Kari Clements is Staff Vice President of HEDIS Improvement at Elevance Health, where she leads enterprise HEDIS strategy to improve healthcare quality performance across Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, and Exchange populations.
With a professional foundation in nursing, care management, and quality management, Kari brings a clinical and member-centered perspective to enterprise quality strategy. Her experience across the continuum of care informs her approach to translating complex healthcare challenges into practical strategies that improve quality, outcomes, and the member experience.
At Elevance Health, Kari brings together strategy, analytics, clinical and operational capabilities, technology, provider and member engagement, and external partnerships to advance a more digitally enabled, data-driven approach to HEDIS performance. Her work spans HEDIS strategy and governance, provider performance, post-acute and transitions of care, quality interventions, data connectivity, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities.
A hallmark of Kari’s leadership is her ability to connect clinical insight and enterprise strategy with practical execution—aligning cross-functional teams around clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and scalable solutions. She is also helping advance the thoughtful use of analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to improve decision-making, reduce operational friction, and ultimately improve healthcare quality and outcomes.
