Sheri Rodriguez joins St. Joseph's Health as Director of Payer Strategies

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— St. Joseph’s Health welcomes Sheri Rodriguez as its new director of payer strategies. In this role, Ms. Rodriguez is responsible for payer relations and Managed Care contracts and developing strategies focused on Managed-Care payers. She reports to chief financial officer Meredith Price.

Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Rodriguez served as director of behavioral health contracts and operations at metropolitan family services in Chicago. While there, she oversaw clinical teams that support Managed Care, provider network contracts, and population health initiatives. Rodriguez also developed actionable business strategies to increase revenue.

Rodriguez also worked as a project manager at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, working closely with senior leaderships to manage several clinically integrated network (CIN) and accountable care organization (ACO) projects.

Rodriguez earned a master’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Chicago in Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. She also holds a project management strategy certificate from the University of Chicago.

Rodriguez started on October 21, 2019.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a regional non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. For more information on our founding Sisters of St. Francis including Saint Marianne Cope, our legacy and our innovations, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.

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