Alec McKinney, MBA. Mr. McKinney has been with JSI for 27 years and has over 30 years of experience in public health and healthcare. While at JSI, Mr. McKinney has contributed to a broad variety of research, consultation, and technical assistance projects with local, state, and federal agencies as well as foundations, community collaboratives, integrated delivery systems/ACOs, hospitals, and other community-based health and social service providers. The bulk of Mr. McKinney’s work in public health and health care, both before and while at JSI, has been aimed at promoting health equity, supporting health system strengthening, and expanding access to care, particularly in the context of the health care safety net. Much of Mr. McKinney’s work has been with federally qualified health centers, behavioral health clinics, other community-based health and social service agencies, and hospitals dedicated to serving those who are disadvantaged and have historically faced disparities in access and health outcomes. His work with health centers includes numerous projects with the Health Resources Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), many projects with state primary care associations, and dozens of independent engagements with individual health centers to conduct needs assessments, facilitate strategic planning activities, or provide technical assistance. For 22 years, Mr. McKinney has been part of a JSI Team working with HRSA’s BPHC to support community health centers’ ability to collect, submit, and use Uniform Data System (UDS) data to improve quality and performance. He has been a UDS trainer for more than 12 years and a UDS reviewer for 22 years.

Mr. McKinney also works extensively on projects related to health system strengthening and service delivery/payment reform, including projects related to Medicaid transformation, multi-sector service integration, and population health improvement. Mr. McKinney leads many of JSI’s large assessment and population health improvement projects, and his areas of technical expertise include: community health needs assessment; community engagement, health system planning; organizational planning and capacity building; primary care operations; behavioral health integration; chronic disease management; and acute and behavioral health care transitions. Most of these projects have focused to some extent on how to strengthen and leverage community health center capacity in various systems of care.

Mr. McKinney has a Masters in Health Care Management from Boston University and lives in Cambridge, MA, is married and has three children.