Laurie Sprung’s career has been focused principally in three areas: health care providers’ strategic responses to the shift toward value-based reimbursement, creation and management of population health-driven delivery organizations, and the impact of consumerism on health care.

Professor Sprung spent the majority of her career as the founder and leader of the value-based care and population health management consulting practice, and a partner in the strategy practice, at the Advisory Board (now Optum), and has served in leadership and advisory roles across a range of health care organizations including physician organizations, telehealth, and behavioral health startups.  She began her consulting career at McKinsey & Company following her initial career as a clinical psychologist.

Professor Sprung is a Capstone Director for the EMHA program, as well as teaching courses in strategy and population health management in the Sloan program.

She received a BA from Cornell University, an MA and PhD in clinical psychology from Syracuse University, and an MPH in health policy and management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.