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STQN Board of Managers and Committees

Meet the men and women leading the way at St. Tammany Quality Network.

St. Tammany Quality Network is steered by a Board of Managers, as well as a Performance Management Committee, Network Operations Committee, and Finance and Contracting Committee. Together, they work to achieve the network’s primary objective of collaborating on patient-centric initiatives that enhance the quality and improve efficiency of healthcare delivery.

Below are the current members of all STQN board and committees.

Board of Managers

The seven-member STQN Board of Managers is charged with oversight of its committees. Its current members are:

Michael Hill MD
Chairman

David Cressy MD

Robert Faucheux MD

L. Phillips Jenkins MD

James Lacour MD

Joshua LeBlanc

Sunil Purohit MD

Performance Management Committee

Among the responsibilities of the 14-member STQN Performance Management Committee are:

Setting the STQN performance agenda of quality initiatives and benchmarks.
Working with representatives from each specialty to determine the performance measures for the specialty specific clinical programs.
Overseeing the methodology of performance measurement, reporting and improvement activities.
Establishing policy and procedures for education and remediation of physicians.
Monitoring physician utilization and cost.
Monitoring individual physicians and providing coaching and mentoring for STQN performance initiatives.
Developing care coordination plans for high-risk patients.

Its current members are:

Michael Hill MD, Committee Chair

Pat Braly MD

Michael Carpenter MD

David Cressy MD

Rob Faucheux MD

Roch Hontas MD

David Toups MD

Rachel Cresap MD

Ralph Millet MD

Merrill J. Laurent MD

Joseph Perdiago MD

Sunil Purohit MD

Patrick Torcson MD

Network Operations Committee

Among the responsibilities of the seven-member STQN Network Operations Committee are:

Organizational development of documents and contracts.
IT infrastructure development and support.
Physician participation development.
Management of in-network referral.

Its current members are:

Joshua LeBlanc MD, Chairman

Charles Baier MD, Co-chairman

L. Phillips Jenkins MD

Jennifer Miles MD

McCall McDaniel MD

Nathan Ranney MD

Kimberly Williams MD

Finance and Contracting Committee

Among the responsibilities of the eight-member STQN Finance and Contracting Committee, who are compensated by STQN for their activities, are:

Responsible for joint contracting negotiations with payers.
Coordinates physician incentive distributions.

Its current members are:

James Lacour MD, Chairman

Felix Rabito MD, Co-chairman

Mohammad Almubaslat MD

James Connolly MD

Chris Foret MD

Jason Guillot MD

Roy Saguiguit MD

Vicki Steen MD

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STQN Board of Managers and Committees

Meet the men and women leading the way at St. Tammany Quality Network.

Board of Managers

Performance Management Committee

Its current members are:

Network Operations Committee

Its current members are:

Finance and Contracting Committee

Its current members are: