Tammy Banks, MBA

Tammy Feenstra Banks is an independent consultant and was appointed to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Committee in 2020 and serves on the Subcommittee on Standards and the SDOH/SOGI Workgroup   Previously she served as the Vice President Medicare Strategy, Value Based Care Programs at Providence St. Joseph Health where she had overall accountability for the development and implementation of the Medicare Value based Care strategy, program management, and technical advocacy. Prior to Providence, she served as Vice President, Industry Relations Claims and Payments within Optum 360 and Vice President Interoperability Program Development (Healthcare Simplification) within Optum. She was responsible in both roles for providing overall business leadership to advance administrative and clinical data interoperability with a goal to make healthcare more automated, affordable, and patient centered. Prior to Optum, Ms. Banks served over 20 years in three medical associations, including 11 years with the American Medical Association Private Sector Advocacy unit setting and implementing strategies to promote fair payment and efficient practice management.

Ms. Banks holds a master’s degree in business with a quantitative emphasis from Roosevelt University and a bachelor’s degree in business from Alma College. She is a former Fellow, American College of Medical Practice (FACMPE), earned the Certified Coding Specialist-Physician-based (CCS-P) designation from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and has been nationally recognized for her volunteer leadership contributions by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), National Clearinghouse Association, and the Healthcare Administrative Technology Association (HATA).