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Melody Craff

PhD, MBA, MD, MS, MA, FAHM
Vice President, Strategic Analytics and Education
Seattle, WA, US

Melody Craff is a healthcare consultant in the Seattle office of Milliman and leads MedInsight Strategic Analytics and Education services. She joined the firm in 2019. She specializes in real-time analytics, clinical and operational analysis, research and education, strategy development, and business transformation for health care organizations.

Melody works with clients to help them evaluate strategic options and respond to new market opportunities. She is experienced in executive leadership for business and technological transformations, scaling innovations of products and services.

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Experience

During over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Melody has led healthcare organizations on a broad range of topics, including:

  • Assessing, developing, and implementing organizational strategies in clinical leadership, research, supply chain, and pharmacy
  • Designing and launching programs focused on reducing cost and improving outcomes and integration across the health system
  • Conducting real-time analytics
  • Leading education services in healthcare analytics
  • Conducting and facilitating multi-stakeholder engagement in strategic planning, market analysis, and technical and operational problem-solving
  • Developing and implementing business turnaround strategies to improve clinical, financial, and operational performance and growth of referrals and revenues.
  • Evaluating, designing, and implementing improvements in administrative operations
  • Developing and adopting a standardized electronic health record for health systems across multiple states
  • Developing and implementing contracting strategies and addressing physician and clinician preferences and new technologies
  • Writing requests for proposals and managing vendor selection processes
  • Developing and evaluating predictive models

Prior to joining Milliman, Melody held senior leadership positions in large health system and group purchasing organizations, with responsibility for developing and implementing innovative strategies to improve quality, enhance business performance, and reduce cost.

Publications and Presentations

Craff, M., Hadfield, M., Beaton, R., & Skinner, D. – Patterns in cost and utilization of cardiac diagnostic procedures and cardiovascular events. December 2022.

Mafi, J.N., Craff, M., Vangala, S., Pu, T., Skinner, D, Tabatabai-Yazdi, C., Nelson, A., Reid, R., Agniel, D., Tseng, C.H., Sarkisian, C., Damberg, C., & Kahn, K. – Trends in US Ambulatory Care Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019-2021. JAMA. January 2022.

Craff, M., Barrington, A., Pu, T., Hadfield, M., & Skinner, D. Insights into cost patterns and actionable factors in newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes. January 2022.

Webb, C., Craff, M., Barth, M., Baeder, L., Skinner, D., & Pu, T. Health and Hurricanes – Studying Disparate Health Impact of Extreme Climate Events, 2017-2020. Society of Actuaries Research Institute. January 2022.

Professional Designations

  • FAHM Fellow Academy of Healthcare Management, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Education

  • PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • MD (MB BChir), Medicine and Surgery, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • MBA, University of Indiana (Beta Gamma Sigma)
  • MS, Strategic Management, University of Indiana (Scholastic Award)
  • MA, Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, U.K.

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