Adam Boehler

Adam Seth Boehler (born June 23, 1979) is an American businessman and government official who was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the first CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. He is currently the CEO of Rubicon Founders, a health care investment firm based in Nashville. He is the founder of Landmark Health, the largest provider of home-based medical care in the United States.

Adam Boehler
1st CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
In office
October 1, 2019 – January 20, 2021
Preceded byDavid Bohigian (acting president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Succeeded byScott Nathan
Director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
In office
April 2018 – October 2019
Preceded byDr. Patrick Conway
Succeeded byBrad Smith
Personal details
Born
Adam Seth Boehler

(1979-06-23) June 23, 1979
Albany, New York, U.S.
SpouseShira Boehler
Children4
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BS)

He previously served as Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, as well as Senior Advisor for Value-based Transformation for Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He joined CMS in April 2018.[1][2]

Early life and education

Boehler was born in Albany, New York on June 23, 1979. Boehler's father is a physician. Boehler graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.[3] He was a summer college roommate of Jared Kushner, with whom he would later work on a team coordinating tests for COVID-19.[4] During college, Boehler worked for a summer at the Financial and Fiscal Commission, a government agency managed by the Parliament of South Africa.[5]

Early career

Boehler started his career at Battery Ventures, a technology venture capital firm that focuses on investments in software and emerging technologies.[6] Boehler was also an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners, a global private equity firm based in San Francisco focusing on healthcare. Boehler founded and was Chairman of Avalon Health Solutions, a provider of laboratory benefit management services.[7]

Previously, Boehler was the founder and CEO of Accumen, a provider of laboratory management services to health systems.[8][9] Prior to joining CMS, Boehler was founder and CEO of Landmark Health, the largest provider of home-based medical care in the country.[10] United Health Group purchased Landmark for $3.5 billion.

US Government (2018-2021)

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Boehler was appointed Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in April 2018. While at HHS, Boehler also served as Senior Advisor[1] for Value-based Transformation to Secretary Alex Azar. During the COVID crisis, Boehler led teams focused on expanding testing, sourcing critical PPE, and ensuring that there were sufficient ventilators for the United States population (and ultimately helping emerging countries in need). Boehler is a founding board member of Operation Warp Speed.

International Development Finance Corporation

On July 10, 2019, the President of the United States announced his intent to nominate Boehler for the position of CEO of the newly formed U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a government agency formed through the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act as a consolidation of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Development Credit Authority (DCA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) into one entity.[11][12][13] The nomination was received by the Senate on July 22, 2019, and confirmed unanimously by voice vote on September 26, 2019.[14]

Boehler with Moroccan officials during American-Israeli delegation visit

Under his tenure at the DFC, Boehler helped draft an executive order in response to COVID-19 that expanded the DFC to domestic projects—a break from its congressional mandate, which focused on funding projects in the developing world.[15][16] The DFC’s first domestic loan was a $765 million loan to Kodak intended to transform the photography company into a pharmaceutical company. An investigation by the DFC Office of Inspector General found no evidence that DFC staff had conflicts of interest regarding the loan, and found no "evidence of misconduct on the part of DFC officials."[16]

Boehler was part of several delegations that traveled in 2020 and 2021 with Jared Kushner to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar that ultimately resulted in the Abraham Accords. He was part of a high level delegation to Israel and Morocco to discuss the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement,[17][18] as well as a delegation in October 2020 with Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin to Israel, Bahrain, and UAE to discuss economic cooperation under the Abraham Accords.[19]

Post-government career

In 2021, Boehler started a health-care investment firm, Rubicon Founders, based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm is focused on senior living and genomics.[20] He is also on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council and a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.[21][22]

Personal life

Boehler currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Shira, and their four children.[23] Boehler formerly resided in New Orleans.[9]

References
  1. "CMMI's Adam Boehler wants to 'blow up' fee for service". FierceHealthcare. November 29, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  2. GmbH, finanzen net. "Health Care Powerhouse Stops by CDPHPAdam Boehler Shares Vision on Future of Health Care in America | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Lahut, Jake (July 31, 2020). "Jared Kushner asked his college roommate to create a national coronavirus testing plan, according to a new report". Business Insider. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. "Opening Statement of Adam Boehler" (PDF). senate.gov. September 19, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  6. "Battery Ventures". Battery Ventures. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  7. Development, Avalon Application. "Laboratory Benefit Manager". Avalon Healthcare Solutions. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  8. "Accumen.com - Delivering Healthcare Performance". Accumen.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  9. Crisp, Elizabeth (October 8, 2019). "New Orleans resident Adam Boehler takes reins of federal foreign investment effort". NOLA.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  10. "In Home Medical Care with Doctor House Calls". Landmark Health. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  11. "OPIC President and CEO Washburne Statement as President Signs BUILD Act into Law | DFC". www.dfc.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  12. "Adam Boehler | DFC". www.dfc.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  13. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2019 – via National Archives.
  14. "PN972 - Nomination of Adam Seth Boehler for United States International Development Finance Corporation, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. September 26, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  15. Rappeport, Alan; Swanson, Ana; Thrush, Glenn (October 25, 2020). "Kodak Loan Debacle Puts a New Agency in the Hot Seat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  16. Rachael Levy (December 6, 2020). "Watchdog for U.S. Agency That Brokered Controversial Kodak Loan Deal Finds No Wrongdoing". Wall Street Journal.
  17. Steve Holland (December 15, 2020). "Kushner to lead U.S. delegation to Israel, Morocco". Reuters.
  18. Steve Holland (November 29, 2020). "Trump senior aide Kushner and team heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar". Reuters.
  19. Arutz Sheva (October 17, 2020). "Mnuchin to lead U.S. delegation to Israel, Bahrain and UAE to support Abraham Accords". Israel National News.
  20. "Ex-Trump Aide Boehler Launches Health-Care Investment Firm". Bloomberg.com. April 7, 2021.
  21. "Board of Directors". www.atlanticcouncil.org.
  22. "President Trump to Appoint New Council Members — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org.
  23. Founders, Rubicon. "Adam Boehler Announces New Healthcare Firm, Rubicon Founders, Headquartered In Nashville". www.prnewswire.com (Press release).

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