LuAnn Heinen
Vice President, National Business Group on Health
Director, Institute on the Costs & Health Effects of Obesity
LuAnn Heinen is Vice President, National Business Group on Health. She is responsible for the Business Group's Patient Safety Initiative to promote safer hospital care through employer purchasing and governance strategies. She also leads the Institute on the Costs & Health Effects of Obesity. The Institute develops tools and resources for employer wellness and health promotion such as the Wellness Impact Scorecard, Healthy Dining/Vending/Catering assessments, employer best practices, incentives for healthy lifestyles and more. Each year, on behalf of the Business Group, the Institute recognizes leading U.S. employers with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards at the Platinum, Gold and Silver level.
Heinen currently serves on the NCQA Measurement Advisory Panel for Obesity in Adults, the NICHQ Childhood Obesity Advisory Committee, the STOP Obesity Alliance and the Minnesota Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Steering Committee. She is a frequent speaker, media commentator and author.
Before joining the Business Group in 2003, she headed Heinen HealthCare Associates LLC, held key roles at both UnitedHealth Group (Vice President, Center for Health Policy & Evaluation) and Chronimed (Divisional VP, Business Development), and consulted for The Lewin Group.
Heinen earned a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an AB in Human Biology with distinction from Stanford University.
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