Business Doctorate Graduate
Bachelors in Management/Corporate Finance (Brigham Young University), Masters in Healthcare Administration (Cornell University)
Year of entry: 2020 (graduated 2024)
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Biography
Carter Dredge is a healthcare industry thought leader and disruptive innovation transformationalist and currently serves as the senior vice president and chief transformation officer for SSM Health – a large and progressive US-based not-for-profit health system. Carter provides executive strategic leadership for SSM Health’s continued transformation from a fee-for-service system to one focused on managing the health of populations. He leads the areas of transformation, innovation, advanced analytics, and large-impact and novel partnerships across the organisation. Prior to joining SSM Health, Carter held various executive positions at two other large US-based healthcare systems – Catholic Health Initiatives (now Common Spirit Health) and Intermountain Healthcare.
Carter is a founding board member and a key business model architect of Civica Rx, an innovative not-for-profit generic drug company designed to disrupt the US generics market and ensure that essential generic drugs are available and affordable to everyone. He is also on the board of Navitus Health Solutions, a national-scale fully transparent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). Carter is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Health Innovators Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network; and was recognised by Modern Healthcare as one of the Top 25 Emerging Leaders in the United States.
Carter holds a bachelors degree in business management/corporate finance from Brigham Young University where he graduated summa cum laude, and a masters of healthcare administration from Cornell University, where he also currently serves as a lecturer in the College of Policy Analysis and Management teaching a course on innovative healthcare payment design.
Outside of his professional career, Carter spent 2 years in sub-Saharan Africa doing ecclesiastical and humanitarian work; and he also enjoys running, rock climbing, skiing, and mountain biking. Carter and his wife Rachel are the proud parents of 4 children.
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Research topic
Misaligned Business Models and Market Competition Failures: An Initial Focus on Primary Care Innovation
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News and insights
Generic drugs can be supplied at savings of over 60% for patients and 90% for payers through a health care utility model that emphasises reliable supply at affordable cost rather than profits, says a new study from Cambridge Judge Business School and US healthcare firm Intermountain Health.
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Generic drugs: how to boost supply and lower prices
Increased drug supply security and reduced costs has been achieved by Civica Rx, a health care utility taking a fresh approach, says study in NEJM Catalyst authored by 2 Cambridge Judge Business School academics.
Conference at Cambridge Judge Business School explores the development of Health Care Utilities that scale up innovations to reduce the cost of medicines and other health care products.