Brian Fuller

Mr. Fuller is a Vice President at Avalere Health, a comprehensive healthcare strategic advisory firm based in Washington, DC whose services are sought by premier organizations across the healthcare industry, government bodies, and philanthropic foundations.

He is a recognized thought leader in post-acute care and the impact and importance of post-acute care in new healthcare reform environments.

Brian is a leading expert on care integration and partnership development across the continuum, including evaluating and implementing new payment initiatives such as bundled payment models and ACOs.

Additionally, he focuses on improving post-acute integration, network development and operations to better meet the goals of acute care hospitals/health systems and ACOs.

He has been a featured speaker or authored publications for the American Hospital Association, US News & World Report, Hospital & Health Networks, McKnight’s, ADVANCE for Long-Term Care, AHCA and LeadingAge among other leading healthcare organizations.

Additionally, Mr. Fuller is a nationally recognized expert in bundled payments as one of only a few individuals in the US who has successfully submitted applications to CMS as a healthcare provider participant, consulted with hospitals and post-acute providers on bundled payment participation and was selected by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to serve as an expert panelist in application reviews for the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative.

Prior to joining Avalere, Brian was a Vice President/Senior Consultant with Health Dimensions Group, providing strategic advice to a variety of healthcare stakeholders around new business models, care delivery approaches and partnership options. His work included the development of Continuing Care Networks for CMS-designated ACOs for multi-hospital systems.

Previously, Brian worked for eight years and was the Vice President, Business Development and Planning for Brooks Health System, a not-for-profit healthcare system consisting of inpatient rehab hospitals, home healthcare agency, outpatient rehab clinics, skilled nursing facilities, assisting living, memory care, a rehab medicine physician practice and center for rehabilitation research.

Mr. Fuller is a national speaker and author on a variety of healthcare topics including bundled payments, healthcare reform, post-acute care integration and value-based partnerships and is an American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow.