--- title: 2024 CVS Accountable Care Symposium - Population Health Pioneer Award description: The CVS Accountable Care Symposium discusses the biggest trends and innovations in ACOs, population health, risk strategies, and value-based health care. --- Close navigation Search ** Close navigation Search ** # Population Health Pioneer Awards     [![Overview](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/ca0c50fb-0a64-43a9-b72e-00ce0123e7ac.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/ca0c50fb-0a64-43a9-b72e-00ce0123e7ac)          [![Agenda](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/d3456e9a-7362-4729-b073-44c2665ecbc1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/d3456e9a-7362-4729-b073-44c2665ecbc1)                               [![Speakers](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/3b739264-9814-4378-b0cc-569b21fd9064.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/3b739264-9814-4378-b0cc-569b21fd9064)          [![Sponsorship](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/b081266f-3c93-4db6-b9cf-7bfba3e15ae2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/b081266f-3c93-4db6-b9cf-7bfba3e15ae2) [![Accommodations](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/c58a5743-7f6a-4210-855d-348ab1d0bbef.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/c58a5743-7f6a-4210-855d-348ab1d0bbef) [![Pioneer Awards](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/d6c20292-6ecd-4046-9106-12fa39ab87e1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/d6c20292-6ecd-4046-9106-12fa39ab87e1) We're recognizing local population health champions for their outstanding work in healthcare at the 2024 CVS Accountable Care Symposium. The Population Health Pioneer Awards are presented each year to honor those who have best served their patients, their community, and the healthcare industry through their leadership, dedication, and innovation over the past year. The Population Health Pioneer Award nomination period for 2024 is open now! Nominations can be submitted via the button below from **February 22nd- March 22nd, 2024.**   [![Nominate here](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/ad088f8c-1c0b-442a-a433-05f989f32550.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/ad088f8c-1c0b-442a-a433-05f989f32550)   ### **2024 Population Health Pioneer Award: Individual Categories** --- #### **Individual Level Award Categories**   --- **ACO Champion of the Year** This award elevates a dedicated ACO Champion who has rallied their team to achieve phenomenal ACO results related to cost, utilization, and quality.    ---   **Physician Leader of the Year** This award celebrates a physician who led their communities to truly transform their healthcare delivery through investment in advanced clinical programs.    ---   **Population Health Nurse of the Year** This award celebrates a population health nurse who is a workflow innovator and fire starter who demonstrates leadership qualities in their organization and among ACO peers. This individual delivers high-quality care to patients through a team-based care approach.   ---   ### **[![Nominate here](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2035607/ad088f8c-1c0b-442a-a433-05f989f32550.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2035607/ad088f8c-1c0b-442a-a433-05f989f32550)**   ### **2023 Population Health Pioneer Award Winners**   ---   #### Community Level Recipients   ---   ##### 2023 Community of the Year ![Burgess logo_color](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Burgess%20logo_color.png?width=322&height=122&name=Burgess%20logo_color.png) ---   ##### 2023 Community of the Year  ![HRHhorizontal2colorlogoWEB](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HRHhorizontal2colorlogoWEB.jpg?width=323&height=126&name=HRHhorizontal2colorlogoWEB.jpg) ---   ##### 2023 Award for Rural Innovation and Wellness  ![McKenzielogo](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/McKenzielogo.png?width=219&height=143&name=McKenzielogo.png) ---   ##### ACO Champion of the Year ![Joleen Headshot - Cropped (1)](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Joleen%20Headshot%20-%20Cropped%20(1).jpg?width=318&height=318&name=Joleen%20Headshot%20-%20Cropped%20(1).jpg)   **Joleen Carper, Tri-State Memorial Hospital** Joleen Carper, MSML, RHIT, CPHQ, is the Chief of Clinic Operations for TriState Health, a critical access hospital on the southeastern border of Washington State. The organization also has 3 primary care clinics, a walk in urgent care clinic, and more than 10 specialty clinics. She provides strategic and operational leadership while overseeing physician recruitment and clinic expansions. Directly managing more than one-third of the current organization’s workforce, she has expanded TriState’s footprint into two states and has been a significant proponent in implementing sought-after service lines.   Her work also includes being the Accountable Care Organization’s ACO champion, directly affecting TriState’s operations by consistently achieving shared savings.   Joleen’s major accomplishments include: leading multiple clinics that consistently land in the Top 10% Performer for Patient Satisfaction from Survey Vitals; achieving the Patient Centered Medical Home Designation in two primary clinics; and overseeing the planning and construction of an $8.5 million medical office building.   She is currently an Advisory Board Member for the Administrative Medical Office Program at Lewis-Clark State College, the Treasurer for the Southeast Washington Alliance for Health, and actively volunteers throughout the community. --- ##### Physician Leader of the Year **Dr. Jonathan Thorp, Guam Seventh-day Adventist Clinic** Jonathon Thorp MD MBA FACP Dip-ABLM is passionate about the care of complex internal medicine patients and always looking at ways to increase access to care and to better serve his community.  Dr. Thorp grew up on a farm in Western Canada, graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.  He spent four years working in Nepal in a semi-remote non-profit hospital after which he moved to Guam, where he is currently employed.  His is the Assistant Medical Director at the Guam Seventh-day Adventist Clinic and co-leader of the Population Health team with Mr. Andrew Porter.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and their energetic 6, 4, and 2-year old children; growing microgreens and experimenting with hydroponics; and he is training for his first marathon in what little time he has left.  ![Dr Thorp Headshots (3)](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dr%20Thorp%20Headshots%20(3).png?width=301&height=301&name=Dr%20Thorp%20Headshots%20(3).png)   --- ##### Population Health Nurse of the Year ![Tamara Laws_Headshot_20221121](https://www.signifyhealth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tamara%20Laws_Headshot_20221121.jpg?width=278&height=279&name=Tamara%20Laws_Headshot_20221121.jpg)   **Tamara Laws, Population Health Nurse **  I’ve been a nurse for 15 years. I graduated from Regis University in 2005 with my BSN. I love working with people and going the extra mile to ensure they feel as though they have been heard. My focus for most of my career has been home health and hospice. Since COVID started I have dedicated my time and energy to helping bridge the gap in patient care needs by becoming a population health nurse.  ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://2035607.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/2035607/SYMP-23-015%20SYMP%20Population%20Health%20Award%20Winner%20Video.mp4", "dateModified" : "2023-12-01T18:45:29.182Z", "duration" : "PT4M1S", "height" : 1080, "name" : "SYMP-23-015 SYMP Population Health Award Winner Video", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-na1.hubapi.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/148168040526?portalId=2035607&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2023-12-01T18:45:12.710Z", "width" : 1920 } ```