Solution Session
St. Vrain Valley School District, one of the largest districts in Colorado decreased its healthcare spend while increasing access to quality primary care, decreasing appointment wait times and moved the needle on employee health by implementing Direct Primary Care as part of its benefit plan. Learn how you can positively affect your employees' health and lower your healthcare spend at the same time.
Nate is a Navy Veteran, Father of 2, with a background in accounting and finance. Nate is passionate about driving change in the health care industry by partnering with HR, advisors and TPA’s to introduce, scale and manage a direct primary care solution for employers nationwide. When Nate is not disrupting the status quo of health care you can find him on the golf course with friends or with his family car pooling the kids from one activity to another.
Clint Flanagan, MD, is the founder and CEO of Nextera Healthcare and North Vista Medical Center. Nextera Healthcare is Colorado’s first Direct Primary Care (DPC) program, established in 2009. Nextera Healthcare was selected by FierceHealthcare out of hundreds of healthcare companies across the world as one of the 2019 Fierce 15 companies and has been designated as one of the most promising healthcare companies in the industry. Nextera Healthcare has established a community of over 200 clinics throughout Colorado and Nationwide.
Board-certified in Family Medicine, a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine and an actively practicing physician, Dr. Flanagan has been a fixture in Colorado healthcare for over 20 years. Dr. Flanagan has been named one of the top Value-Based Care Thinkers in 2022, was named to the Top 20 Who’s Who in Direct Primary Care in the US, and was invited in 2019 to be a founding committee member of the Direct Primary Care Mastermind Initiative focusing on serving employers.
Dr. Flanagan graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed his residency at St. Mary’s Family Medicine Program in Grand Junction, CO. In addition to working as a Family Medicine physician, he has fifteen years of experience as an emergency physician working in many underserved communities throughout Colorado and as far away as Iraq where he served as an officer in the Army Medical Corps.
Vicki Mair is the Benefits Manager for St. Vrain Valley School District. She spearheaded implementing Direct Primary Care into the benefits package in 2018 to reduce overall healthcare spend while increasing access to healthcare for the District's teachers and staff. Vicki's supportive devotion to her staff at SVVSD has proven to be instrumental in providing quality and personalized care through Direct Primary Care. Her dedication in orchestrating on-site opportunities to enhance the health of SVVSD staff allowing for health screenings on campus and flu immunizations, creating a safer and healthier environment for the staff and children in the community. She embraces the innovation that Direct Primary Care brings through membership-based healthcare which breaks from traditional insurance models.
Vicki holds an MBA from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
