Wanted by Moms
Built for Medicaid
Ready to Change the World
OUR STORY is one of
experience, shock and recognition.
As mothers and fathers with pregnancy, birth, and first year of life experiences of our own (most with healthy outcomes, but some with incredibly challenging situations), we understand how demanding it can all be even with access to all the best care and support available.
Individually we were all shocked to learn the US ranks fifty-fifth in the world in maternal mortality, the lowest of any developed nation, and fifty-fourth in infant mortality, similar to third world countries.
Collectively with all of our Medicaid experience, best-in-class healthcare technology, and passion to improve the experiences, outcomes and lives of these moms and their babies. We recognized, together we were more than ready, willing, and capable of making a real difference.
So we listened to what moms wanted,
and we built what Medicaid needed to help reduce risks, improve experiences and increase healthy outcomes for moms and babies relying on Medicaid.
We believe when moms and babies are healthy and happy, it’s a better world, and we all win. It’s really that simple.
If you believe what we believe, let’s meet and change the world, one healthy and happy mom and baby at a time.
Leadership
Kate Grohall
President / Co-Founder of MySwaddle
Kate Grohall has more than 20 years of healthcare experience across both the payer and provider sides of the industry. She has held several key positions demonstrating her expertise in the bridging clinical delivery and reimbursement aspects of healthcare.
Kate holds a Master’s of Science in Organizational Leadership and Quality and has been a speaker at national and state healthcare quality conferences to share her experience in grassroots application of healthcare value delivery and partnership for healthcare payment reform programs.
Kate is known for her balanced approach to healthcare reform. She asserts that healthcare is an “ecosystem” meant to be balanced across all stakeholders by engaging them respectively on cost intelligence, quality clinical outcomes and patient/provider care experience measures of performance. In an ecosystem there is a demonstrated respect for cause and effect, inputs and outputs, vulnerabilities and strengths. Her approach also emphasizes relationship-building through advocacy and education.
Kate has a passion for translating the concepts of value-based healthcare to the front lines where the impact is demonstrated daily to patients, providers, staff, employers and the community.
As co-founder and president of MySwaddle, Kate is responsible for oversight, development and implementation to ensure more moms and babies have happy and healthy outcomes, and partners achieve their objectives and more. Prior to MySwaddle, Kate was a Vice President at Holista Health and served as Value-Based Healthcare Product Executive for SKYGEN USA. Additionally, Kate has held the position of Vice President of Employer Direct Services for Aurora Health Care’s North Region, and worked for more than ten years in reproductive healthcare.
Craig Kasten
Managing Member, SKYGEN / CEO & Co-Founder, Holista
Craig Kasten has more than 30 years of healthcare experience in both Medicaid and Commercial benefits. He is Chairman of SKYGEN and continues to lead the innovation and creation of next-generation technology-enabled solutions that power the business of healthcare through the digital age. Through his visionary leadership, SKYGEN leads the market with transformational technology and service offerings that reinvent healthcare benefits.
Mr. Kasten is an accomplished leader whose career in the managed healthcare industry spans 30 years. He is the founder and co-founder of several organizations which have evolved to become part of SKYGEN’s suite of world-class solutions. He also co-founded Doral Dental USA and grew the company to a market-dominant position before its sale to DentaQuest Ventures.
Mr. Kasten continues to provide vision, strategic direction and creative support for functional design innovations to the Enterprise System, SKYGEN’s proprietary software platform. Prior to launching his entrepreneurial career, Mr. Kasten served concurrently as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CareNetwork, Inc., a publicly traded regional health plan later acquired by Humana.
Mr. Kasten holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Marquette University and a MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Wisconsin. Mr. Kasten was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2003. In 2005, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the Marquette University School of Business Administration.
David Dingley
Managing Partner, MySwaddle
David has more than 30 years of healthcare experience in both Medicaid and Commercial benefits. President and co-founder, David Dingley oversees all aspects of Holista, LLC. Holista, an affiliate of SKYGEN, offers comprehensive solutions in the Value-Based and Therapy Benefits Management areas of managed care.
Mr. Dingley works with the team responsible for value-based administration and strategic consulting, as well as commercial and government therapy management programs. Mr. Dingley has led Holista’s expansion into new markets and service lines, and launched several successful new products in the benefit management industry.
Prior to joining SKYGEN, Mr. Dingley spent six years as Executive Director of Prudential Healthcare’s managed care plans in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Dingley earned a MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Business, and is a graduate of Wabash College.
