Christopher Elfner is a healthcare executive with over 30 years of combined experience, including 15 years in healthcare administration and 15 years in multi industry consulting. His background spans business services, distribution, finance, insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare, where he has helped organizations turn complex data into actionable insights. He has also served as a healthcare administrator, strategic coach, and consultant throughout his career.
In his current role, Christopher leads Premier’s Population Health Management collaborative of roughly 50 health systems focused on making healthcare more effective and affordable. This collaborative helps member systems outperform national benchmarks in value based care and total cost of care performance and accelerates the transition to value through shared learning, data driven improvement, and coordinated strategic initiatives.
Christopher is also a founding leader of multiple population health collaboratives that integrate data across health systems, managed care organizations, schools, and community based agencies. His work emphasizes innovative partnerships, improved affordability, and smarter use of integrated information. Across every role, he remains committed to strengthening community health and driving system level improvement.