Biography


David K. Nace, MD

David K. Nace, MD, serves as Vice President and Medical Director for the McKesson Corporation. Prior to his current role, Dr. Nace served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Medical Director with United Health Group, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer with the Aetna Corporation, and founding principal of Health Strategy Solutions, LLC, a benefits consulting firm serving large employers. He has also held medical directorships in a variety of academic and community based health care organizations, as well as a privately owned EAP company. He currently serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, where he also co-chairs the Center for e-Health Information Adoption and Exchange. Dr. Nace also holds a position on the board of directors for the Integration Healthcare Association, a statewide multi-stakeholder leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability, and affordability of health care in California.

Dr. Nace has been involved in health care and health care financing strategies in the US since the early 1990s. He has served as a consultant for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the Wharton School of Business, and the United Nations Business Council. He has also served as an advisor to the American Medical Association, the National Business Group on Health, the World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization on issues ranging from health promotion and wellness to employer policy and health care financing issues. Dr. Nace is a nationally recognized speaker on topics ranging from healthcare technology, healthcare reform, and the patient-centered medical home.