Ashley Thurow is a Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She currently serves as Vice President, Payer Contracting and High Performing Network Officer for Providence Health & Services. Providence is a large non-profit healthcare system headquartered in Renton, Washington that encompasses 51 hospitals, 1,000 clinics, a health plan, and over 34,000 physicians, that spans across the Western United States. Ashley's role oversees payer negotiations, value-based care initiatives, direct-to-employer efforts, and Providence's clinically integrated networks across Washington and Alaska. Ashley is passionate about improving our healthcare system through collaboration and industry disruption and has been working to develop and deploy alternative payment models in healthcare for almost 20 years. Ashley is a licensed CPA and holds business degrees from the University of Arizona and the George Washington University. She resides in Seattle with her family.
