About Us
We Transform Lives and Economies by Improving Health.
what we do
Telligen helps millions of people live their healthiest lives by improving health outcomes nationwide through proven health solutions and healthcare expertise. For more than 50 years, Telligen solutions have been delivering true results for health plan sponsors and federal and state programs.
Do you deliver better health? Or pay for health benefits? No matter your role, Telligen can help you improve quality and lower costs by combining our deep clinical and technical expertise to solve your population health challenges. We are passionate about turning data into knowledge and knowledge into actions that improve health outcomes for everyone, wherever they are on the spectrum of health”
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our values
community
ingenuity
integrity
ownership
our mission
our history
1972
Company founded as Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC) by Dr. John Sunderbruch
1974
IFMC selected as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) in Iowa
1985
ENCOMPASS Health Management Systems, for-profit subsidiary established to offer care management to commercial payers
1996
IFMC’s Medicare QIO work expands to Illinois and IFMC-IL, LLC, subsidiary is established
2011
IFMC, IFMC-IL and ENCOMPASS, combined under one powerful name: Telligen
2013
Created and launched a new 100% employee-owned company – Telligen
2014
Acquired assets from the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care to add federal contracts and expand data analytics, GIS mapping and care coordination capabilities.
2016
Acquired Total Well-Being, an engagement and well-being company to expand wellness and at-risk health solutions
our leadership
Jeff Chungath
CEO
Brian Barry
Vice President, Enterprise Solutions
Jennifer Brotherson
Vice President, Federal Health Solutions
Neal Cohen
Vice President, State Health Solutions
Bruce Grotenhuis
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Rhea Ann Frost-Clewell
Vice President, Finance & Administration
Chad Piper
Vice President, Health Plan Services
board of directors
Bruce P. Beddow, JD.
Executive Vice President and CFO (retired),
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Jeff Chungath
CEO, Telligen
Wanda D. Filer, MD, MBA, FAAFP
President, Strategic Institute
Denise Levis Hewson, BSN, RN, MSPH
Executive Vice President of Care Management and Provider Services Community Care of North Carolina
Dirk G. Schroeder, SCD, MPH
President, Updraft Health Innovation Advisors
Kenneth D. Wells, MD, MBA, MPH
President, ALKEN Health Resources
telligen community initiative
Telligen Community Initiative exists to provide philanthropic support to innovative health and community-based projects throughout Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma. Please visit www.telligenci.org to learn more about its work and how to make a funding request for its upcoming grant program.
Telligen Community Initiative has a commitment to the health of our communities and believes that every person deserves access to health education and services, especially the most vulnerable. Through a grant application process, they finance programs and nonprofits that address social determinants that impact health and enhance equity, that are making healthcare education more accessible, and that are fostering innovation. Telligen Community Initiative supports organizations that are investing in our neighbors and friends and ultimately that help us all live healthier lives.
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