About Care Clinic+
Vision
At Care Clinic+, our goal is excellence in healthcare for all: employers, brokers, and unions planning together with their workers and families. The goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes in healthcare delivery through our Direct Primary Care approach.
The Care Clinic+ leadership team, has more than 45 years experience working with Unions, Taft-Hartley Plans, as well as commercial clients, crossing more than 1 million members last year.
Dr. Janis Dimonaco
CEO, LSCW, and Clinical Lead
Dr. Dimonaco’s companies have been helping American Workers engage in better health for over 40 years. Dr. Dimonacoi is a behavioral health ”evangelist” in recognizing that good health is deeply rooted in understanding the whole patient and addressing the more complex issues of mental health.
John Neal
Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
John has been building companies that help people engage in better health for over 20 years. He is passionate about Shared Decision Making, patient-centered care delivery, and integrating mental health in each person’s health journey.
Brian Deaver
Executive VP – CareClinic+ Services
Brian is a former Hospital CEO and Administrator. Brian has been building personalized primary care networks for over 10 years, making it possible for thousands of people to get low cost, high quality access to primary care fundamentally changing the path of care, saving lives and reducing inappropriate and often unnecessary health care spend.
Dr. Janis DiMonaco, CEO
Dr. Jan DiMonaco is the managing partner of Care Clinic+ and strategic advisor to several other medical-focused companies. She served as president and CEO of HMC Healthworks and transitioned many of the team to the formation of Care Clinic+. HMC Healthworks, established in 1976, was acquired by Uprise Health (originally IBH) in 2020.
Active in the healthcare field for over 40 years, Dr. DiMonaco has been instrumental in the development, implementation and integration of healthcare and wellness programs in the following segments: Taft-Hartley, public sector, employer self-insured plans and joint labor/management programs.
In her career, she has spent her time on developing national programs that encompass: chronic disease management, wellness/well-being, prevention, employee assistance, managed behavioral healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, disability management, integrated healthcare management and other medical cost management.
Dr. DiMonaco formerly served at the Family Programs Directorate for the United States Army in Europe, and oversaw the development and implementation of its military and family life consultant program. Through the program, she provided solution-focused, problem-solving counseling services to soldiers and their family members to help relieve the stress and hardship, as a result of the global war on terrorism. This program is now used in all military services worldwide.
Dr. DiMonaco is also a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). She received her Master’s Degree and a Certificate of Graduate Study in Guidance and Psychological Services from Springfield College. She was awarded her Ph.D. in Psychology from California Western University. She has presented at numerous conferences, and served on prominent boards. She was a former member of the IFEBP Health Care Management Committee.
Chad Michael Kok, Chief Operating Officer
Chad Michael Kok was promoted in 2022 to Chief Operating Officer from EVP of Direct Primary Care (DPC) Network Operations and Business Strategy for Care Clinic+. In 2019, he accepted a position with HMC Healthworks, the original parent company of Care Clinic+. He is now responsible for the operations and oversight of provider, clinic, and joint venture partnerships. With more than 28 years of experience in the health care industry, Kok has a proven and successful track-record as an operational leader.
During his 17-year career with Henry Ford Health System subsidiary, Health Alliance Plan (HAP), he was directly responsible for the day-to-day claims pricing and eligibility operations, as well as the growth of the HAPs self-funded product line. He grew that group participation from 19,000 members in 1997 to over 125,000 members in 2005. Additionally, he was also responsible for the completion of HAPs statewide network.
In 2011, he oversaw the strategic partnership with CIGNA and was instrumental in the acquisition of one of the largest TPAs in the state of Michigan, Administration Systems Research Corporation (ASR)
Kok completed his undergraduate studies at Northwood University and Villanova University. He and his family currently reside in Weston Florida. Kok is an avid golfer and has served on several boards for charitable and non-profit organizations, including The University of Michigan Alumni Association of Miami and Ft Lauderdale and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) for Broward County.
Dr. Christopher Valerian, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Christopher Valerian, DO, MMM, is the Chief Medical Officer of Care Clinic Plus. An award-winning physician, entrepreneur, and 2012 GQ Magazine Father of the Year award recipient, Dr. Valerian received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his postgraduate training in Family Medicine at Duke University. Additionally, Dr. Valerian completed a Master’s Degree in Medical Management from Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
Dr. Valerian has held several senior level positions in a variety of healthcare organizations including Chief Medical Officer of the hospital division of Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. (formerly QualCare, Inc). He is a successful entrepreneur and owner of M & E Management, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm.
His previous roles include as Senior Vice President for Health Integrated, Inc.; Executive Medical Director of Quality and Clinical Innovations at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ; and Vice President of Medical Affairs for a large, faith-based national healthcare system. He has also served as a physician advisor to the Quality Improvement Organization of New Jersey. Notably, he became as an officer of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Executive Medical Forum and frequently advises a variety of firms on topics in healthcare.
John Neal
John Neal is a partner at Care Clinic+ where he has been part of the re-imagining of patient-focused medical care. He is also the founder of Shoreline Trail Ventures LLC, where he advises medical care and wellness startups. He was a part of the HMC Healthworks team, as chief strategy and growth officer from 2018 to 2022. His background also includes serving as a vice president of strategic partnerships of Ableto, Inc. in New York from 2017 to 2018.
Neal became active in behavioral health circles earlier in his career. He took over as general manager at Quartet Health, a behavioral health technology company in 2016. Prior to that, he served in business development and strategic planning, at Ginger.io, a consumer app designed to report on behavioral health analytics.
His early distinguished career includes being a co-founder at Health Dialog, a disease management company based in Boston, where he oversaw finance and global operations beginning in 2000. He is an avid skier and mountain biker, and continues to be active as a board member for several healthcare organizations.
Laurie Gioielli, Vice President of Operations & Client Management
Active in the healthcare field for almost 36 years, Laurie Gioielli has been instrumental in the implementation and integration of Care Clinic+ programs and services. Gioielli is an administration specialist and project manager with experience in many different operational areas. Her promotion in 2022 at Care Clinic+ placed her in the role of VP of Operations & Client Management. She has extensive expertise in client onboarding, account management, data aggregating/analysis, customer reports, legal, marketing, finance, and sales. Most recently, she has been active in negotiations, overseeing medical and mental health provider relations contract administration.
Gina Stenwall, Vice President of Administration & Client Management
Gina Stenwall has more than 10 years of administrative experience in office operations with Care Clinic+. She facilitates internal and external communications for the company. As the Vice President of Administration & Client Management, she provides oversight and coordinates interactions with clients and prospects. Stenwall also supports day-to-day administrative, financial and operational functions by working collectively with executives. In her role, she is responsible for reporting metrics on client satisfaction, and works to offer exceptional customer service, when issues arise.
