The Future Five award annually recognizes five professionals within the first five years of their career who have demonstrably impacted their organization or the industry. As our next generation of leaders begins to emerge, we look forward to the opportunity to acknowledge their success and welcome them into a group of peers that can help them reach their full potential.
The Future Five recipients receive:
- Recognition at Medical Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference and from MGMA
- Access to an invitation-only event with the MGMA Board of Directors and Leadership
- Exclusive Credly Badge to be utilized in digital and print communications
- Membership of an exclusive group of individuals with opportunities throughout the year
Nominee Requirements:
- Must be an MGMA member
- Five or fewer years of full-time experience in healthcare
- Demonstrable examples of their impact
- Nominations must be submitted on or before July 15
MGMA remains committed to the future of our industry and the continued development of a generation of leaders that will drive the industry forward. Your accomplishments are innovative and inspiring, and recognition is well deserved.
Our 2022 Future Five Winners:
Nina Cloven, MHA
Listen to Nina's full interview on the MGMA Insights podcast here.
Nina Cloven is manager of primary care advancement at Elation Health. Cloven completed her bachelor’s in public health in 2020 and her MHA at Johns Hopkins in 2022. Since beginning a career in healthcare, Cloven has demonstrated a passion for DEI and the future of digital health to increase patient access for all people. Cloven is also the creator and founder of a growing group called Health Administration Leadership Organization (HALO), whose purpose is to promote collaboration between clinicians and healthcare leadership.
Konye Ori, MA, FACMPE
Listen to Konye's full interview on the MGMA Insights podcast here.
Konye Ori is the women’s health service line administrator at IU Health since 2020. In this role, Ori has led DEI changes as well as large strategic changes that improve the experience of staff, clinicians and patients alike. One such change is a shift toward unification amongst IU Health’s women’s health line locations so that the many locations can function as a single entity – necessitating centralization of triage, phones, billing and coding, surgery scheduling, and chart checking. In response to industry-wide issues with retaining MAs, Ori redesigned his service line’s clinical workflows to mitigate MA dependency.
David Comiskey
Listen to David's full interview on the MGMA Insights podcast here.
David Comiskey earned his Master of Arts at Johns Hopkins in 2013 and began his professional career as an analyst for the Department of Defense. In 2020 Comiskey joined the healthcare world as the COO at HealthMe, a platform that promotes price transparency for the benefit of both patients and providers. Since, Comiskey has spearheaded a direct-pay solution and created an automated Good Faith Estimate process, saving providers time and preventing unnecessary fines.
Kirk Shaw, MBA
Listen to Kirk's full interview on the MGMA Insights podcast here.
Kirk Shaw completed his Master’s of Business Administration degree at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2019. Shortly after, Shaw became clinic administrator at WahZhaZhe Health Center and has since made huge improvements for the health system and the Osage people it serves. In his short tenue, Shaw has increased patient access as well as outreach, and the health system’s active patients has grown from roughly 5,800 to over 21,000. He has cut wait times, increased patient satisfaction and garnered national accreditation for Osage Nation Health Services.
Felicia Nicely, MBA
Listen to Felicia's full interview on the MGMA Insights podcast here.
Felicia Nicely is director of specialty care at Ohio County Healthcare. Before working with Ohio County Healthcare, Nicely was a practice administrator at Owensboro Health beginning in 2017. In her time with Owensboro, Nicely made great advances in improving clinical outcomes by restructuring the Lung Cancer Screening program. She increased screenings by 36%, added Tobacco Treatment Specialists and implemented the ACS’s Strong for Surgery program.