Mr. Smith leads Bamboo Health as CEO, overseeing a platform that now supports more than 9 billion annual transactions, including 7.5 billion prescription drug exchanges, across three key product suites spanning care coordination, prescription drug management and behavioral health. Under his leadership, Bamboo has scaled its reach to support 2,500 hospitals, 29 health plans, more than 45,000 pharmacies, 8,000 post-acute facilities, and more than 50 states and territories, enabling partners to close care gaps, proactively identify high-risk patients, reduce readmissions and ease workforce strain. He regularly invites clients to share real patient stories during companywide meetings to keep innovation grounded in empathy and purpose, consistently reinforcing that Bamboo’s work is about the people behind the technology, not the technology itself. Mr. Smith has implemented an all-remote workforce policy to ensure Bamboo can attract the best possible talent regardless of geography. Prior to Bamboo Health, he served as president of the value-based care enablement business at Lumeris, held multiple senior leadership roles at CVS Health leading enterprise strategy, acquisitions and population health initiatives, and earlier in his career founded an electronic prescribing company that was successfully acquired by Allscripts. He serves on the Bamboo Health board of directors, and has previously served on the boards of Surescripts and Generation Health, and was recognized by The Healthcare Technology Report as a “Top 25 Healthcare Software Executive” of 2024.
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Becker's Recognition
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2026 Winner

