CHRISTUS Health insurance captive drives patient safety, $50 million annual savings

Published: May 2, 2019, 6:54 p.m.

CHRISTUS chief clinical officer John Gillean, MD, MHA, among his many responsibilities, guides his organization’s insurance captive to reduce operating costs and improve patient safety. While supporting the system’s core patient care mission, this lowered total system cost of risk from $100 million to $50 million. Now focused on emerging risks such as natural disaster, cyber security, active shooter and pandemic, Gillean is helping wrestle the tsunami of data created in patient care to further advance mission & margin goals.