Strategy. Execution. Impact.

We partner with bold, mission-driven organizations to evolve healthcare. 

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20+ years spanning payer, provider, health tech, and value-based care. From the front lines to the executive suite of Fortune 20 and globally recognized healthcare organizations.

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Why Chesamel Health?

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Taking you from strategy to execution…to healthcare evolution

Healthcare does not lack innovation. Numerous organizations have boldly invested in delivering superior outcomes and lasting positive impact. At Chesamel Health, we believe such organizations should thrive.

Yet even the most committed players contend with the multi-faceted complexity of healthcare: the uphill battle from promising pilot to sustainable scale, ever-increasing pressure from competing stakeholders, and conflicting expectations regarding results and value. These are just a few among many barriers to success.

Chesamel Health partners with bold organizations to break through that wall.

We bring fresh insight into your situation from the vantage point of a trusted partner offering experienced leadership, deep industry knowledge, clear and informed judgment every step of the way, and hands-on execution whenever needed.

With Chesamel Health, your ambitions become results that evolve healthcare for everyone.

How we engage

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to boards, founders, executive teams, and investors navigating critical decisions and pivotal inflection points.

  • Embed as a senior executive during high-stakes periods of growth and transition.

  • Drive high-impact initiatives with clearly defined scope and timelines, and measurable outcomes.

Where we focus

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    01/Strategy

    Challenging assumptions and sharpening strategic direction to ensure decisions are grounded and resilient.

  • A meeting room with a diverse group of professionals, mostly women, sitting around a conference table, some taking notes and others listening attentively.

    02/Operations

    Designing and optimizing operating models, processes, and metrics to sustain rapid growth and exceptional results.

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    03/Growth

    Unlocking expansion opportunities, new revenue pathways, and the strategic partnerships that accelerate both.

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    04/Product

    Bringing senior product leadership and discipline to turn an organization's vision into scalable, impactful healthcare solutions.

Led by experience, not theory

Melissa Klufio Peeler is an adept executive healthcare operator and President of Chesamel Health. 

She brings 20+ years of experience across payer, provider, and health technology organizations including Elevance Health, Oracle Health,  and Boston Children's Hospital.

Most recently, as Vice President and General Manager at Carelon Health (a major division of Elevance), she held full P&L ownership for a $2B portfolio serving 27 million members and driving 25% membership growth.

Throughout her career, Melissa has scaled businesses, entered new markets, and built high-performing teams. 

She is known for defining bold strategy and driving it to execution, and for a leadership style that earns trust and yields enviable outcomes because she pays careful attention not only to results, but also how they are achieved. Integrity in excellence is her hallmark. 

Melissa holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA with a concentration in healthcare from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

We look forward to evolving healthcare with you.

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Melissa Klufio Peeler

President

What makes us different

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01 / Advice from experienced operators

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02 / Strategy through execution, not slideware

03 / Selective partnerships focused on meaningful impact

Part of the

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Group ecosystem

Global Reach,
Expanded capabilities

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If you're building something bold in healthcare, let’s explore how we can work together.