Board of Managers

Governance Structure for Beacon Health and Beacon Rural Health (BRH)

The governance structures of Beacon Health and BRH serve to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws as well as our agreements with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

Further, the governance structure of Beacon Health serves to ensure compliance with the terms of our agreement with MaineCare under its Accountable Care Communities Program. We also apply the Beacon Health governance structure to our commercial contracts for uniformity.

Beacon Rural Health

BRH is a single member limited liability company of which Beacon Health is the sole member and only participates in MSSP. Most decisions are made at the Board of Managers of BRH. Carrie Arsenault, MBA, president of Beacon Health, is the manager appointed to represent the Northern Light Health member hospitals that participate in MSSP. She has one vote.

All decisions regarding Beacon Rural Health are made by Carrie Arsenault, MBA, president of Beacon Health, as the manager appointed to represent the Northern Light Health member hospitals.

Doug Cowan serves as the beneficiary representative, as well as the patient and consumer representative. While he is not a voting member of the Board of Managers, he does actively participate in all Board of Managers meetings, providing valuable feedback and input that is taken into account in making decisions.

The executive leadership team (ELT) of Beacon Health serves as the ELT for BRH for all MSSP matters. The ELT takes care of day to day business and reports to the BRH Board of Managers.

Beacon Health

Beacon Health is a single member limited liability company and participates in the MaineCare Accountable Care Communities Program, and several commercial arrangements. Most decisions are made at the Board of Managers of Beacon Health. Carrie Arsenault, MBA,president Beacon Health, is the manager appointed to represent the Northern Light Health member hospitals. She has one vote.

All decisions regarding Beacon Health are made by Carrie Arsenault, MBA, president of Beacon Health, as the manager appointed to represent the Northern Light Health member hospitals.

Doug Cowan serves as the beneficiary representative, as well as the patient and consumer representative for the Next Generation Program. While he is not a voting member of the Board of Managers, he does actively participate in all Board of Managers meetings, providing valuable feedback and input that is taken into account in making decisions.

The Executive Leadership Team (ELT) of Beacon Health takes care of day to day business and reports to the Beacon Health Board of Managers.