Brad Heywood, ASA, MAAA, has been with Wakely Consulting Group, LLC, an HMA Company for over 5 years, and he is based out of Utah. Since joining Wakely, he has been involved in a wide variety of areas within healthcare actuarial consulting. He has supported Medicaid Managed Care Organizations in financial reporting and performing various analyses such as rate review, trend analyses, lapse rate analyses and risk adjustment. He has become a Medicare ACO expert and has helped multiple ACOs calculate their projected shared savings, apply for various CMMI programs, and devise strategies under the various CMMI models.