Russell Guy Vinik

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Dr. Vinik completed medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999 and Internal Medicine residency at Yale, Greenwich Hospital in 2002. He subsequently began his career as a full-time Hospitalist caring for inpatients at the University of Utah Hospitals. He practiced as a full time hospitalist for 9 years and then began a gradual transition to healthcare administration. Dr. Vinik was Medical Director for Case Management and Utilization Review from 2011 until 2015. He led the initiative on physician education about ICD-10 at the University hospital. By focusing on improving documentation and inpatient coding University hospital saw improvement in revenue as well as risk adjusted outcomes, helping to keep the hospital in the top 10 of Vizient rankings for 7 years in a row. In January 2015, Dr. Vinik began as Medical Director for GBS Benefits, a Utah based health insurance broker and consultant. Most recently in October 2015 he began a new position as Chief Medical Officer for the University of Utah Health Plans with a goal of establishing the plan as a strong competitor in the commercial market in Utah and surrounding states.