Accelerator Advisor

Dr. Aashish Shah has a 3600 perspective of healthcare with roles spanning the  continuum from individual provider to institutional payer. He is a seasoned  executive whose expertise is the achievement of healthcare innovation through  the integration of product design, physician alignment, network development and  value-based contracting. 

Dr. Shah has been with HCA Healthcare since 2019. First as the Senior Vice  President of Clinical and Business Development for its Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute. He is now the  Corporate Vice President for Strategy, Product Innovation within HCA’s Payer Contracting and  Alignment. He is responsible for leading HCA’s product development and innovation through strategic  alignment with health plans, third-party administrators and employers. 

Dr. Shah previously served as President/CEO of Provision CARES Cancer Centers. Prior to joining  Provision, he was the Chief Healthcare Value Officer for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer  Center Proton Therapy Center. Dr. Shah has held the roles of Vice President and Medical Director of  Health Plan Services for Valence Health (now Evolent), the Chief Clinical Director for CareFirst BCBS,  and the Vice President and Medical Director of Community Health Choice, Inc. 

As a board-certified OBGYN and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,  Aashish has practiced in public, private and academic settings. He began his career in private practice  in League City, Texas and then moved on to the University of Texas Medical Branch Women’s  HealthCare Group where he was appointed an Instructor and Physician. He has had appointments at  Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas School of Public Health. He currently has a  clinical appointment to the University of Houston Medical School. 

After developing a private practice, he transitioned into executive roles first with the City of Houston as  the Chief Physician for Preparedness and then with the State of Texas as Department of State Health  Services Regional Medical Director. 

Dr. Shah formalized his aptitude for business in 2008 when he joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. after  receiving his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. His practice areas included healthcare transactions, operations, regulation, and complex litigation. Then, in 2010 Dr. Shah became the first ever Executive Fellow at Texas Children’s Hospital Integrated Delivery System where he worked on  enhancing system quality, developing service lines and improving health plan operations. 

Aashish is a strong healthcare advocate. As a legislative intern with the Texas Medical Association, he  worked with the House Subcommittee on Public Health to establish the Council on Cardiovascular 

Disease and Stroke. In 2014, he was appointed to the Texas Department of Insurance Standard Request  Form for Prior Authorization of Medical Care or Health Care Services Advisory Committee. The following  year, the Governor of Maryland appointed him to the Task Force to Study Maternal Mental Health. His  most recent publications focus on prior authorization and preventing cancer care denials.