Keith Shah, PhD
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Growth
Keith Shah has more than 20 years of health care experience in consulting, payer and provider executive leadership, and health care transformation.
Dr. Shah oversees all strategy, growth and transformation work for payer, provider and life sciences for Optum Advisory Services. His multifaceted background and approach drive growth and performance in a rapidly changing environment.
Prior to joining Optum, Dr. Shah was the senior vice president and chief data officer at Prisma Health, an integrated academic health system. Other roles include senior managing director and chief strategy officer at FTI Consulting, and 15 years at BlueCross BlueShield as a corporate officer.
Dr. Shah has a bachelor's degree from Drexel University. He holds a master's degree in organizational development and an MBA in quantitative analysis from Clemson University. He earned his PhD in public health and economics from the University of South Carolina. He has completed executive programs at the Wharton School of business as well as Cornell University.
Published work
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Intentional agility: Preparing your organization for indefinite uncertainty
October 2020
This white paper offers leaders an approach for developing "intentional agility" - the capability to move through a rapid cycle of strategy, change management and execution - in order to adapt and thrive amidst uncertainty.
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October 2020
Learn how CMOs can guide their organization to adopt consumer-centric strategies or face greater challenges of declining health.
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September 2020
Learn how to redefine your organization's role within this redesigned value chain to ensure that clinicians and their patients can access the data, infrastructure, supplies, information and education they need — when and where they need it.
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Navigating forward: Economic aftershock
July 2020
Learn how economic uncertainty is shaping the industry, understand emerging risk and explore new ideas for navigating forward.
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Health care beyond crisis: Eight forces that will define the future
June 2020
This Optum perspective shares insights on how C-suite executives can assess their organizations’ sustainability and agility in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Future-proof your health system: Navigating size, scale and systemness
June 2020
This e-book offers a point of view on how to optimize your health system today and anticipate and address tomorrow's challenges.