Bill Lucia
Client Advisor
Bill Lucia is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of HMS, a leading healthcare analytics and technology company. He served as CEO from 2009 to 2021 and was named Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2015. HMS was acquired by Gainwell Technologies, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, in April 2021.
Under Bill’s leadership HMS grew to $673 million in revenue, serving 500 healthcare payers and 50 government agencies in 40-plus states and 31 of the 38 private health insurers in Australia. Bill and his leadership team transformed HMS into a high-performance culture by empowering its 3,200 people to act with urgency and excellence to tackle healthcare’s biggest challenges. By unleashing the entrepreneurial spirit of all HMSers, employee engagement jumped by 20%, revenue increased by 52%, and AEBITDA rose by 82% over a six-year period.
Prior to becoming CEO, Bill served as HMS’ President and Chief Operating Officer, driving operational excellence and delivering sustainable growth. He is a named inventor on HMS’ patent for Elli, an innovative risk intelligence solution, and was the driving force behind HMS Cares, the company’s charitable giving and volunteer program.
Before joining HMS in 1996, Bill held various leadership positions in the life insurance industry. He served as Senior Vice President, Operations and CIO for Celtic Life Insurance Company, and Senior Vice President, Insurance Operations for North American Company.
Bill currently serves on the Senior Advisory Board of Consonance Capital Partners, and is Executive Advisor to Health Enterprise Partners (both healthcare focused private equity firms). He also serves on the Board of Directors of Sellers Dorsey, a company focused on protecting and enhancing the U.S. Medicaid program, and the Board of Directors of Harmony@Home, a company supporting and transforming the quality of care delivered to frail, vulnerable seniors in the home.
A passionate advocate for solving global healthcare issues, Bill previously served on the board of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, funded by the Australian government, universities and businesses. He now serves on the International Advisory Council of ANDHealth, an Australian Digital Health incubator, commercializing and scaling innovative digital health companies. Bill also serves on the Board of Directors of the Population Health Alliance, a multi-stakeholder association advancing population health management and seeking to improve health outcomes, optimize the consumer and provider experience, and drive affordability in our healthcare system.
A longtime champion of immigrants’ rights, Bill serves on the board of the American Business Immigration Coalition, a group of business leaders dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions for immigration reform.