With Novocardia by CVAUSA,
We're Building a New Care Model

Dr. Dan Blumenthal brings a unique combination of business leadership skills and medical expertise to his role as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Blumenthal is a practicing board-certified non-invasive cardiologist and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

He received his MD and MBA degrees from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School and trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Blumenthal is a past recipient of the American Heart Association’s Laennec Young Clinician Award and an accomplished health services and cardiovascular disease outcomes researcher whose previous work has focused on innovations in payment model design, quality improvement in cardiology, and leadership development. He has published over 50 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Blumenthal previously was a member of the founding team at Devoted Health, where he held the roles of Associate Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director for the health plan.

Jonathan Collins is the President of Value-Based Care and leads Novocardia's value-based strategy, product, and operations.

He joins Novocardia from Strive, a value-based kidney care company, where he served as SVP of Operations and Managing Director of Market Operations for Evolent Health.

Jon received his B.S. in information and communications technologies from Michigan State University.

Dr. Katherine Evans oversees operations of Novocardia’s clinical programs, including implementing new initiatives, training and managing clinical personnel, and developing case management programs.

Dr. Evans is a nurse practitioner with board certifications in geriatrics and hospice & palliative care, as well as experience in inpatient and outpatient cardiology.

Prior to Novocardia, she served as national president of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA); Chief Nursing Officer for UnitedHealthcare Retiree Solutions; and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Georgia State University. A Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, she received her MS in Nursing from Emory University and her DNP from Vanderbilt University.

Jeff leads Novocardia's strategy and execution for the company's data, analytics, and point-of-care solutions. He previously served as Vice President of Analytics at New Century Health, Senior Director of Statistics at FAIR Health, and Senior Statistician at the UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics.

Jeff received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine, an MPH from Columbia University, and a PhD and MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ana is Vice President of Contracting and Value Based Partnerships at Novocardia, where she is responsible for leading contract strategies and negotiations with Commercial payers and risk provider groups.

Highly focused on fee-for-value contracting, provider performance improvement, and management services operations, Ana has more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry – including payer reimbursement models, government shared saving programs, IPAs, and Medicare Risk Adjustments.

Prior to Novocardia, she served in several leadership roles with a multi-specialty group and accountable care organization. Ana received her undergraduate degree in business from Florida International University and is a licensed professional medical coder.