Michael Cancro serves as the chief strategy officer for UCHealth, a nationally recognized, nonprofit health care system with operating revenue of $7.5 billion and a workforce of more than 33,000 people. UCHealth includes 14 Colorado hospitals with over 2,500 inpatient beds and more than 200 clinic locations in Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska.
Mr. Cancro joined UCHealth in December 2012 and is responsible for leading corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, value-based care and population health, data analytics through the outcomes and operational intelligence function, strategic partnerships, planning, and special projects.
Mr. Cancro also serves as the UCHealth lead for partnerships – specifically Trinsic, a clinically integrated network, and SelectHealth, a new insurance plan for Colorado – aimed at improving the lives of Coloradans by improving value and quality in health care in conjunction with Intermountain Healthcare.
Prior to joining UCHealth, Mr. Cancro worked at Deloitte Consulting, serving some of the nation’s leading health care systems and payers. His work was primarily focused on enterprise strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, operational and financial performance improvement, project management, new business ventures, population health, health policy evaluation, innovation, and new ventures.
Mr. Cancro attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for both his master’s and undergraduate degrees.