Leadership
More Than 225
Years of Combined
Experience
In Renal and Managed Care
Meet Our Team
Champion Health Plans USA, LLC is led by a team of experts with deep, multifaceted experience in all aspects of kidney care and ESRD management.
Our executive leadership team is not just a group of corporate bureaucrats. We have 225+ years of combined, hands-on operational experience with renal disease and managed care. And our collective vision is simple—to improve care and outcomes for those with end-stage renal disease.
Jerome Tannenbaum, M.D., Ph.D., FACP
Chairman
Co-founder and Chairman of Sanderling Renal Services
Founded and led DSI Renal from 2005 until sale to DaVita in 2011
Founded and led National Nephrology Associates from 1998 until Renal Care Group acquisition in 2004
Founded and led Ren Corporation from 1986 until its acquisition by Gambro in 1993
Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Jeffrey Davis
CEO
Co-founded and led Universal Care Inc. (dba Brand New Day) from 1983 until Bright Health Group acquisition in 2020
Served as COO and CFO at Universal Care Inc. until appointed to CEO in 2006
Played a key leadership role in the company’s 18-month transition following sale to Bright Health Group
Holds CPA with extensive training in healthcare quality improvement, IT and corporate governance
Jay Davis
EVP & COO
Co-founded and led Universal Care Inc. (dba Brand New Day) from 1983 until Bright Health Group acquisition in 2020
Served as EVP at Universal Care Inc. and led the network development, sales, service, marketing and compliance functions
Played a key leadership role in the company’s 18-month transition following sale to Bright Health Group
Mike Wong, DO
EVP & CSO
Founded and led MedCare Partners in partnership with Bright Health Group
Executive suite at Alignment Health for one year
Co-founded Pharmadex in 2003 and played an integral role in contract negotiations between supply chain participants of Japan’s pharmaceutical wholesale and distribution industry
Certificate of residency in anesthesiology, doctorate in medicine and bachelor of science degrees
Deborah M. Tannenbaum
Board Member
Mrs. Tannenbaum is Co-Founder and Board Member of Champion Health Plans. She also serves as Executive Vice President of Sanderling Renal Services, a dialysis and telenephrology company she co-founded with her husband Dr. Jerome Tannenbaum.
She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a 25 year career in banking, holding multiple positions at Bank of America and its predecessor companies for 22 years. She left Bank of America as a Senior Vice President and opened a private banking office in Nashville for Bank of Tennessee, serving as Executive Vice President at that institution until she left to co-found Sanderling Renal Services-USA with Dr. Tannenbaum.
Hemant Dhingra, MD
Board Member
President & CEO of The Nephrology Group since 2014
President & CEO of KareWell Health, central California’s largest value-based care organization, since 2021
President & CEO of nCare, an advisor to nephrology practices, since 2016
Connie Synder
Compliance Officer
Part-time VP at Segral Medicare Experts, a consulting firm for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans
EVP and Compliance Officer at Universal Care Inc. (dba Brand New Day) from 2003 to 2021
Also held various regulatory roles
at HealthNet
Sandie Taylor, EVP
Administration
Tenured healthcare Operations leader with experience in member services/member experience, claims, Information Technology, regulatory compliance, financial management, Human Resources, vendor management, clinical operations, as well as population health and growth strategies
Most recently EVP at Bright Health Group, and prior to that position, COO at Accountable Health Care IPA
Held VP of Operations positions at Universal Care Inc. (dba Brand New Day) and Seaside Health Plan
Led Avante Health Plan as their CEO