Michael R. Lardieri serves as Senior Vice President – Strategy at Core Solutions. Mr. Lardieri has over 30 years of health care experience in inpatient, outpatient and managed care settings and was behavioral health administrator for one of the largest Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) in the nation. He has extensive experience in health plan operations, network development, population health, implementing electronic health record and other health information technologies, treatment of opioid addiction, and integrating behavioral health and primary care. His managed care experience includes senior positions in clinical and provider relations areas.
Prior to joining Core Solutions Mr. Lardieri was Chief Operating Officer at Kaden Health a virtual MAT startup and Assistant Vice President, Strategic Program Development at Northwell Health (formerly the North Shore-LIJ Health System), the 14th largest health system in the nation. In this capacity, he oversaw the use of technology in the integration of physical and behavioral health care, including a health information exchange, patient portals, clinical quality measures, use of smart phone technologies and population health. Prior to Northwell, Mr. Lardieri was Vice President, HIT and Strategic Development at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Mr. Lardieri’s national experience includes work with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Mr. Lardieri is engaged with community behavioral health organizations, FQHCs, health center controlled networks, health information exchanges, Primary Care Associations, the National Health Information Network and other health information systems to advance the field of health information technology and exchanges. He was responsible for developing strategy and in assisting with behavioral health centers across the nation, implementing various HIT strategies to improve quality care.
In addition, as an experienced and licensed mental health professional, Mr. Lardieri not only provides consulting services in the fields of mental health and substance abuse but also in integrating these services with various medical fields. Mr. Lardieri is a Member of the National Quality Forum (NQF) Behavioral Health Measures Subcommittee. He serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Morehouse School of Medicine Health Policy Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC) for Health Disparities Research in Atlanta and the Georgia Health Information Technology Extension Center (GA-HITEC). He is an Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Certified Health Information Technology (HIT) Clinician/Practitioner; in 2014, Mr. Lardieri was selected The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as a member of the ONC HIT Policy Committee (HITPC) Workgroup on HIT Implementation, Usability and Safety and has also served on the ONC HIT Policy Workgroup on Voluntary Certification for Technology companies serving providers not eligible for Meaningful Use Incentives. Mr. Lardieri was a lead participant in developing the Patient Engagement Framework under the ONC and is a national presenter and educator in the areas of behavioral health technology, meaningful use, telebehavioral health and integrated care. He also previously served as a Board Member of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) and the National Research Institute (NRI).