BDC Advisors Appoints Carrie Knowles-Atkinson as Principal, Supporting Continued Growth of the Payer-Provider Strategy Practice

MIAMI, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BDC Advisors, a leading healthcare strategy consulting firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Carrie Knowles-Atkinson as a Principal. Carrie brings over 25 years of leadership in provider network strategy, contract negotiation, and payer-provider collaboration to support BDC's growing practice focused on payer-provider strategy, innovation and value-based contracting.

Carrie has held senior leadership roles across the healthcare industry, including nearly two decades at UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare and Optum), where she served as National Vice President of Provider Networks and Regional Vice President of Government Network Programs. Most recently, she served as a Senior Healthcare Advisor at Oliver Wyman, where she worked with leading payers to optimize provider networks and contracting strategies. Her experience spans all major lines of business including Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Exchange, and Federal programs.

"By bringing deep payer expertise to payer-provider strategy, we've consistently delivered client value through significant improvement in financial performance," said Shawn Fitzgibbon, Managing Director at BDC Advisors. "Carrie's operational excellence, strategic insight, and breadth of experience will help our clients address complex market dynamics and achieve sustainable growth."

At BDC, Carrie will work with health systems, provider organizations, and health plans to align contracting strategies with service line transformation efforts and enterprise growth. Her appointment comes as BDC Advisors continues to expand its payer-provider innovation services, including product development, go-to-market strategies, revenue enhancement, market competitive repositioning, development of value-based payment models, and implementation of sustainable contracting cycles.

Carrie holds an MBA from the University of Florida and completed UnitedHealth Group's Executive Development Program through Stanford University.

ABOUT BDC ADVISORS
BDC Advisors is a national healthcare strategy consulting firm that supports the transformation and growth of healthcare organizations. The firm's practice focuses on advising and providing service to academic health systems, as well as community, regional, and multi-state providers on issues surrounding enterprise strategy, organizational development and design, payer-provider innovation, population health strategy, and physician alignment. BDC Advisors has a culture of inclusion and is a founding supporter of the Carol Emmott Foundation, which supports a national fellowship program for women leaders in healthcare, designed to accelerate their executive careers.

For further information, contact:
Christina Tellechea
Project Management Associate
[email protected]
786-607-6183

SOURCE BDC Advisors