CTC-RI Announces Annual Conference Second Keynote Speaker

CTC-RI is excited to announce our Annual Conference second keynote speaker: Scott Conard, MD, DABFP, FAAFM, CEO, Converging Health. Board-certified in family and integrative medicine, Dr. Conard has been seeing patients for over 35 years and was a UTHSCD Associate Clinical Professor for 21 years. He has been the principal investigator in over 60 clinical trials, written many articles, and published five books on health, wellbeing, leadership and empowerment.

Starting as a solo practitioner, Dr. Conard grew his medical practice to over 510 clinicians over the following 20 years. In its final form, the practice was a value-based integrated delivery network (IDN) that reduced the cost of care dramatically through prevention and proactive engagement. When this was acquired by a hospital system, he became the Chief Medical Officer for a brokerage/consulting firm and an innovation lab for effective health risk reducing interventions.

Working with corporations, captives and insurance companies, Dr. Conard has seen what is possible behind the scenes and in the data. Today he is co-founder of Converging Health, LLC a technology-empowered consulting and services company working with at-risk entities such as self-insured corporations, medical groups, and ACOs taking financial risk and insurance captives to improve well-being, reduce costs and improve the member’s experience.

Through Dr. Conard’s work with a variety of organizations and companies, including Dillard’s, Varsity Brands, Vistra Corp, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, DFW and Texas Business Group on Health, and numerous medical groups and systems, he understands that every organization has a unique culture and needs. It is Dr. Conard's ability to find opportunities and customize solutions that delivers success through improved health and lower costs for his clients.