Christopher Kunkel

Chris’s experience covers a variety of healthcare programs. His primary areas of focus have been Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs.

He has worked on many projects, including developing capitation rates for Medicare and Medicaid programs, conducting savings analyses for managed care programs, performing morbidity studies, and conducting analyses of current and upcoming accountable care organizations.

His areas of interest include

• Feasibility studies for new programs or products
  • New Medicare Advantage plans, including general enrollment and special needs plans
  • Value-based insurance design
• Rate setting for Medicare Advantage products
  • General enrollment and special needs plans
  • New benefits for existing plans
• Morbidity analyses for special populations
  • Specific disease states such as kidney disease, including end stage kidney disease
  • Dual-eligible and/or low income Medicare beneficiaries
  • Veteran populations
• Chargemaster development