Mr. Keck oversees system strategy, analytics and value-based services, as well as marketing and communications, government affairs, the Ballad Health Innovation Center, the Ballad Health Foundation and community health programs. He leads enterprisewide innovation and population health efforts designed to align strategy, data and community impact across Ballad Health’s multi-state footprint. Prior to joining Ballad Health, Mr. Keck served as director of Health and Human Services for South Carolina, where he led Medicaid and public health strategy, and previously directed public health and behavioral health responses in Louisiana. His private-sector experience includes innovation work in both operational and policy expertise. Mr. Keck helped establish the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum following Hurricane Katrina and has served on the board of the National Association of Medicaid Directors and the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education. He currently chairs the board of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation.
