing strategic leadership and medical oversight to large, data-driven health organizations.
Joel serves as the chief medical officer of Predictive Health. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and has led risk-bearing independent practice associations and physician-hospital organizations in California and Arizona. He also works extensively with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association on coding, coverage and reimbursement issues.
Joel received his undergraduate degree in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science – Chicago Medical School.
MD, MHA, Advisor
John Fox, MD MHA, is the Principal and Chief Boundary Spanner of Foxworthy Healthcare Consultants.
John previously served as the Vice President of Clinical Transformation of Spectrum Health Systems and Executive Medical Director for the West Michigan ACO. He also served for nearly two decades as Associate Chief Medical Officer of Priority Health, a Spectrum Health subsidiary health plan with over 900,000 members.
John has a track record of developing innovative programs, including those for digital therapeutics and value-based care.
MD, Advisor
Louis Korman, MD, has more than 45 years of experience as a practicing gastroenterologist and a professor of gastroenterology and endoscopy at the Veterans Administration Hospital/Georgetown University Residency and Fellowship program.
Louis joined the Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group in 1990 and has been instrumental in its growth to one of the largest independent GI practices in the United States. In addition to clinical practice, Louis has taught gastroenterology and endoscopy at the Veterans Administration Hospital/Georgetown University Residency and Fellowship program. He is a recipient of the American Gastroenterological Society’s 2015 Distinguished Clinician of the Year Award and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the Top Doctors by Washingtonian Magazine.
Louis earned his medical degree from the State University of New York in Syracuse.
PhD, Advisor
Leanne Metcalfe, PhD, has more than 20 years of experience as a data analyst and research engineer in the health plan, provider, pharmaceutical, and animal health markets.
Leanne recently served as the Executive Director of Health Economics at Health Care Service Corp., where she researched topics ranging from the impact of price-comparison tools on health care spending to the long-term physical and mental health impacts of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Leanne has been named a 2021 Top Caribbean Women in Tech, and she received the Dallas “Hidden Figure” award winner as one of the top Minority Women in STEM in 2017 in recognition of her ability to bring data to life.
Leanne earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering in the dual degree program at Emory Medical School and Georgia Institute of Technology. She also received a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Economic Decision Analysis from Georgia Tech and a BE in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Kimberly Persley
MD, Advisor
Kimberly Persley, MD, has more than 20 years of experience as a practicing gastroenterologist, currently serving as a partner with Texas Digestive Disease Consultants.
Kimberly has been on the medical staff of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since 2001. She has also provided disaster response care in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and in Moore, Okla. after a EF5 tornado in 2013. Kimberly is actively involved in several professional organizations, including the American Gastroenterological Association and Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She has been repeatedly recognized as a Best Doc in the Dallas area by D Magazine.
Kimberly earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She also received a BS in biology from Texas Wesleyan University.
Alyssa
Ames
Patient, Advisor
Alyssa Jones has been a Crohn’s patient for 20 years, diagnosed in her late teens.
Following a lifesaving surgery in 2014, Alyssa became a volunteer with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation to help others navigate living with IBD. As a volunteer, she has advocated at the state and federal levels for research funding and patient protections, helping pass a bill in 2019 to reform step therapy and prior authorization in Washington State. She has also raised money for IBD research as a flag football team captain for the Northwest chapter and became a Clinical Trial Ambassador in 2018 to encourage other patients to consider participating in clinical trials to manage their care.
Alyssa works as a Senior Event Manager with Dynamic Events. She earned her undergraduate degree in visual communication at Seattle Pacific University and her Master of Communication in Digital Media from the University of Washington.
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