Tom Dehner, JD

Dehner is executive director of Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) at Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS). BMCHS and its health plan, WellSense, operate eight ACOs across Massachusetts, serving more than 500,000 MassHealth/Medicaid members. The MassHealth ACO program is an innovative model under which primary care ACOs partner with health plans to earn quality and health equity incentives while transforming primary care payments and managing costs.

Prior to joining BMCHS, Dehner was managing principal of Health Management Associates’ Boston office. From 2003 to 2010, he worked for the state Medicaid agency in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in 2007, Dehner was appointed Medicaid director, overseeing a health insurance program that covered 1.1 million members, with a $9 billion budget.

Dehner holds a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law and is vice chair of the board of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.