Robert Groves

About Robert Groves

Dr. Groves served from 2017 through 2024 as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Banner|Aetna. He has also served as a trusted advisor and board member for organizations including Microsoft, CareCentra, CareCognitics, and the Health Management Academy. His clinical leadership guided Banner|Aetna, an insurance company leveraging the strengths of the number one healthcare delivery organization in Arizona (Banner Health) along with a successful national insurance brand (Aetna). Each is empowered to do what it does best via this joint venture, one of just a few of these transformative models across the nation.He brings four decades of diverse experience across the health care ecosystem—including private and group practice, start-ups, large integrated delivery systems, and payer. His clinical expertise, curiosity, and passion for improvement have guided the implementation of impactful health care technology and clinical programs that has expanded accessibility, reduced costs, and simplified care for members. Previously, he held leadership posts at Banner Health for 12 years, culminating in his position as the health system’s vice president of health management. There he led the development of one of the first ACO’s and guided it to becoming one of only nine ACO’s to finish all five performance years and demonstrating measurable improvements in quality and reduced health care costs.Throughout his career, Dr. Groves has nurtured cutting-edge solutions like text-based primary care, VR-enhanced caregiver resources and AI-powered prior authorization that make it easier for members to get the care they need. He also championed the development of one of the largest and most successful tele-ICU systems in the country resulting in over lives saved and $800 million in cost savings. Dr. Groves’ expertise is further validated by the impact of Banner|Aetna’s clinical initiatives like its diabetes reversal solution and its clinical engagement program, focused on the most vulnerable and complex members.On The Groves Connection podcast, Dr. Groves hosted some of the biggest names in health care to discuss what needs to be fixed in the industry and visualize a system that is more equitable, inclusive, easily understood, and efficient for all.He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and trained and boarded in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, and critical care medicine.

Experience

1. Advisor

   Carecentra

   Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

  MD, Doctor of Medicine

  1982 — 1986

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Pulmonary Dis/Critical Care Medicine

  1989 — 1992

• Centre College

  B.S., Chemistry/ Drama

  1978 — 1982

• UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Internal Medicine

  1986 — 1989

Skills

• Utilization Management
• Cerner
• Medicine
• Icu
• Patient Safety
• Physician Relations
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Disease Management
• Hospitals
• Critical Care
• Patient Advocacy
• Ambulatory
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
• Performance Improvement
• Medical Education
• Health Policy
• Clinical Research
• Ehr
• Physician Consultant
• Internal Medicine
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Healthcare Consulting
• Inpatient Care
• Leadership
• Leadership Retreats
• Healthcare
• Physicians
• Chief Medical Officer
• Family Medicine
• Acls
• Health Information Exchange
• Informatics
• Acute Care
• Cpoe
• Intensive Care
• Physician Executive
• Emergency Medicine
• Healthcare Innovation
• Managed Care