Full Name
Christine Hale, MDA, MPA
Job Title
Independent Consultant and Large Claims Expert
Speaker Bio
Christine Hale is an independent consultant and nationally recognized expert in complex medical claims, clinical performance improvement, and strategic healthcare transformation. She is deeply passionate about advancing high-value healthcare—leveraging data and innovative strategies to reduce waste, improve quality, and create cost-effective solutions that benefit both patients and organizations. Known as a collaborator and change agent, Christine brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and business insight to help stakeholders navigate today’s most complex healthcare challenges.
Christine currently serves on the Medical Director Advisory Committee and is the designated large claims expert as well as a prior Board member for the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. The National Alliance works with and through over 40 member employer coalitions to advance strategies that enhance health outcomes and promote value-based purchasing of healthcare services for employees and their families.
Previously, Christine served eight years at Lockton, an employee benefits consulting firm, as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Consulting. In this role, she was the medical director and lead strategist for the firm’s clinical consulting team, part of the Complex Claims Specialty Practice. Dr. Hale helped build this team into a one-of-a-kind large claims “swat team”, identifying and resolving a myriad of cost saving and clinical improvement opportunities. Earlier in her career, she held a national leadership role at Tenet Healthcare where she directed enterprise-wide clinical performance initiatives. She also spent more than seven years with the management consulting firm McKinsey, advising hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and internationally in strategy, operations, and organizational alignment.
Christine earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed her pediatrics residency at Duke University Medical Center, and received her MBA in Health Sector Management from Duke University. She is motivated by a strong belief that patients deserve both clinical excellence and system efficiency, and she is committed to creating solutions that make that vision a reality.
Christine currently serves on the Medical Director Advisory Committee and is the designated large claims expert as well as a prior Board member for the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. The National Alliance works with and through over 40 member employer coalitions to advance strategies that enhance health outcomes and promote value-based purchasing of healthcare services for employees and their families.
Previously, Christine served eight years at Lockton, an employee benefits consulting firm, as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Consulting. In this role, she was the medical director and lead strategist for the firm’s clinical consulting team, part of the Complex Claims Specialty Practice. Dr. Hale helped build this team into a one-of-a-kind large claims “swat team”, identifying and resolving a myriad of cost saving and clinical improvement opportunities. Earlier in her career, she held a national leadership role at Tenet Healthcare where she directed enterprise-wide clinical performance initiatives. She also spent more than seven years with the management consulting firm McKinsey, advising hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and internationally in strategy, operations, and organizational alignment.
Christine earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed her pediatrics residency at Duke University Medical Center, and received her MBA in Health Sector Management from Duke University. She is motivated by a strong belief that patients deserve both clinical excellence and system efficiency, and she is committed to creating solutions that make that vision a reality.
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