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Acentra Health
Acentra Health is a McLean, Virginia healthcare technology and clinical services company formed in 2023 from the merger of CNSI and Kepro. It builds Medicaid and Medicare systems, care management platforms, and quality-oversight services for state and federal government health programs, combining public-sector software with clinical staff who review authorizations, assessments, and appeals. Backed by The Carlyle Group, it employs roughly 3,300-3,400 people across the U.S. and India.
Patricia Obermaier
Patricia 'Patty' Obermaier is Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at Acentra Health, where she leads business development, marketing, and product management for a technology and health solutions company serving government and commercial clients. A biology graduate of MIT with a Darden MBA, she spent the bulk of her career at Microsoft - most recently as Chief Growth Officer for Global Health and Life Sciences overseeing a $12 billion portfolio and helping integrate the $20 billion Nuance acquisition. Before that she doubled Microsoft's U.S. Health and Life Sciences business from $3 billion to $6 billion, founded the consultancy Resigility, and spent five-plus years as a senior executive at IQVIA. She sits on the boards of ASGN Incorporated and Applied Information Sciences and was named to Fierce Healthcare's 2021 Women of Influence.